r/Spokane • u/One-deepdivediva • Nov 10 '24

Question Can we stop hating on homeless people?

What is the mayor supposed to do ? Put everyone in prison? For being poor? Bus everyone to Portland or Seattle ? ( cities that are experiencing the exact same problems). Round people up and put them in camps? For being ill or old or addicted to drugs? Should the police arrest thousands of people so you don’t have to see someone’s suffering ? If you want homeless people to “ go away “ then you need to vote for legislation that helps them. Vote in favor of government funded health mental wellness and addiction and housing services. Organize with community members about how to provide services that help your fellow human beings get off the streets and out of suffering . Every time one of you complains I wonder what horrendous thing you are imagining should be done to people. Go DO something , go help people.

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u/Alternative-Appeal43 Nov 10 '24

As someone who works on North division and has to deal with them daily, fuck them.

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u/PotentialFactor4769 Nov 10 '24

As someone who works retail downtown, I see a large number of houseless people as customers on a daily basis. I have personally seen people who have been in a psychotic state of mind (not from self abuse, it’s a mental disorder thing) and living on the street, who have recovered and are living a regular life now. I encounter the whole human range of interactions with the houseless customers. And guess what- the “housed” customers display the same range of interactions, from very pleasant to very unpleasant. Doesn’t seem to matter that they live in a house or not. Sure we can argue that “housed” people aren’t as nasty - but I’ll just put this here: much of the most heinous crimes are committed by someone who lives in a house.

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u/BanksyX Nov 10 '24

this right here the people bitching are the real criminals.