How is it outrage manipulation clickbait? It's exactly what he said, and my first perception of it was exactly what he meant. I would agree with you if he said

How is it outrage manipulation clickbait? It's exactly what he said, and my first perception of it was exactly what he meant. I would agree with you if he said this and then further explained what you did: "you shouldn't have to be accosted by homeless people because the social safety net should work..." Rather, he confirmed what we all suspected to be the attitude held by the uglier half of the tech community. It should be discussed, but maybe it shouldn't devolve to a takedown of this one guy who – you're right – simply said something stupid. Edit: After reading the actual letter (here: http://justink.svbtle.com/open-letter-to-mayor-ed-lee-and-greg-suhr-police-chief http://justink.svbtle.com/open-letter-to-mayor-ed-lee-and-gr...), it's honestly pretty sensible except paragraph 6. All of the crappy ubercapitalist rhetoric is contained to that one paragraph.