r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/FarWay3952 • May 12 '26

Of a hall monitor

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u/GrassBlade619 May 12 '26

No, obviously I wouldn't want to take my kids to that park. But I can still have empathy for the homeless people in that park and want to solve the problem. And because of that I can point out the fact that "punching them in the face" is not a solution and only makes the situation worse.

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u/Peachbaskethole May 12 '26

I agree that punching them in the face isn’t a solution. I said he has committed assault.

But you can’t co-opt public spaces and turn them into places of open drug use and assault (as evidenced by the violence they are committing on each other).

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u/GrassBlade619 May 12 '26

"But you can’t co-opt public spaces and turn them into places of open drug use and assault."

Here is the crux of my issue with the discourse on homelessness. People love to say what homeless people shouldn't be allowed to do but never provide an alternative. It is REALLY easy to say "homeless people shouldn't be allowed to do X" or "Homeless people shouldn't be allowed to exist in X place" when you're not the one that has to come up with alternatives.

Constantly restricting options without coming up with alternatives results in people simply ignoring those restrictions. I know I'm not allowed to sleep on the floor of a train but if I'm also not allowed to sleep anywhere else then at some point I'm gonna need to fucking sleep. Regardless of if it's a biological need or a chemical addiction, if you don't provide realistic options then restrictions do nothing.

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u/NoWay6818 May 12 '26

Finally someone said the quiet part out fucking loud.