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Supreme Court will weigh banning homeless people from sleeping outside (apnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

They really love pushing buttons dont they

[+] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

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[–] PoopDelivery 4 points 7 months ago

It is sleeping outdoors. There is no mention of it only applying to long term encampments.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Given these people have nowhere to go why not set aside some public land that allows long term encampments or maybe if it’s a concern about the safety of these encampments, the government could acquire an empty office building and retrofit it with modest accommodations for these peoples.

Or you could just admit it’s not about helping these people it’s about making them go away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Those are both reasonable solutions and I'm not arguing against them. I just pointed out that this fight isn't about banning homeless people from sleeping outside. It's more nuanced than that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

pigpoop

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

If these things are gonna be so big to the rest of us when they're posted, they really should have a lot more detail.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

Homelessness is a lifestyle choice

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Vicious, ignorant nonsense.

Edit: it’s from the video

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You should have watched it before commenting.

EDIT: Never mind, I'm a moron.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

It’s a quote from the video. It’s tempting to be a jerk and respond to your tone in kind, but I’ll be sympathetic to the fact that it’s likely you just didn’t clock it and I didn’t use quotation marks (even though I think it’s a fantastic moment).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Haha, yeah, I deserve that clap back. I must have missed that while watching. Thanks for being civil!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

There was a tinge of smug in my comment I’ll cop to it lol but yeah i’ve been trying lately not to be so…idk, flippant is the word that comes to mind a lot. That and just relishing correcting people. Have a good one mate.

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