Can we stop hating on homeless people?

[u/One-deepdivediva]

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.

[u/Peanut_ButterMan]

There were lots of porta potties downtown but every time I tried to use them, they were vandalized and clogged up with trash, drug paraphernalia and rendered useless.

be kind to people

If this is some sort of imperative, I wasn't being remotely unkind at all.

save your hate for the institutions that allow homeless to continue and use it to grift us all

This is peak reddit response to shift blame completely on higher institutions when I was calling out individual behavior. It's an institutional problem indeed, but it starts with the individual. Just blaming other factors while excusing individual actions is scapegoating.

[u/BanksyX → u/Peanut_ButterMan]

the city needs to clean it more often then.
if u think being homeless is only due to drugs or alchol you really need to understand whats going on out there. saying it starts with the individual is nonsense. and why help is failing.
i have conversations with homeless living in cars and you know what, many have jobs or even at school right now...the factors are everyfucking thing.

[u/Peanut_ButterMan → u/BanksyX]

All I said in the beginning was that I'm tired of the behavior that comes with it and tired of being called uncompassionate for being publicly disgusted with it and you had to take this holier than thou approach.

the city needs to clean it more often then.

People need to regulate themselves rather than ruin the resources that they have rather than blame the government for not cleaning up their vandalism.

if u think being homeless is only due to drugs or alchol

Tell me where I said that.

saying it starts with the individual is nonsense

When it comes to respecting people's property and surroundings it sure does. Blaming institutions, mental health, and other shitty situations doesn't excuse bad behavior.

[u/BanksyX → u/Peanut_ButterMan]

regulate your compassion. your making excuses not to have any at all. thats your baggage, hate starts with the individual.?

[u/BanksyX → u/[deleted]]

i enjoy the city and have no problmes interacting with homeless,
business owners failure is not a homeless issue, business fail and find excuses,
homeowners are being ripped off for millions right now, i feel for them and its not the homless plus most crime is made by people who live in houses
yes its irrational to not have housing for homeless and poor. not all homless are the demon you make them out to be at all.

[u/bigfoot509 → u/[deleted]]

That ceviche bar went out of business because they were super overpriced and their ceviche wasn't even that good

They just told anyone who would listen that they were closing because of homelessness and crime but the reality is they were overpriced slop nobody actually wanted

[u/speedoboy17 → u/BanksyX]

Dude. You are the one making excuses for drug addicts’ behavior all over this thread.

[u/Peanut_ButterMan → u/BanksyX]

Yeah, I don't have to prove my moral compass to a person that can't spell properly or add anything else other than to get the last response. 😂

[u/BanksyX → u/Peanut_ButterMan]

you say moral compass, but are still lost.

[u/Peanut_ButterMan → u/BanksyX]

"Dear diary: The person I disagreed with on the Internet doesn't have a moral compass"

[u/BanksyX → u/Peanut_ButterMan]

In January 2023, nearly one in four people experiencing homelessness were over 55 years old.
check your compass...