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It's also funny to me when people say they are Christian but don't want to help the poor. The good Samaritan is very clear. So is the bit about the sheep and the goats.
But you can use the Bible to justify anything, I guess.
I'm not Christian and I don't want to see them. Also I didn't consider housing them to be my job. That's why we have government that we elect and pay taxes to in order to fund it. This is just bs sign that simply virtue signaling instead of asking hard questions.
You don't want to see them because you want them to be housed, or you want them to be forcibly moved so they're unhoused out of sight?
The government should be doing more for the housing crisis, but a first step for that is getting people aware of the issue and on board with solutions.
I don't want to see them because they are dangerous. Reasons don't matter. I've been harassed and my wife was attacked by homeless people in Portland. She has pretty severe PTSD right now because of that.
Everyone is dangerous.
Kind of shitty to oppose systemic changes that would help them and reduce danger
No housed person has harassed or attacked me since middle school.
Housed persons are peaceful. Unhoused persons are dangerous.
Literally if public housing was dispersed equally and equitably across a given city or area, as time goes by, unhoused people would housed people nearby anyone. They become peaceful by your logic.
The government might be able to do this using eminent domain, but people like you would oppose it in your neighborhood.
Everyone has to be onboard with this so the load on everyone becomes proportional and not disproportional.
And this is where American individualism gets in the way. People don't value community, and so politicians would be hard pressed to get this done while being shunned from office come time for the next election.
How do you break down American individualism? By removing barriers between housed and unhoused people, doing outreach, having conversations, and lending a helping hand in redevelopment.
Sounds like you're allergic to all of those though
People like me? You know nothing about me. Like for starters that I already live in the neighborhood with high number of public housing units. I have nothing against them whatsoever. I encourage them to build more. Yeah like having outreach and all that other bullshit solved the issue. Did you catch that I live in Portland? I see with my own eyes that these policy are not working even though bleeding hearts keep on talking about them like they are Jesuses incarnate.