Submitted by AGirlsThoughts_ t3_zkgdu3 in providence
whatsaphoto t1_j01w99b wrote
Reply to comment by Beebeeleen in Just a person who cares by AGirlsThoughts_
My point was in regards to you claiming that homelessness is caused by poor choices, and your lack of sympathy for those who live on the streets. Many (Not all, but many) people who are homeless are in that situation through no fault of their own, and we live in a country with far too little reliable options to pick yourself back up again and simply "get a job" in order to get approved for a mortgage and start your life again. If it were that simple then we wouldn't be in the epidemic that we're in right now.
Beebeeleen t1_j01x2q7 wrote
You misread my post or I did not clarify my position.
As you just read in my latest post, I am well aware of the various causes of homelessness.
I withhold my empathy from certain cases. I am more compassionate about people suffering from mental illnesses outside of addiction.
When it comes to addiction, I am more of a case-by-case basis guy. For instance, I knew an addict whose family wanted to help him. He was from an upper middleclass family. He choose to stay on the streets. That differed from some of his addict buddies who had no where to go. Their situation was far worst. He could pass as a normal guy and used that to his advantage to enter and exist places and stores to steal to support his habit. The others couldn't exit and enter as they pleased.
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