Edit I kinda made this post out of spite for the fact the most previous post [https://slrpnk.net/post/2167450] in this community, whose title I quoted/copied, was getting so many downvotes… At the time I posted this, the previous post had about a 30% downvote rate, and it really, really made me mad. I am relieved tho to see people in the comments here who have real, actual empathy for their fellow humans. Thank you for contributing here. It blows my mind how normalized it is to hate on those who are struggling. Especially in 20fucking23 when so many of us now are on the verge of it ourselves. Let’s be better, everyone - to everyone. I beg you.
  • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    1 year ago

    If you put a blanket down on a beach, you are infringing on everyone else’s use of that space. So… what then? No one’s allowed to use public space ever, since any time someone does, the rest of the public can’t use it?

    The entire Earth started as public space, yet I assume you think its OK that people can build a house, put up a fence and say, “Mine”. What gives them the right? People need homes and the space wasn’t being used for a home. Well, now it is.

    Leave the homeless people alone.

    • setVeryLoud(true);English
      2·
      1 year ago

      I mean, technically, your towel on the beach is very temporary. Unhoused people can be there for years.

      Your point is valid, but your argument is weak. Vacating unhoused people from the streets shouldn’t be the priority, the priority should be to address the underlying problem to let them get off the streets on their own. A lot of them are there because they had a traumatic experience in the shelter, they have a pet, etc.

      Unfortunately, we live in a society where we fix symptoms rather than causes, because it’s recurring revenue and is good for shareholders when you have “repeat customers”.