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- Sep 28, 2019
Terry has got to be the most loved person on these forums. It really is something - It's funny and kind of ironic that the lolcow that has said Nigger more than any of the other cows here gets the most sympathy and love from people. I get it was more to due with his illness than him being an actual racist, but I still find it hilarious.
I go to the big city every week to do volunteer work - I pass by different homeless people with a sign on the street and think about Terry more and more. It makes me want to give and treat them with dignity. Just imagine being one of those people who DID walk by Terry on the streets and didn't give him a second thought. It's depressing to think about.
I give them some money and a Bible...I don't even care if they buy booze with it anymore.
I've always straight up asked homeless people what they want with the money. Hungry? Let's go get you a nice meal. Not a bag of chips or a gas station sandwich or something, an actual meal at an okay restaurant, no more than 20 dollars but no less either. You want booze? Let's get you some mid-shelf shit. You want drugs? Well, I can't get you that, but I can give you my rehab facility's contact info, and I will gladly pay for your cab to get there.
Even as someone who's been homeless before, Terry gave me a new understanding of homeless people. It's not always entirely their fault. Were there things Terry could have done differently? Yeah. Could he have done them on his own? Would he? I don't know.
Loving people is hard, but I try to believe it's worth it at the end of the day, if only because there are more Terrys out there than we'd like to admit.