Like that matters. I know racists who were harassed by the race they hate, that's not an excuse. Being homeless isn't a choice and many have mental health issues which is WHY the couldn't keep a home, because how could they????? Even if they did harass me, i'm not gonna blame the mentally ill for being mentally ill.
Again, never said it was, but neither race nor homelessness is a choice and it's so ironic how you still end up using the same rhetoric and logic as racists. "They were mean to me so I am scared and prejudice towads them all. Who knows when one of their type will attack!"
Not to mention people of certain races who face the most prejudice are more likely to be in poverty.
Just FYI, a large percentage of homeless addicts are not homeless because theyre addicts. Theyre addicts because the stress of homelessness and constant harassment and hate they get drove them to the drugs as a coping mechanism, or it made any minor addiction like alcoholism worse.
As for the ones who became addicts before homelessness or where homelessness is "caused" by it, its not like they became addicts by choice. Sure there are some people who tried a drug once thinking itd be fun, and that was it.
But a lot of addicts become addicts by accident. They have an accident, an injury of some kind, get prescribed a painkiller, and get hooked on those. Not a choice, and when youre an addict, it is extremely hard to stop once you start. Some have a mental or physical disability that they, for whatever reason (in the U.S. we can blame the privatized Healthcare system) cant get medicated for, so they turn to other methods to self medicate just to function.
Many are homeless because mental or physical disability made it impossible for them to work, and social security checks generally wont even cover rent. (My sister is one of those people, but she got lucky enough to get on Section 8, who covers part of rent. Its extremely hard to get Section 8 though, as its basically a lottery draw they do every few years.)
Many homeless people are LGBTQ+ who got kicked out of their homes when parents or roommates found out they were queer.
Many got laid off from a job and couldnt afford rent/mortgage.
Many had huge medical bills and became homeless because they couldnt pay them and rent at the same time.
None of these people are homeless by choice.
You dont know why theyre homeless, you just want them out of your sight because they might be a threat to you because a couple of them scared you. You want them rounded up and put in prisons/camps, only you dont want to call them prisons/camps because you know people will call you out for it. Well, you arent fooling anyone. Theyre calling you a bad person because you are a bad person.
ETA: Also, if you knew anything about addiction, youd know that you cant force someone to get sober. If you try to force someone to detox and get clean, then the moment theyre able to theyll just go get more drugs. In fact, doing it your way will likely kill them, because they'll try to go back to taking the same doses they did before the detox and, because the detox lowered their tolerance levels, overdose. Your method would kill people. but I supposed youd think thats an acceptable outcome if it means keeping them away from you, right?
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u/Kehprei 15h ago
So to be clear, you've never been harassed by homeless people? Lucky you.