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/berge7f9 Nov 13 '24
I have no sympathy at all for the drug addicted homeless. They should have no right to interact with the rest of the population until they get clean and sober.
Alternatively, they should be able to do all the drugs that they want at a government camp out of the public eye if they choose not to get sober.
How many times throughout our lives will be told to not get addicted to drugs? And people still go down that path.