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> everyone of every stripe has compassion for homeless people The conservatives in my hometown of Seattle are fairly vocal about not giving a fuck. It's sort
by gopher_space 4y ago
> everyone of every stripe has compassion for homeless people
The conservatives in my hometown of Seattle are fairly vocal about not giving a fuck. It's sort of their defining feature. As in, they differ not at all from the liberals except on homeless issues.
- mixmastamyk 4y agoTry to put up a shelter and watch the true colors of so-called liberals emerge. Happened here. Nimbys too when someone tries to build an apartment. Looks like one side is better at hiding human nature.
- humanrebar 4y agoSeems like these days it's hard to police "small" crime as well. Guess who's most affected by theft, misdemeanor violence, etc.?
- iinnPP 4y agoThe poor and potentially soon to be homeless.
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- roenxi 4y agoConservatives tend to be transparent when they don't care about things. But that doesn't mean they care less - because that is a relative thing. I gather homelessness in Seattle has been getting worse for years [0] and that the city is something of a liberal stronghold. So the question is open - are the liberals more compassionate, or are they merely identifying ineffective policies as compassion? Because I would expect real compassion would cause homelessness to decrease. More compassion -> less homelessness is the link I'd like to see if I were out there being compassionate. Or at least growth in line with population rather than exceeding it. Compassion implies that people are about to do something useful. In short, what you observe is consistent with conservatives being less compassionate, but also consistent with conservatives being equally compassionate but more realistic about policy effectiveness. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Seattle#Measuring_the_growth_of_homelessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_Seattle#Measur...