>>158705Jesus christ, what the fuck? Are you then advocating for just letting all these "good" homeless junkies take what they want (which makes everything more expensive for those of us living within the rules of society) as "reparations" or something?
I don't know why you're so offended by my post. I'd certainly consider myself a liberal, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stand by and assume it's the "Evil System" that put these people where they are. I used to be tangentially connected to that world. I smoked heroin and ran around with these scummy people and watched them shoplift and scam whoever they could for enough cash to get their next fix. Luckily I'm not retarded, so when it looked like I was going to have to graduate to the needle and start living like these people, I checked into rehab and got my shit together. As SOON as it became "get act together" or "live on the streets with your addiction", the choice was clear.
I wish I could better understand where you're coming from and what you think the solution would be. I don't advocate rounding up the homeless and moving them past the city limits exactly, but I also don't like them camped out around downtown businesses panhandling and smoking and letting their dogs shit and bark at people trying to engage in commerce.
I know we need to just fix everything so this doesn't happen, but what's the solution? The 1% just keep taking and taking and leaving us less. I've seen situations where homes are provided to these people and I've seen them not even be able to keep their FREE fucking room together. They live in filth and cause drunken fires and shit. They end up being too wild for their government-given surroundings.
I'm saying the difference is that I was on that road to ruin and I did the hard thing and lived in a shelter and pissed in a cup and made curfew until I could wrangle a place of my own for a new start. There are resources to help you save money and get back on your feet. I used those resources. And when I've suggested such places to beggars on the street they start in about the rules and how they like their drink and their drugs.
Some of these places are hardcore religious and I don't believe you should have to hear a sermon for your dinner, but still it's better than the streets.
I don't think all these people are bad. I just can't see your
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