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Cleita

(75,480 posts)
16. Ugh. Your post is just ugly. People don't choose to
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 10:34 AM
Aug 2013

be disadvantaged. Show some compassion.

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Photos of the US Third World. I wish I was wealthy, they would all have a home. Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #1
Which raises an excellent point. The largest concentration of billionaires on earth Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #6
Those billionaires do not notice. They need to be called out, but who, that they would ever hear, Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #10
The only way I can think of is for people all over the areas they live in to constantly Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #11
Encampments outside their gated communities. Of course, they will use extreme force to end any Mnemosyne Aug 2013 #13
I was thinking more along the lines of the people that are in contact with them. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #14
good point annm4peace Aug 2013 #23
I know. So few of these are ready to see or hear what is. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #30
Abusing the poorest of the poor is pure evil. eom Cleita Aug 2013 #2
Yes, it is. avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #4
my guess: a teabagging asshole Skittles Aug 2013 #3
I'm not surprised by the damage. Archae Aug 2013 #5
and very unsafe. Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #7
the local paper the Fresno Bee doesn' t alway print the truth. annm4peace Aug 2013 #25
from 2011 article of City helping the homeless. (not) annm4peace Aug 2013 #27
If you haven't seen Elysium go see it. Cleita Aug 2013 #15
for many it is their home annm4peace Aug 2013 #24
Drug addicts, assholes or teenagers... Sotf Aug 2013 #8
Ugh. Your post is just ugly. People don't choose to Cleita Aug 2013 #16
I think you misunderstood... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #18
Who is arguing with you... Sotf Aug 2013 #20
Wow... this is so horrible. It looks like a war zone. How can austerity be an answer to anything? midnight Aug 2013 #9
All the while occuring under a Democratic President. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #12
My guess would be somebody who has spent time living in one of these encampments RZM Aug 2013 #17
Horrific. And that the city wants to drive them out too is just disgusting. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #19
+1000 Cleita Aug 2013 #21
One of the bigger problems is how the "news" media shows them. Archae Aug 2013 #22
why can't the cities set-up a tent community for these people. Use the military surplus from the war Sunlei Aug 2013 #26
the City believes the Homeless shouldn't exist annm4peace Aug 2013 #28
There are many answers to your questions of what is happening in Fresno annm4peace Aug 2013 #29
these camos can't remain as they are Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #31
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