It's hard to look at any space on the internet that seems to have recently changed opinions or harping on one thing, and not think "trolls paid by someone powerful is pushing for this change in the air."

Every single other post seems to be a hit on homeless people. Again, it's not that homelessness is a problem, but just the reaction to it seems some concerted effort to vilify an especially abused subsection of our population (name a more iconic duo, beating down on the poor and those who loudly consider themselves Xtians).

So when a person on the subreddit said they were leaving you can imagine the range of replies. Thing is, it seems that people have been equating being uncomfortable (seeing feces everywhere) with their right to overreact and use that overreaction as power to slam on poor people (as usual). 

Funny thing is that there are a whole bunch of ways that people coach these terms. No one can come right out and ask for the poors to be crushed, made to go away (where?) without a handful of "I used to be liberal" or some other form of "I'd love to help them but it's out of towners all these homeless people [1] and it's Freeattle that's causing this issue. And then "oh the crime" and "oh we must destroy where they live and kick them out. 

It's like their presence is made to seem an affront, then a danger, then we destroy them.

Of course if you're a MAGAt and believe this, then no one really cares except for fellow psycho-travelers and so the people coach all this with "I'm not pro trump" or what have you. [2] 

Thing is, in the same time that I heard all these complaints (assuming they're real), I was almost run over by distracted or idiot drivers at least three times. I had the walk signal or they were at a stop sign (one deigned to roll down their window and say "make sure you have eye contact before you walk in front of any car" right, sweetie, I can't see your eyes through the windshield, should I wait for written permission).

Plenty of people die from getting hit by cars, cars are a general nuisance and yet we don't hear the same thing about them. In fact, if I post this point up, people will make a whole bunch of excuses for cars and not restricting them (let alone destroying them).... okay, let me post up and see the reaction. 

Note that I'm of the mind that cars are currently being used as a vehicle for democide (minorities are hit more than others). Not only was one used as a weapon by a Nazi against an anti-Nazi protestor but the right has been thinking hard about passing laws making running over protestors. But no one seems at all outraged. Why is that? It will never get the same "woe is me" BS that homeless people inspire in my fellow Seattlites. 

to be continued

[1] Survey after survey seems to come out and say that most of the homeless people are from King County, (84%). That some have only stayed here for a couple of years seems besides the fucking point to me. The only issue I have with this, is that suburbs tend to send their people downtown (or people come here because, you know, resources) via violent policies of making their lives hard and so they too should pay for the solution (but we know how that works with regards to who pays for what, the suburbs tend not to pay their fair share, as is the American custom, apparently). 

[2] Not to say that there aren't people in #theresistance who would think this way.

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