Ep 441 | Jordan Neely’s Death, John Kennedy’s Emancipation Proclamation & America’s Reprobate Mind

Fearless with Jason Whitlock

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Sports News, Politics, News, Sports

4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

What does legislation passed by President John Kennedy just 22 days before his assassination have to do with the death of Jordan Neely in 2023? A lot, according to Jason. Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act led to the deinstitutionalization of people suffering from mental illness, moving them from insane asylums into “community-based" care. It also helped to usher in the age of Big Pharma’s stranglehold on the treatment of Americans suffering from various psychopathies. Today, rather than committing those suffering from mental delusion to asylums, we medicate them, embrace their psychoses, and set them free to move about society. “Ignoring the crazy, belligerent, threatening, and occasionally violent homeless man on the street or subway doesn’t improve society or promote safety. Indifference is as lethal as hate. We’ve grown indifferent to the insanity we’ve normalized. We’ve adopted a reprobate mind.” Mental health advocate and “Fearless” contributor Royce White helps Jason explore America’s real crisis and the role that pharmaceutical and media companies play in perpetuating this downward spiral. Plus, Steve Kim joins the show to discuss the plight of former San Diego State and Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza. The talented athlete saw his NFL dream derailed after a 17-year-old accused him of being part of a gang rape while in college. Prosecutors have cleared Araiza of any wrongdoing and have proved that the minor lied about the entire incident. Jason and Steve discuss the situation and how it affects men in the current #MeToo environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Fearless with Jason Whitlock. I am Jason Whitlock, your host. Happy Tuesday.
0:22.0	Thanks for joining me. Fantastic show playing for you today. Start slamming that like button
0:28.5	right now if you're watching on YouTube. More importantly if you're listening on Apple
0:32.3	or anywhere you're listening to a podcast, start pounding that five star review. We got
0:37.7	to fight the algorithm. I'm going to deliver you a fantastic show. Royce White is going
0:42.3	to help me unpack my fire starter. There I go again with the word unpack. Everybody
0:47.3	have a beer. Steve Kim is going to join me after Royce White and we're going to talk
0:53.0	some sports with Steve Kim, but we have an awesome show plan that begins with a terrific
0:59.0	fire starter. One of my best I think, but without further ado let's get right to it. 22
1:05.0	days before his assassination. John F. Kennedy signed the most important piece of legislation
1:10.9	of his presidency, the Community Mental Health Act. The act provided federal funding
1:16.6	for mental health and research facilities across America. It fueled the United States
1:22.8	de-institutionalization movement, social and medical reform that shut down insane assignments
1:29.4	and treated the mentally ill with psychiatric drugs. The Community Mental Health Act signed
1:35.6	on Halloween 1963, arguably stands as the emancipation proclamation for the mentally ill. I know
1:43.5	this because yesterday a Twitter user sent me down a mental health rabbit hole with a
1:48.3	single tweet. Here's the tweet. Very simple. US population 1955, 161 million. US population
1:58.3	2023, 332 million. 1995, mental asylum population, 559,000, 2023, mental asylum population, 35,000.
2:13.8	This is the real crisis. That's how the tweet ended. The user sent me that in a reply to
2:20.8	a response to my tweet showing a disturbed person harassing a New York police officer at
2:26.5	a subway station. Watch the video.
2:56.5	You're over half of the black lives.
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