Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law on Monday that strengthens the rights of homeowners against squatters who illegally occupy their property.
How about getting people the help they need to deal with those issues that you mentioned instead of throwing them in a cage and making it harder for them to be a productive member of society?
I just shared a post with an IRL friend about a dude who was homeless and on #heroin and once he got clean, he got a #ComputerScience degree with a 4.0 GPA.
@amerika@LookBehindYouNowAndThen I remember watching #KattWilliams’ appearance on #BillMaher’s podcast #ClubRandom, where he talked about the time when he was homeless, and how almost all the other homeless people around him were basically normal people who got hooked in drugs and lost everything. This convinced him to not do drugs.
@LookBehindYouNowAndThen Like rehab, job training, or mental health services for the homeless? I could definitely get on board with something like that.
@LookBehindYouNowAndThen That’s generally what people who say things like that mean, yes. Thus my complaint about simplistic solutions.
Did you have a different proposal?
How about getting people the help they need to deal with those issues that you mentioned instead of throwing them in a cage and making it harder for them to be a productive member of society?
@LookBehindYouNowAndThen @realcaseyrollins
People who are broken do not change.
@amerika @LookBehindYouNowAndThen They never ever change? There’s no way that’s true.
I just shared a post with an IRL friend about a dude who was homeless and on #heroin and once he got clean, he got a #ComputerScience degree with a 4.0 GPA.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7170893355210489857/
@realcaseyrollins @LookBehindYouNowAndThen
Anecdotal evidence is dubious, and you probably want to follow over time.
Then there is the question: was he broken, or just having a bad time in the short term?
@amerika @LookBehindYouNowAndThen I remember watching #KattWilliams’ appearance on #BillMaher’s podcast #ClubRandom, where he talked about the time when he was homeless, and how almost all the other homeless people around him were basically normal people who got hooked in drugs and lost everything. This convinced him to not do drugs.
Maybe this dude was such a man.
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@LookBehindYouNowAndThen Like rehab, job training, or mental health services for the homeless? I could definitely get on board with something like that.