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Guys if you haven’t read a study about homelessness you are constitutionally obligated to be delighted by their presence and you can’t be annoyed that you live
by nowthatsamatt 11y ago
Guys if you haven’t read a study about homelessness you are constitutionally obligated to be delighted by their presence and you can’t be annoyed that you live in the highest taxed area of the United States and no one has fucking fixed the God damned problem or is even trying.
In fact we should all team up and go around the city bronzing all the turds they leave on the fucking sidewalk.
- ryandamm 11y agoI think it's okay to be disgusted by the outcomes of homelessness -- that's a natural reaction, and I imagine it takes a lot of empathy for those who work with the homeless to be able to see past it, to the people they're trying to help. But I don't think it's okay to make halfway thought through, vaguely libertarian, unhelpful statements that fail to engage with the actual problem, then act like you've delivered some brilliant nugget of wisdom. Look, this is a hard problem (something the article sort of glosses over). Smart, caring, good people work hard on this, and have for a long time. It's maybe not amenable to easy answers. And you know what? It's part of San Francisco. So you can either engage with the reality, acknowledge it's complex and difficult, or you can maybe defer to those who have done the reading. Option three, I think, is moving to a lower-taxed area with fewer homeless people. Based on your comment, I vote for option 3.