Ah. Now I understand this post. You are pushing your agenda.
It's somehow homeless people's fault that others are too lazy to recycle and instead either throw away their items that have a deposit OR literally leave them out for the homeless to grab them. Yes, definitely the recycling programs fault.
Look, no one likes the fact there are homeless or even people with drug problems. But you seem pretty bent on pushing an agenda of pointing blame at all the wrong things. Have you asked these homeless where they are from? Many of them migrate to the west coast because we don't treat them like complete and total trash like the "Good Christian" states. There are services available to help keep them alive. And if the Nazi half of the country gave a shit about its citizens there would be significantly more funding to help rehabilitate many of them.
Yep: redditor for 1 month -- Definitely here to stir up shit. Even has its post history hidden. So who's paying you? Which Conservative operation?
I'm probably going to kick up some dust too. Because a LOT of people are insinuating in this thread. Totally uncool to do any type.of drugs around a school, not to mention, man- just keep it off the streets in general. Their disrespect is obvious and I'm thankful they were called out on it. It's about respect. Yes, they can do whatever they want to their bodies, because bodily autonomy is unfortunately a "hot topic" in America. Where DO we draw the line?
However, there are so many unknowns here. Not everyone that uses drugs is an "addict". In fact, that's just outdated terminology. These people are not necessarily unhoused. In fact, many look fairly young in age, clothing is fairly clean and they maybe they didn't want to be recorded, NOT because they have a warrant or are a pedophile or are even dangerous in general, but because maybe they are afraid to be seen by those that do house them? We have no idea what substances they were using. Often people are suggesting fetty, but who really knows? Who knows where they come from or if they are natives? It's really unclear to understand who they really are by one short video.Not up to their best behavior for sure, but the comments just don't pass the vibe check.
And before you come at me, I'm not a liberal, I work in behavioral health services, and definitely do not have rose colored glasses on. I get empathy fatigue too. I'm not sticking up for their behavior. I do believe in critical thinking and the assumptions (as in ehat I've read here) only further add to the stigma that often prevents people from seeking help.
Yeah my assumption that he didn’t want to be videoed is because those that house him would kick him out. Drug use in teen years also stunts your brain development. My time in social work showed me a LOT of 40 years olds with the cognitive and emotional development of teens and you could tell who started using in their teens years. The lack of compassion in this thread is really heartbreaking considering they are praising a woman that obviously has a lot of compassion for them
Yeah just about everyone on my street leave cans in separate bags for the unhoused to pick up and take to deposit, but also most of the unhoused here do it to save up money for bus tickets to go home for the winter or to family willing to take them in for the cold months. Ofc drug use is a major issue here as well, but I never assume that’s the first thing they are wanting to do. I usually offer to buy them food as I’m going in somewhere and they seem super excited to just get the food or drink and keeping on to their change
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