We’re talking about two different things. You’re talking about the programs and support being cut.
What I’m talking about is the actual portrayal of those with mental illness. Which, in my opinion, as someone who’s enrolled in his Master’s in Mental Health this fall, is not only terribly inaccurate, but insulting. That the only thing keeping someone from going 100% off the deep end and becoming a criminal, is if he/she does not take their meds. There is more to the “movie” than that, but all the other writing is flimsy and doesn’t stand up under basic Psych 101 scrutiny.
All that aside, from a pure “comic book” interpretation, I can also see why people hated it. The Joker is an expert in chemical “warfare”. This “Joker” comes across as someone that would be incapable of slapping together a PP&J sandwich.
If you like the movie, that’s totally fine. Not telling you to like it or not like it. What I am saying is, from a mental health standpoint, it’s an elementary take on it, at best.