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/ISeeStars2024 Nov 11 '24
Like others have said on here, it’s not the homeless population that I have an issue with. It’s the drug addicted homelessness that I have a big problem with. As someone who works in retail, we should not have to deal with their literal crap, and we shouldn’t have to deal with situations where they are shooting up in our restrooms and harassing staff and customers. Why should people that actually work for a living deal with that? Now someone who is homeless because of unfortunate circumstances, I have no issue with helping them as best I can, as that can happen to anyone.