"The poster I responded to asserted some utter nonsense about a serious issue." Your comment "commenters are so weird" was a reply to my comment, so presumably

"The poster I responded to asserted some utter nonsense about a serious issue." Your comment "commenters are so weird" was a reply to my comment, so presumably was directed at me. I didn't assert "some utter nonsense". "Your claim that tents aren't being removed isn't true either." The article you linked says that tents are being removed from the Tenderloin, so that they can be relocated to other areas of the city. So, unless you live in the Tenderloin (a small % of SF), your experience will be just like mine: tents are permanent and are not being removed by the police.