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Let’s be very clear here since you like making insinuations for my comments. All I am saying is homelessness isn’t the real problem for the chronically homeless

Let’s be very clear here since you like making insinuations for my comments. All I am saying is homelessness isn’t the real problem for the chronically homeless. It’s only a symptom. Consequently, society isn’t helping the chronically homeless ie the mentally ill effectively. I’m just saying society needs to drastically change their strategy of help by including more medical professionals and institutions into the mix. It’s hard to lie with data when mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are involved. Many of these people were discharged from institutions for financial reasons, which adds further credibility for the studies’ conclusions ie these people needed special medical help and society just kicked them out into the streets At no point did I call the chronically homeless “bad” which really angers me when you accused me of it. Your personal anecdotes are always interesting but they don’t give people the big picture

DoreenMichele 7y ago
Let’s be very clear here since you like making insinuations for my comments. I wasn't making insinuations. I generally do my damnedest to try to phrase things as neutrally as possible and make sure, to the best of my ability, that I'm not making insinuations. You aren't required to engage me. If you don't like engaging me, then don't. You don't have to. You can just let your original comment stand on its own. Nothing I say erases anything you say. Readers here are generally intelligent people who can draw their own conclusions and can see that "These two people seriously don't agree." There's zero need to formally state that while continuing to engage. That's not an insinuation. It's a description of online social dynamics that isn't readily and immediately apparent to a lot of people because it runs counter to how in-person conversation works. (That includes me. It took me eons to figure that out.) This will be my last comment in reply to you. If you feel the need to reply further, that's up to you. I'm absolutely not looking to have some pointless fight.
- chaostheory 7y ago
  You’re being disingenuous. Your insinuation was that I was trashing the chronically homeless. If you re-read your comments you clearly say that my comments were alluding to the “bad” homeless which is totally false. You don’t need to insult people you disagree with especially on HN. I need to engage your ideas because I do not feel they provide HN the larger picture on homelessness. Chronic homelessness is a mental health issue and not a primarily a housing issue

DoreenMichele 7y ago

Let’s be very clear here since you like making insinuations for my comments. I wasn't making insinuations. I generally do my damnedest to try to phrase things as neutrally as possible and make sure, to the best of my ability, that I'm not making insinuations. You aren't required to engage me. If you don't like engaging me, then don't. You don't have to. You can just let your original comment stand on its own. Nothing I say erases anything you say. Readers here are generally intelligent people who can draw their own conclusions and can see that "These two people seriously don't agree." There's zero need to formally state that while continuing to engage. That's not an insinuation. It's a description of online social dynamics that isn't readily and immediately apparent to a lot of people because it runs counter to how in-person conversation works. (That includes me. It took me eons to figure that out.) This will be my last comment in reply to you. If you feel the need to reply further, that's up to you. I'm absolutely not looking to have some pointless fight.

chaostheory 7y ago
You’re being disingenuous. Your insinuation was that I was trashing the chronically homeless. If you re-read your comments you clearly say that my comments were alluding to the “bad” homeless which is totally false. You don’t need to insult people you disagree with especially on HN. I need to engage your ideas because I do not feel they provide HN the larger picture on homelessness. Chronic homelessness is a mental health issue and not a primarily a housing issue