Sunday, April 1, 2007
Fuck Seattle for trying to hide its homeless problem. . .
Poeple never really make this connection, but visible homeless poeple are so very important to everday life, and without them we would be lulled into a sense of false comfort that our system works and there are no poeple that get spit out on the lower side of the captilalist spectrum. So I guess I'll get to the point; King County is considering barring panhandlers from ceartain areas of the city, ie. freeway on ramps. And, I say that this is the only place (other than downtown) where the upperclass, yuppie, gentrified--white and clueless--inhabitants of our "fair" city can see that homeless poeple even exist. Without those pesky, depressing, and sometimes drunk transiates manning the streetcorners, our rich and comortable would not see that, truly our system does not work; and also that for thier capitlalist success stories to exist in the first place, alot more underclass people must--not only stay poor--but suffer in most cases. So for anyone that cares, and like me does not want to allow the ruling class to just usher the homeless away from view of thier commute than I propose two suggestions. One, research the issue and write your council members, representatives, and anyone else relevant about your concerns. Or, secondly, if this is made into law - then to dress up like a homless person and fill every street corner with signs that read "I am poor because you are rich", or "you have my money, I would like it back," or "every person homeless, is a sign our system does not work." Of course you can add your own witty sentiment and make them all your own; and remember activism doesn't have to be boring, hippy, and annoying. It can be fun, artsy, amusing, and even fun.
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What a God-awful post highlighting a backwards and incredibly idealistic (even simplistic) outlook.
"I am poor because you are rich?" Come on. While there are some people that are legitimately just down on their luck most research suggests 80% of homeless people are either alcoholics, drug addicts, mentally ill, or a combination of two or more. They're poor because they are extremely troubled people, not because of the evil rich.
If liberals like you had their way you'd overtax the rich so these people could drink and snort all that money away.
Good luck with your letter-writing campaign to fix homelessness. Liberals AND conservatives in office historically speak volumes about their lack of true concern over the homeless in their lack of legislation and action in truly fixing the problem. It's just that conservatives don't go to the trouble of bullshitting sheep like you into believing they care.
So keep voting democratic so you can sleep at night thinking you're actually making some sort of tangible contribution to this world. And we'll move all the panhandling drunks into your neighborhood so you can feel even better about yourself by giving them your spare change to buy drugs and booze.
Oh, and learn to use spell-check.
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