Which of the following would be an invalid inference to make about this excerpt?
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The mentally insane were considered a danger to society.
The mentally insane were considered a danger to society.
People found it important to give the mentally insane a safe place to live.
People found it important to give the mentally insane a safe place to live.
People considered the mentally insane to be unable to determine their own status.
People considered the mentally insane to be unable to determine their own status.
Only someone who was medically qualified could declare someone mentally insane.
Getting committed proved rather easy, even if neither Bly nor her editors had a clear plan of getting her released once the story was filed. She took a room at a cheap boarding house, “Temporary Home for Females, No. 84 Second Avenue,” under the name Bly Brown and began questioning and imitating the women who seemed most insane to her. Soon enough, it was Bly who was deemed crazy. The matron of the house enlisted a few cops to escort Bly to the Essex Market Police Courtroom, where an impatient judge named Duffy pronounced her insane and ordered her to the famed insane ward at Bellevue Hospital, the city’s largest charitable hospital.
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The invalid inference among the provided options would be:
People found it important to give the mentally insane a safe place to live.
This statement is not supported by the excerpt, which focuses on how Bly was easily deemed insane and committed, suggesting a lack of care for the treatment and rights of the mentally ill rather than an emphasis on providing them a safe and supportive environment. The other options could be reasonably inferred from the context provided in the excerpt.
