I'd expect trump to not be pro junkies. My woke prime minister legalised drugs. Hire a guard who look like a refrigerator?

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Pomato 3 months ago

No you just want to paint everyone with the same brush because you don't understand empathy or compassion at all and caring about anything other than yourself is too hard for you.

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anonymous 3 months ago

Trump and Musk are some of the biggest addicts out there and so are you.

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anonymous 3 months ago

You're making up so much shit it's not even funny.

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anonymous 3 months ago

Cleveland, Texas - 1
Dover, Delaware - 1
Fayetteville, North Carolina - 1
Cooper City, Florida - 1
New Port Richey, Florida - 1
Tampa, Florida - 1

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anonymous 3 months ago

Your post raises several points regarding the challenges faced by business owners in areas impacted by drug addiction and homelessness, but it seems to oversimplify the situation by attributing blame solely to “compassionate” policies and “liberals.” Here are several reasons why this perspective might not fully capture the complexities of the issue:

1. **Complexity of Causes**: Drug addiction and homelessness are multifaceted problems stemming from a variety of factors including economic inequality, mental health issues, lack of affordable housing, and inadequate social services. Simply attributing the situation to compassion-oriented policies ignores the broader systemic issues at play.

2. **Compassion vs. Criminalization**: The argument presupposes that compassion and support for those in distress must come at the expense of public safety or business viability. In reality, effective approaches often involve both compassion and law enforcement. Many successful programs worldwide integrate services that offer support while maintaining community safety and order.

3. **Responsibility of Society**: The statement suggests that individuals or groups advocating for compassion should be held responsible for issues created by others who are affected by systemic problems. However, those advocating for a compassionate approach often do so in the hope of addressing root causes rather than allowing the problems to escalate into criminal behavior or public danger.

4. **Dark Consequences of Criminalization**: Focusing solely on enforcement and criminalization can lead to further marginalization and suffering, without addressing the underlying issues. Studies have shown that punitive measures alone do not effectively reduce addiction or homelessness; instead, investment in rehabilitation, housing, and support services shows more promise.

5. **Political Narratives**: The assertion that a rise in support for Trump is solely due to “compassion efforts failing” overlooks the broader political landscape and other contributing factors to his appeal, including economic discontent, cultural division, and messages of populism that resonate with many voters beyond a single issue.

6. **Community and Business Safety**: Rather than framing it as a binary choice between compassion and business safety, communities have the opportunity to work together to create solutions that address both concerns. Business owners, community members, and local governments can collaborate on strategies that provide necessary services while ensuring safe environments for all.

In summary, the issues of drug addiction and homelessness merit a more nuanced conversation that recognizes the importance of both compassionate approaches and community safety, rather than casting blame or simplifying the narrative into polarized camps. Solutions that incorporate understanding and resources can lead to better outcomes for vulnerable populations and business owners alike.

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anonymous 3 months ago

"No you just want to paint everyone with the same brush because you don't understand empathy or compassion at all and caring about anything other than yourself is too hard for you."

Feel free to let them hang around your home and business every day and night. Be sure to allow them access to your bathroom.

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anonymous 3 months ago

SOME are just down on their luck and are doing everything possible to remain decent human beings. The vast majority are on drugs and refuse to clean up and get sober. And there are a lot of young and very violent homeless these days, also on drugs.

I speak from what I've witnessed first hand for many years.

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anonymous 3 months ago

"6. **Community and Business Safety**: Rather than framing it as a binary choice between compassion and business safety, communities have the opportunity to work together to create solutions that address both concerns. Business owners, community members, and local governments can collaborate on strategies that provide necessary services while ensuring safe environments for all."

It sounds like you are talking about "Saftey Ambassadors" which have been tried in my city, but the problem is only getting worse. All a Safety Ambassador can really do is try to desecilate a situation which often does not work, and call the actual cops if things get out of hand. People are still shooting up in door ways, still menacing people, and doing it by the thousands, and the SAs can't do anything about it. When the real cops deal with the situation, provided it even leads to an arrest, the perps are back out on the streets within hours.

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anonymous 3 months ago

^usually the best they can do is a 72 hour psychiatric hold, but then they are out. Somebody has to get hurt bad by them for them to be taken off the streets for any significant amount of time.

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anonymous 3 months ago

A business owner is just trying to make money and feed the family. Someone else's "traumatic childhood" has nothing to do with that business owner, nor should he or she have to deal with the fallout from it. We are supposed to have professionals to deal with this.

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anonymous 3 months ago

On mental health - we used to have a system where people who were deemed dangerous to self or others were locked up in asylums.
Reagan closed many facilities and discharged thousands of people with mental illness into society. Those people didn't receive ongoing or adequate aftercare and we saw a huge increase in the displaced/homeless population.
I saw this happen in real life - it's a personal experience for me.

Mental health is now mostly on an outpatient basis. Also, when people are oppressed and forced into hardship, they become annoyed, irritable, and even hostile or desperate. This is the cause of an increase in crime - NOT the liberal acceptance of criminal behavior.

Who is "getting away with" crime right now? Republicans. Trump is a convicted felon. He committed crimes that he will not be sentenced for. He was not exonerated and his crimes were not absolved. He was found guilty of 34 felony crimes. Then look at Rudy. He's another treasure trove of bad decisions.

We are expected to accept people who have power or money and look the other way or worse - shake their hand and sing praises- when they commit crimes.

When people who are beaten down by the system commit crimes, we tell them how vile they are and throw the book at them.

Thats the unfortunate dichotomy. Don't be fooled into believing that liberals did this. It statted with conservatives, and continues with conservatives.

A vording to the rich and powerful- if you're poor, you need to roll over and die, because you aren't even worth spitting on. And you don’t deserve one dime of assistance.

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anonymous 3 months ago