“I’m just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.

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The GOP is desperately trying to make everything outside of being a wealthy white male conservative illegal.

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Blocked. You should think about the experience and perspective of the other before opening your fucking mouth.

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I removed their comment for rule 1 violation, but they aren’t wrong. I used to be homeless (we prefer the term “travelers”). We called ourselves homeless when not using the term traveler, and weren’t fond of the term “unhomed”.

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Thanks for letting me know. Curious when and where that was if you’re comfortable sharing

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Imagine inventing a person and then being mad at a fake person that exists in your head.

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You’re only proving yourself wrong. Just say you hate poor people.

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I was homeless just North of their border so the police here in Ohio set me up with a fake felony to keep me in jail. A dude stopped his truck in front of me while I was Doordashing, cornered me into a fist fight, and then told the police I hit him with my car. The people in the car behind me also backed him up. It never happened, so why was it so simple for me to be locked in jail indefinitely with my and lawyer telling me COVID suspended the fair and speedy trial? I cannot handle being in a noisy environment and have avoidant personality disorder, so I eventually caved to the plea deal. Now here I am nearly 2 years out with an ok job and my own place but I need to come up with $1100 before the end of the month for my fines or go back to court.

I’m convinced they’re just trying to create a slave class. If you are an easy target, they’ll take you and mark your record so you have to be cheap labor for three upper class.

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How it is people could possibly believe in the legitimacy of legal systems knowing how they only make it easier for evil people to victimize others instead of protecting them is beyond me.

I am so sorry for what you went through.

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It’s easy. Nobody gets to see what actually happened. They see what Fox news tells them and nothing of what goes on in the Hamilton county jail. More than likely nobody is even interested. They either have their own problems or are comfortable enough im their life to think I deserved what I got. There’s even people who are such rent seekers that they think I deserved it simply by virtue of not paying to live in a house.

Nobody is gonna help me except my roommate.

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I admit there probably isn’t much anyone here can do either, but you have my sympathy, friend, and my understanding. Please, keep your head up. We are in tyranny right now, but we have to believe that the world will turn and things will get better. We have to believe, because that belief is the only thing that will keep us going so we can see that better world.

We believe you and support you.

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I’m sorry our society failed you and wish you the best for the future.

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I gotta say it.

Ok Boomer.

Society has failed everyone. It’s just that most people don’t see it.

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I’m sorry but yeah your situation sucks if it’s true, but I don’t know really what you expect the court to do if there are multiple witnesses saying this happened.

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as a staunch political satirist. This amuses me.

“dont like homeless people? Kill them.”

jokes aside though there is nothing more infuriating then the “silent removal” of a problem. It’s great that you think homeless people don’t deserve rights, how about you start by not giving them any as opposed to pretending that they have them, while actively making their existence worse for no reason other than public image.

If you’re gonna be a dick, at least be forward about it.

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I mean it’s kinda been done… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_4J4uor3JE

So it is real life politicians imitating a parody of an insane politician.

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They already don’t have rights, but the laws are different from city to city. In some places they can’t be fed in public and people get arrested for giving them food. They can’t be on the sidewalk. They’re obviously not allowed to fall asleep as long as they’re unhoused. Plus parking restrictions created specifically to prevent car camping. Taking trash from dumpsters is considered theft. You can’t use a restroom without buying something and cities have taken out all or most public bathrooms, so it becomes a crime just to relieve themselves. Idk, the list is pretty endless.

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honestly the car camping restrictions are my biggest peeve. You wanna evict me in the morning sure. But fuck you i’ll sleep in my car if i damn well please.

I’ve never understood why people seem to be content with society being for the “average person” as a certifiably not average person myself it’s actually insane. Literally just want to mind my own business, and it would actually be easier to mind everybody elses business.

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And here I was misled my whole life into thinking that the US is a Christian nation. This is so many layers of evil. For a country that nonchalantly drops bombs worth hundreds of thousand on poor people half-way across the world, it is unwilling to take care of its own. Why oh why would we ever adopt your values and morals when you are bad to your own?

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Christianity has always been about hate and oppression I don’t know why everyone keeps getting confused about this

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The US is a Christian nation. Just they follow Supply Side Jesus not you know the brown skinned socialist Jesus.

https://www.beliefnet.com/news/2003/09/the-gospel-of-supply-side-jesus.aspx

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That was an amazing share. Thank you! I’m so glad to feel less lonely in this realization.

To expand on this for others:

We’re only mythologically a “Christian nation” insofar that a state sponsored religion keeps masses in line like a shared and encouraged interest in football.

As a country, the U.S’s philosophies are basically the antithesis of the entire Sermon on the Mount.

The really fun hole in that State-sponsored claim is that very same sermon where Jesus Christ, in the flesh, warns against “taking oaths.” Because being torn between “sinning under orders” and going back on your word is a nasty business. See Also “…But I say, love your enemies.”

Yet our empire is thrilled to have children blindly “pledging allegiance” to a flag, and any silly thing it might compel them to do, and people idolize this flag (idolatry) and conflate the cross with glorification of warfare. . . It’s amazing what people can justify if they keep their Bibles shut.

And the whole world is watching.

To rest my case:

Remember when Lucifer tempted Jesus with “authority over all the nations of the world.” Heh, we must remember it’s not a temptation unless the tempter actually possesses the asset in question.

The “no, they’re not real Christians” assertion holds plenty of water here, and all the God-bandying by these stuffed suits and their mindslaves is a big psy-op that’s been conducted in various forms throughout history whenever church and state get snuggly.

It’s made infinitely clear and simple what is expected of a follower of Christ, so that we may see who bears good fruit, and who makes the world a sad, miserable place with their influence.

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