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astral (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-29-09 11:59 PM Original message |
People's strange ideas about "The Homeless" |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've known quite a few |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. The notion of the resistant homeless comes from articles about those who refuse.... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. There is an assumption that the Government provides shelters to those |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
2. No as by reading inetween the lines both people believe the same thing |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, Jesus provides a wonderful example to follow..... |
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sojourner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. really? always and every time? how about when he "felt" healing go out from himself. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Glad that you understand what I meant |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 01:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
32. self-delete - dupe |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've never been homeless, but I've been onepaycheck away from it many times! |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Been there too."There, but by the grace of God go I." |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 08:48 AM Response to Reply #4 |
23. You are obviously lying. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. Comments like that make me so angry I shake, and literally make me queasy. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. These people are right wing authoritarians. They are delusional and rationalize |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 04:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. maybe they're just dumb. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Dumb maybe, but not "just dumb". Willfully dumb. They are dumb and proud of it. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. i don't think it works that way. dumb or lying. |
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rwheeler31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
7. We criminalize these people , Why? |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
10. Get rid of homelessness, don't let anyone live in poverty. We can and |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Absent forced institutionalization, I'd say that's an unrealistic prediction. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
11. Yeah, the level of judgment is pretty awful. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I have watched someone become homeless, and I couldn't/wouldn't help. |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. The solution? Assigned housing |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Not to get too disgusting, but who cleans up the shit? |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Trailers |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
16. The majority that I've known have been kids who chose to leave home because of really awful |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. A great solution for homelessness: |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
19. It's their fault. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. k&r |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 02:07 AM Response to Original message |
21. GOD would never allow good people to be in such straights, therefore they are bad. |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. K & R. I think recently there has been a turn towards family members |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
24. anti-homeless idiocy is disgusting. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:42 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. worse than anti-teacher idiocy? |
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BanzaiBonnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. I heard someone call them scrap people |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
28. I get really annoyed with those who take the morally superior tone |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Bless you... |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Its their choice to give up the dollar as well I would say... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. To me, that is the true spirit of giving.... |
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PJPhreak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-30-09 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. When I was Homeless, |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 02:20 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. +1 |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
35. i only know two homeless dudes who wouldnt live indoors for anything |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 05:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. "..."Really, do we want..." ..as if they had a choice.. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-01-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fools! Don't you know that it's more important that we kill people in other countries? |
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