In one of my rabbit holes last night, I came across this thread. I found it very insightful & I'm sharing bc I think some of you may as well.
@ExecutiveFunction404 What an excellent idea! And what if people didn't have to worry about being homeless, either!
What timing, as #scotus is deciding whether homelessness should be criminalized, without providing a solution for the hundreds of thousands of unhoused people 🙃
@ExecutiveFunction404 Yeah. I would like people to really think about it.
If a person or a family has gone through such hardship that they don't have a place to live, should they be punished by law not having a place to live?
That's like giving someone a fine or jail time for getting cancer.
@AskTheDevil @ExecutiveFunction404 There are people who believe they are only there due to laziness or drugs, and treating them with kindness enables them. They think the homeless must hit rock bottom or be better people before they get better, and if they are so lazy and awful that they are willing to live in the squalor of the streets, the jail might be the only solution. After all, they are unsightly and "good" people shouldn't have to look at them.
@tippitiwichet @ExecutiveFunction404 That's the size of it.
@AskTheDevil @ExecutiveFunction404 I know the numbers are changing, our streets are so much more full than they were before 2020, but it used to be that only about 30% of the homeless population was chronically homeless (more than once, and for longer than a couple of months - I qualify). Most of them have jobs, go to school, keep clean, and use the resources they are offered wisely, so they are off the street in a couple of months. They certainly don't all drink or use drugs, either.
@AskTheDevil @ExecutiveFunction404 Don't know why I'm telling you that, you don't need to be persuaded. Must be a sore spot of mine for some reason.
@tippitiwichet @ExecutiveFunction404 I think everything you have said is worth saying again and again.