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Is that taped to the sidewalk? You think you can just put that over their only home? What is wrong with you?View attachment 2281205
Not sure if this is the right thread but I need to bitch about twitter activism on KF.
If there is one thing I know about people who make posts like this about homeless people is that they do not deal with homeless people on a daily basis.
“Or maybe let them use the bathroom at your overpriced, bougie-ass hipster cafe?”
Alright, let them use it so they can shoot drugs and piss all over the floor, Maybe they can stay there forever I mean you as the client won't mind.
This is indeed very naive. I hate the appeal to addressing root causes. We know what they are: drugs, untreated mental illness, liberal zoning policies. And all the charitable assistance that is available will not help the first two unless they want that help.
Also, the moment a city tries to "zone" homeless encampments into parks, the population of homelessness in that city spikes. Why? Because they come in from other cities. It is not really their only shelter from the elements, it's just the one that you invited them to. But as others have said, many of them are far less likely to accept an invitation to housing or job training or rehab. I'm grateful to the people who do work with them, but it is not as if the answers are obvious and are simply not being tried. It is far more complex than that, and every day you make it easier for people with hoarding patterns to leave their issues unaddressed, it gets worse.