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A comment on For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Money Is Not Enough. Parent comment

Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by cag_ii on Saturday September 30, 2017 @11:28AM (#15373287)
You're discussing criminal behavior. California has policies and institutions in place to deal with criminal behavior. They're not perfect, but that's an entirely different discussion.

Suggesting that the entire homeless population are criminals is disingenuous at best, and this kind of fear-mongering distracts from productive discussion about how best to help.

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Re:For Homeless Advocates, a Discouraging Lesson in L.A.: Mo... by fern12 on Saturday September 30, 2017 @06:40PM (#15375350)
Suggesting that the entire homeless population are criminals is disingenuous at best, and this kind of fear-mongering distracts from productive discussion about how best to help.

I never said that the entire homeless population are criminals. I merely provided a single, real-life example of someone for whom current policies and institutions have failed, then asked you as to what you think should be done.

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