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Odoreida

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12. Just as an aside ...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2018, 08:58 PM

Mar 2018

Yes, the bigotry is an additional piece of nastiness, but ...

Homeless people as such make a lot of people uncomfortable. Including me.

And they should.

This is a basic economic issue that permanent homelessness should be so common.

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Ben Carson: Homeless Transgender People Make Others Uncomfortable [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2018 OP

I'm a bit horrified to think that a homeless shelter has people showering communally. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2018 #1

Perhaps Carson just made that up. I volunteered at riversedge Mar 2018 #4

It does occur. TexasTowelie Mar 2018 #6

Well maybe the homeless shelters could use different dinner tables underpants Mar 2018 #2

I was at one that did exactly that. TexasTowelie Mar 2018 #7

That's why they should keep the lights on underpants Mar 2018 #10

That $31k dining table he bought could buy a lot of meals for the homeless. Initech Mar 2018 #8

Hey! I just had a "lightbulb moment" underpants Mar 2018 #9

Fire that bigot! riversedge Mar 2018 #3

Hey Ben, you make others uncomfortable still_one Mar 2018 #5

Ben Carson makes me uncomfortable. Nitram Mar 2018 #11

Just as an aside ... Odoreida Mar 2018 #12

So do black Nazis. (n/t) Iggo Mar 2018 #13

Stroke out, Carson! tonekat Apr 2018 #14

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