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marble falls

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20. We just need to do what we can.

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Wed Sep 13, 2023, 07:40 PM

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I guess I'm a bleeding heart liberal [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 2023 OP

Agree with you 100% Coventina Sep 2023 #1

You're right senseandsensibility Sep 2023 #2

By my favorite author Terry Pratchett Bear Creek Sep 2023 #8

Empathy is a key marker of a progressive PJMcK Sep 2023 #3

With a bleeding heart comes emotional bruising. Boomerproud Sep 2023 #4

Me too. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #5

i strictly blame the land mafia who make these huge big box houses AllaN01Bear Sep 2023 #6

I'm fortunate that I've never experienced homelessness or the fear of it. Lonestarblue Sep 2023 #7

Thanks for this senseandsensibility Sep 2023 #13

Wonderful organization - Mobile Loaves and Fishes TexasBushwhacker Sep 2023 #34

I used to feel this way but the problem is totally out of control in many cities. honest.abe Sep 2023 #9

What are these harsh solutions? Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #10

++ appalachiablue Sep 2023 #11

Where I live we have few homeless.. not sure why. honest.abe Sep 2023 #16

We need to curtail short term rentals. LisaM Sep 2023 #12

Thank you for being a "bleeding heart liberal". We should be proud of that label. Sometimes it LoisB Sep 2023 #14

You are right sorrybushisfromtexas Sep 2023 #15

Better a bleeding heart Riverman100 Sep 2023 #17

I am very annoyed with my neighbors Sympthsical Sep 2023 #18

Same thing is happening in a town near me. yardwork Sep 2023 #25

Well they shouldn't live in California Calculating Sep 2023 #19

it is NOT just California!! markie Sep 2023 #21

We just need to do what we can. marble falls Sep 2023 #20

I have held down a job while living in a car. Because California. paulkienitz Sep 2023 #22

...there but for the grace of God. You bet. It's time to have some real compassion PatrickforB Sep 2023 #23

Totally on point. byronius Sep 2023 #24

You are right and a compassionate person. Our humanity may prevail. Maybe. Evolve Dammit Sep 2023 #26

Empathy NowISeetheLight Sep 2023 #27

Almost every Snackshack Sep 2023 #28

First thing, not all homeless are the same. haele Sep 2023 #29

Pay me $2800 a month and I'll personally build you a house Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #30

To get people to move there. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2023 #31

Red states like mine are high on misery and low on every metric that counts Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2023 #32

The worst I've encountered is Missouri. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2023 #33