Like... damn...

Liberals seem to have this downright Reagan-tier rhetoric towards homeless people, you'd hear the phrase "contributes nothing to society..." so fucking often you'd swear reality was repeating itself.

Their so smug and shameless about it too; " Sorry sweaty 🤗 But Fuck The Homeless and I frankly couldn't care less if the police were to bash their skulls in and drag them down to the fiery pits of hell ✨ 💅". They take such a ruthless 'Tough-on-Crime' stance it would make Rodrigo Duterte blush.

I get that it isn't JUST Liberals who express these sentiments, but aren't these the same people who tout themselves as being 'Progressive' and wanting everyone to be free?

  • SteamedHamberder [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Liberals have a visceral reaction to people experiencing homelessness because their visibility (particularly in a market with extreme excess of housing) challenges the existence of a "Just World." Within the liberal conception of the world, everything is freely exchangeable, good action results in good results, and evil action results in some sort of punishment or negative result. The lib knows that a homeless person isn't evil, and even if some have made bad decisions or committed crimes in the past, living on constant danger and discomfort without a home is disproportionate as a punishment. This short-circuits the lib brain- leading to the kind of outburst you describe