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Dude, he didn't say "we should ensure that we offer social programs and housing supply to address the needs of the poor, mentally ill, addicted, or otherwise di

Dude, he didn't say "we should ensure that we offer social programs and housing supply to address the needs of the poor, mentally ill, addicted, or otherwise disadvantaged", he said (literally) "I shouldn't have to see the pain". He clearly doesn't care that people who are being priced out of the city they've lived in longer than he has are helped, just that they're gone. What a disgusting attitude.

daenz 11y ago
You can cherry-pick from his letter, but it's obvious that his first concern is about safety: > Worst of all, it is unsafe. > The residents of this amazing city no longer feel safe. > I shouldn’t have to worry about being accosted.
- chris_wot 11y ago
  Nice cherry-picking.
  - daenz 11y ago
    Extrapolating that the guy doesn't care about people from 1 quote < extrapolating that he cares about safety from 3 quotes. As the quantity of cherry picking approaches the number of possible quotes in an article, the conveyed meaning approaches the meaning the article as a whole.
    - chris_wot 11y ago
      As I said, nice cherry-picking.
- allworknoplay 11y ago
  If that's his central message, he's wrong. Aside from some dips in 2013-2014, most crime rates in the city are lower than over the past ~15 years. Anecdotally, I live here now and I also lived here in 2006-2007, and most of downtown feels much safer. I am not a mind reader, but I think the guy sees poverty and feels threatened, and lacks the empathy to understand that the poors are human beings getting fucked by surging costs they literally have no control over. His comment that the city's wealthy people earned their spots implies that he thinks that the less wealthy who've lived here longer and simply can't afford current prices didn't. Like I said above, not a very nice attitude.
  - daenz 11y ago
    > the poors are human beings getting fucked by surging costs they literally have no control over. Just like they have no control over committing crime? Give me a break. Bad things happen to people. Use that as an excuse to terrorize residents and you're a far bigger piece of shit than someone who is being "insensitive" to their feelings.

daenz 11y ago

You can cherry-pick from his letter, but it's obvious that his first concern is about safety: > Worst of all, it is unsafe. > The residents of this amazing city no longer feel safe. > I shouldn’t have to worry about being accosted.

chris_wot 11y ago
Nice cherry-picking.
- daenz 11y ago
  Extrapolating that the guy doesn't care about people from 1 quote < extrapolating that he cares about safety from 3 quotes. As the quantity of cherry picking approaches the number of possible quotes in an article, the conveyed meaning approaches the meaning the article as a whole.
  - chris_wot 11y ago
    As I said, nice cherry-picking.
allworknoplay 11y ago
If that's his central message, he's wrong. Aside from some dips in 2013-2014, most crime rates in the city are lower than over the past ~15 years. Anecdotally, I live here now and I also lived here in 2006-2007, and most of downtown feels much safer. I am not a mind reader, but I think the guy sees poverty and feels threatened, and lacks the empathy to understand that the poors are human beings getting fucked by surging costs they literally have no control over. His comment that the city's wealthy people earned their spots implies that he thinks that the less wealthy who've lived here longer and simply can't afford current prices didn't. Like I said above, not a very nice attitude.
- daenz 11y ago
  > the poors are human beings getting fucked by surging costs they literally have no control over. Just like they have no control over committing crime? Give me a break. Bad things happen to people. Use that as an excuse to terrorize residents and you're a far bigger piece of shit than someone who is being "insensitive" to their feelings.