• jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 day ago

    I think any fair interpretation of his info is that the homeless are given all sorts of reasonable accommodations even at that library including places to sit and rest, but they still sometimes elected to use an inappropriate space even while being given a choice.

    Like if you built a whole guest house in your yard open to homeless and they leave it empty and break into your living room instead. You wouldn’t be anti homeless because you wanted them in the well equipped shelter with beds and sofas instead of your couch.

    • deaf_fish@lemm.eeEnglish
      23·
      1 day ago

      I think you’ve missed my point. I am not pro let homeless do whatever they want. I never claim to be that.

      I am pro, if you take benches away from everyone because of a homeless person. You should own that.

      It doesn’t make anyone a bad person, because everyone takes away stuff from homeless people. It’s a systemic problem.

      But if you pretend that you had no choice, or that it was the right thing to do, then you’re full of shit.

      It’s like if a politician gets caught insider trading. Yeah, everyone does it. Does that mean it’s a good idea to stand up and say “I had no choice”? No you stand up and say " I did it, everyone does it, it’s not right. It makes us a lot of money. Let’s have a conversation about it."