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Complainer: 'Homelessness is a mental health problem, they shouldn't be arrested for sleeping and shitting on the sidewalk.' Me: 'Please go ahead and convince

Complainer: 'Homelessness is a mental health problem, they shouldn't be arrested for sleeping and shitting on the sidewalk.' Me: 'Please go ahead and convince that homeless person to go to a Doctor's office, after you set up the appointment, and then follow up to make sure they take their medicine every day.' Complainer: 'Well, that is the job of a social worker, not me' Me: 'Are you going to go hire the social worker and let them know that they need to do this?' Complainer: 'That is the government's job, not mine' Answer: 'So you are going to vote for someone who says they will fix this, and that is about all you are going to do?' Complainer: 'I'm very busy'

devenblake 6y ago
> Homelessness is a mental health problem, they shouldn't be arrested for sleeping and shitting on the sidewalk. Yes. > Well, that is the job of a social worker, not me Yes. > That is the government's job, not mine Yes. >> So you are going to vote for someone who says they will fix this, and that is about all you are going to do? Yes I will. I pay my taxes, it's not my fault the government wastes my money on the military and law enforcement. When there are candidates that pledge to fix this I donate to them and vote for them.
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sidlls 6y ago
You're attempting to mock someone for not personally taking on a problem of society. That's uncharitable to say the least.
- prepend 6y ago
  I read it as mocking continuing to elect public officials who are not acting accountably to solve the problem. SanFrancisco spends lots on homeless programs [0], more than almost every city, but they are ineffective. So government is failing at this problem. [0] https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/19/21027974/san-francisco-homeless-decade-2010s-kositsky-navigation-center-friedenbach https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/19/21027974/san-francisco-home...
  - sidlls 6y ago
    No argument from me re: government failing. There are so many failures regarding housing and other issues up and down the bay area. It has got to the point where I question whether the rich culture that does exist is worth the quality of life trade.
whimsicalism 6y ago
? This seems to be shoehorning some disagreement you had about homelessness into an unrelated discussion.
- TheCoelacanth 6y ago
  You don't see the connection from homelessness to housing affordability and the connection from housing affordability to the illegality of building affordable housing?

devenblake 6y ago

> Homelessness is a mental health problem, they shouldn't be arrested for sleeping and shitting on the sidewalk. Yes. > Well, that is the job of a social worker, not me Yes. > That is the government's job, not mine Yes. >> So you are going to vote for someone who says they will fix this, and that is about all you are going to do? Yes I will. I pay my taxes, it's not my fault the government wastes my money on the military and law enforcement. When there are candidates that pledge to fix this I donate to them and vote for them.

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sidlls 6y ago

You're attempting to mock someone for not personally taking on a problem of society. That's uncharitable to say the least.

prepend 6y ago
I read it as mocking continuing to elect public officials who are not acting accountably to solve the problem. SanFrancisco spends lots on homeless programs [0], more than almost every city, but they are ineffective. So government is failing at this problem. [0] https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/19/21027974/san-francisco-homeless-decade-2010s-kositsky-navigation-center-friedenbach https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/19/21027974/san-francisco-home...
- sidlls 6y ago
  No argument from me re: government failing. There are so many failures regarding housing and other issues up and down the bay area. It has got to the point where I question whether the rich culture that does exist is worth the quality of life trade.

whimsicalism 6y ago

? This seems to be shoehorning some disagreement you had about homelessness into an unrelated discussion.

TheCoelacanth 6y ago
You don't see the connection from homelessness to housing affordability and the connection from housing affordability to the illegality of building affordable housing?