What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.

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    Man you know what’s not hard? Empathy. You know what is hard? Constantly finding ways to make life for others difficult.

    Literally just build some free housing that won’t kick people out after extended periods of time, give them social support for jobs, give them mental health support, and feed them. If they don’t want to live there because of mental health issues, they should still have access to the other amenities and eventually they might move in. And blam, you will have a much better city with less crime and a happier population. Oh and it’s cheaper then funding death and destruction

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      Empathy is apparently nigh impossible for a lot of people, judging by how rarely they engage in it. I think you know which people I’m talking about.

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        I think you know which people I’m talking about.

        People who have money and have never had anything actually bad happen to them?

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          Those people, and also the people who are obsessed with having someone to look down on.

          I’ve never understood that mindset, because it doesn’t actually make them better, it just means that they’re aholes.

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      Last detail: Proper funding for extra policing, to handle the natural difficulties in transitioning a whole bunch of people to a more structured lifestyle all at once, in the same small geographical area.

      Otherwise we’ll run into the same problems we did last time we tried block housing, leading to “the projects”. I mean, think about it. That’s a fantastic market for a drug dealer or a gang otherwise, that many vulnerable people all in one place.

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        Extra policing would be fine if the problems with police departments were addressed. Without addressing that whole mess, though, throwing more police officers won’t solve that problem.

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        Very true and these police should be trained and continually educated on how to deal with and identify mental health episodes. A lot of people hate police as do I, but I truly believe with proper oversight and education they can be a great asset to our society.

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      If they don’t want to live there

      This is the tricky part. Any realistic solution can’t just gloss over it.

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    this country is so fucking stupid and evil

    i like how thomas still gets to decide [and you know what he’ll say]

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    Yes they are after all mostly Christians. Christianity in USA is a form of insane sociopathy.

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    They’re doing everything they can to make EVERYONE’S lives worse, so yes, absolutely they will.

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    i mean, i agree the conservatives have shown they contain zero empathy for anyone anywhere except themselves.
    but
    wasnt the US constitution written for and by a bunch of rich, land-owning white guys? i guess im surprised what rights any non-landowners currently have. lucky us!

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    Tread carefully SC. lots of us are on that fence with very little to lose should we become homeless. I can lose my house, but I’ll never lose the memory of how you fuckers sold us out to your donors.

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    Going to go against the grain here, probably not. The case hasn’t even been granted cert yet. They probably won’t take up the case.