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People need to be reminded. Expect more reminders, in a much more intense fashion, as we get closer to the mid-terms.


Fair point. Much like "Woke 1 was crazy" the Dem's would love to move on from Joe Biden!
This is why you should be cautious about relying on Wall Street Apes as a source (even when it includes a "WHOA" followed by a flashing red light); that article may have just posted 3 days ago, but Tapper said that in late May 2025 - 15 months ago - so not exactly breaking news.
Are you talking about what Tapper said during his book tour last year?
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Are you ok? Seriously?


I assume that's a rhetorical question....
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Maybe I’m misunderstanding, but it seems your claims treat homelessness as the cause of drug addiction and mental illness instead of an effect of drug addiction or mental illness.


Not at all - in fact, exactly the opposite. If it wasn’t for drug addiction and mental illness there wouldn’t be a homeless problem.
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You’re describing the consequences of mental illness and drug addiction, not homelessness.


Fair point, but what do you think a ven diagram of drug addiction, mental illness and homelessness would look like?
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This depends on if you think human dignity is conditional or intrinsic. What is your take?


When I was younger and more idealistic I would have said it is intrinsic, but I’ve seen too many people forfeit their own dignity to speak in absolutes. I’m just not sure “intrinsic” and “conditional” are the only options - or even the correct options - to be asking about, but the fact that you simplify the problem down to a simplistic binary choice says a lot.

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Consequences of homelessness is interesting phrasing. Can specify which consequences?


Now you're just being intentionally obtuse - people living on the street in public spaces doesn’t just impact the homeless person. The more jarring examples are human waste and drug paraphanalia in sidewalks, having to step over zombified people sprawled out in the doorway to a public building and being screamed at by a mentally ill person. Then there’s the inevitable crime that follows all of this.

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That’s not really the question. We lump many societal ills into “homelessness.” It's way more complicated than someone simply not having a place to sleep.

The questions are:

What do we do about the mentally ill when they refuse treatment?

What do we do about drug addicts who refuse treatment?

What do we do about people coming out of incarceration without friends or family to stay with?

What do we do about veterans who have been broken by their service and struggle when they return to society?


Fair point (although I wish you would also look to the other questions I asked), but can you share your thoughts on the four questions you posed?

I'm particularly interested in your answer to the first two as I get the impression that untreated drug addiction and mental illness are at the root of what most people consider the homeless "problem."
Serious questions for Cubbie:

As a society, what should be do about homelessness?

What is society's obligations to the homeless who are on the streets because of their own bad choices, the most obvious being drug addiction?

What rights do other members of society have to not be forced to live with the consequences of homelessness?
Does this include Cubbie's job? I would love for her to be classified as Jeff Landry's employee!
What's fascinating is that when he was elected just 4 years ago Fetterman was considered to be the left wing of the Democratic Party!
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Congratulations, Alisa - you posted an actual meme for once!
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Landry started the pissing match.


Regardless of who started it, how do you think things are going for your beloved New Orleans?
"It’s like being obsessed and using a magnifying glass to study the stain on the living room carpet when behind you is a mountain of excrement covering the living room couch and coffee table."
I'm not commenting until 4Cubbies explains what this means....
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Ending the filibuster is very short sighted for republicans.


Remember when Harry Reid ended the filibuster for judicial nominations - how did that turn out for the Dems?
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One more time...you lied about ever posting your picture on this board. I offered to prove you were lying. In retrospect I should have just posted the photo without asking your permission.


Either you or Cubbies is lying - only way to prove it is to post the picture she says doesn't exist.