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No, let's instead not deplatform people by invoking the whataboutism critique. When examining the causes and effects of issue that you'd rather not take place

No, let's instead not deplatform people by invoking the whataboutism critique. When examining the causes and effects of issue that you'd rather not take place in your neighborhood it is essential to look at all the intersections of those issues and look at other situations where those issues are also present. If you don't recognize the fact that a majority of those issues you listed are committed most frequently by traditionally housed people, in other neighborhood than your own, then you'll be blind to the larger systemic issues that need to be addressed to fix the problems. You'll also be much more likely to support a short-term solution that fixes your problems but not the larger problem.

munificent 9y ago
I think for whatever reason you've gone aggro and painted me as some sort of NIMBY "let's round them all up and toss them in Sound" person, but what you're responding to is who you imagine I am, not what I said. I certainly didn't depersonalize or "deplatform" people. > If you don't recognize the fact that a majority of those issues you listed are committed most frequently by traditionally housed people, in other neighborhood than your own, then you'll be blind to the larger systemic issues that need to be addressed to fix the problems. I certainly never claimed homeless people are the only ones who commit crimes, but I am pretty confident that the homed neighbors around me do not get into screaming matches in the street, shit in my alley, jam trash in my bushes, or dump blackwater on the street. It's not because they're better people. It's because they have access to sewers, trash pickup, and soundproof walls. Any "solution" for homeless people that lets them continue to live in an environment without the physical infrastructure — shelter, sanitation, and trash — needed to live safely isn't a real solution.

munificent 9y ago

I think for whatever reason you've gone aggro and painted me as some sort of NIMBY "let's round them all up and toss them in Sound" person, but what you're responding to is who you imagine I am, not what I said. I certainly didn't depersonalize or "deplatform" people. > If you don't recognize the fact that a majority of those issues you listed are committed most frequently by traditionally housed people, in other neighborhood than your own, then you'll be blind to the larger systemic issues that need to be addressed to fix the problems. I certainly never claimed homeless people are the only ones who commit crimes, but I am pretty confident that the homed neighbors around me do not get into screaming matches in the street, shit in my alley, jam trash in my bushes, or dump blackwater on the street. It's not because they're better people. It's because they have access to sewers, trash pickup, and soundproof walls. Any "solution" for homeless people that lets them continue to live in an environment without the physical infrastructure — shelter, sanitation, and trash — needed to live safely isn't a real solution.