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Jesus. Imagine actually saying you need soldiers to protect you from the most helpless members of society and not being uncomfortable with who you are.
That's how me being a bone American feel whenever someone says I need my gun to feel safe. Like you are such a coward.
Like, there regularly are people hanging out there, but they never bother anyone, they’re mostly just taking a break from the weather or using the bathroom.
It’s so surreal to see them talking as if they’re doing me some favor. Like fuck off, it wasn’t a problem, and I didn’t need them inflicting cruelty over it .
Also conveniently ignoring that a large portion of those people are veterans who served honorably then got discarded by the government and the VA. I can fucking guarantee you some of the troops currently “protecting” these cities ran up and down the same hills as some of those “vagrants” during basic.
Those vets telling the soldiers "You will be like me in 20 years" over and over should be pretty painful.
Criminalizing the helpless is a big step towards dehumanizing them. Once the state has done that, they can get away with treating them anyway they please.
Gotta find a way to keep thos for profit prisons full. Then the prisons "lease" their prisoners to farms, factories, etc since migrant workers are being deported.
Slavers....I mean for profit prisons will make money, businesses get free labor, and prisoners get "work experience".
Imagine the level of assistance that could be provided to all of those people for the cost of that press conference.
I don’t recall homeless people being in Union station. There were maybe one or two within a block radius chilling on a sidewalk, but sending in the national guard for that is actually a joke. It doesn’t need the military. Maybe a few social workers.