“But the mental health one is dead wrong. The mental health professional should only have the right to report those who display evidence of planning harm to self or others.”
I think you posted this same nonsense in a thread not too long ago.
What you are agreeing with is exactly the problem. No single person should have the power to deny rights of a citizen based on mental evaluation. Who evaluates the evaluators? In the least there should be a panel of people, and due process to fight it.
Honestly, I agree with you. I do not think teachers and shrinks should be informants. On the other hand, I do think sometimes they might be neglectful if they don’t speak up, Imagine a shrink dealing with a nutcase each week, and while in her care, he discovers Islam and goes deeeeeeep, and she finds out along the way that he is agreeing more and more with jihad, and has started collecting weapons. Also, imagine a teacher of a little girl who has had many bruises and even a few broken bones this year, all from “falling off my bike” - the girl is timid and clearly afraid of her parent.
So I am a bit torn. I don’t want a terror attack happening when the shrink could smell it coming, or one day to hear that girl was killed by her dad.