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Daily Discussion Thread:🥮 Wed 3 Apr 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

he doesn't sound rational

I have great sympathy for people who live on the streets, it's very traumatic and they end up with ptsd very quickly

beggars is different, most beggars aren't homeless

Before I moved to downtown Detroit I had a plan for interacting with the homeless people. It was intense there.

If I had time I would listen to their story. Every homeless person or beggar got a dollar or two. If there was a problem I would try to help them out. Anyone sleeping on a warm grill on the sidewalk got some money. Anyone going through a garbage can got money.

Con artists from the suburbs got nothing

I also taught my husband to do that.

We never had a problem downtown. Husband's colleagues would get harassed, but not him.

By the time I moved city locals were calling me sister.

But not once in over 6 years did the Nation of Islam guy handing out pamphlets ever acknowledge my existence ....lol