Reply #158: EXCUSE ME?

[liberalhistorian]

The NEXT time I won't give money to a homeless person? I don't encounter homeless people myself very often, except for volunteering at shelters and, unless I had no cash myself, would not turn someone down who so obviously needed help.

Newsflash: I'm going to say this ONE MORE FUCKING TIME, SO LISTEN UP GOOD THIS TIME: NOT ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED BUMS WHO WILL ONLY USE HELP THEY RECEIVE TO PERPETUATE THEIR ADDICTION! A lot of them nowadays happen to be families with young children, the mentally ill, and even older couples. The stereotype of the homeless all being drug-addicted, alcoholic violent bums is nothing more than a right-wing talking point to justify their inhumanity and lack of caring and compassion and action, and I'm more than surprised and terribly upset and dismayed to see that kind of attitude on DU, of all places. I'd expect it from Freak Republic, but definitely not from here.

And as for the store clerk, while they may technically have the right to determine who they do and do not want on their property, they have NO right to determine for me and tell me how to spend my money and whether or not to help a fellow human being, and they sure as hell didn't have to be that nasty and hostile about it. And maybe if they helped out people once in awhile instead of only caring about the almight buck, they wouldn't have to worry about people bothering their customers.

And you now have the distinct honor of being the first person that I have EVER put on Ignore in the eight months I've been on here. I didn't even believe in the Ignore function until now. I get enough of this RW wingnut insensitive, uncaring, heartless, inhumane, ignorant bullshit everywhere I turn in my life, from the media to my workplace to my friends and family, and I'm sure as hell not going to deal with it on my one escape that keeps me sane, DU.