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Having gone through some of that myself, it always annoys me to no end how liberal outlets hyperfocus so hard on the methods (and banning of those) or vague "reducing stigma" rather than actually addressing literally any of the reasons people consider dying. I understand that there's no "one-size fits all" solution, but really basic stuff like having access to mental healthcare, or, in the case of their listed example, dignified drug rehab, being relegated to half a paragraph while they spend most of it talking about guns.
How about public funding for free mental healthcare in order to combat a mental health crisis? No? Or how to build local communities for support and mutual aid? Not that either? Or literally just listing reasons people did it so we can think of solutions? Nah, let's talk about the absolute only thing that Democrats and Republicans actually sorta disagree on, that is tangentially related to this, but will never actually change due to how entrenched gun culture already is in the USA.
CW: Suicide Methods
Research indicates that firearms aren't even that much more effective than some other suicide methods, though they obviously require some more preparation. I doubt banning guns is going to do much, and just actually reading the low rates of mortality and all the cases of people who survived it to a long lifetime of suffering and severe disability was enough to convince me that it is just a horrible risk to take, even if you actually believe that it is worth it.
If there is a nation that actually needs actual humanitarian aid from the USA, it is the USA.
They're too busy with identity politics or whatever this week's circus show is. Or maybe some establishment ghoul will put on a pin or commemorative hat.
Starting tomorrow is "yellow September", so just watch a bunch of health privateers dressed as insurance companies putting on a show about how "you matter to somebody (financially)" or "it gets better (with my service)."
Bourgies and libs have infiltrated every aspect of people's mental health and somehow made it worse.