https://twitter.com/therightmelissa/status/1111091922771288064?lang=en
Also, it would make no sense to mock that reporter’s disability with flailing arms, as he has a condition that limits his movements.
- He’s stupid, but he’s not that stupid. He knows race is more sensitive than disability.
- How would you mock a black person with gestures anyway? I can’t think of any gesture that says fried chicken or the like.
That video is amateur propaganda. It criticizes the media for not showing video footage of Kovaleski, yet it only shows one clip of him for a few seconds, twice, as if that’s supposed to be proof that he doesn’t look awkward.
He most definitely does look awkward. They just don’t think you’re going to check for images of him that show more than his upper-upper body.
Trump claimed not to have known the man. That’s a lie, though far less significant than the lie that led to the incident.
The amateur propaganda video does show Trump mocking other people in similar ways, but clearly the biggest single act of mockery among all of them is the mockery of Kovaleski. It’s as if he called several people of ordinary stature little or tiny or even midget and then shouted MIDGET! when talking about an actual person of short stature. Think about it.
I concede he may be so stupid that he didn’t remember the guy with the unforgettable appearance who he had been on a first name basis with, and even if he remembered him, he may be so stupid that he thought his chosen form of mockery wouldn’t be perceived as mockery of the disability specifically, but when we’re talking about that level of stupidity in the Leader of the Free World™, it’s pretty sad.
Probably throw up gang signs. But regardless, I don’t see it as any more than him mocking all the other people. I concede that he is incentive and often an asshole. There are more important issues that I think he gets right than wrong, and I’ve pointed out many things I do disagree with on.
Weren’t we talking about homelessness? I rather talk about that. I’m about done with talking about Trump for a few days.
Good weather yes, i highly doubt free needles is why they stay and the comment was made in a tone that was mocking. Conflating mockery/sarcasm with literal statements intentionally. Good fun.
If youre serious about ending cities drug issues decriminalize drugs and see it as a health issue not a criminal issue
Well, they do. The heroin addicts all knew where they were when I worked in the rehab. They would gather in places like Philly that have such programs. I’m not saying it’s the main reason. But access to clean needles is harder than most people think.
Whats your proposed solution for tackling growing homeless populations and drug epidemics?
I mentioned some above. Did you read them?
@Andrew my bad i didnt see that above…
I think another big step is understanding that homelessness isn’t caused by a singular problem. Some drugs, and we need to help them with their addiction. Some due to unaffordable housing, some are people with criminal records that can’t get a job and no one will rent them. We need to tackle individual issues.
Loosen zoning restrictions so that more affordable housing can be built. SF shouldn’t be a city for the wealthy tech elite and people living paycheck to paycheck…i.e. one paycheck away from the streets.
Whoa! You sound like AOC here! Did you get hacked?
Most have mental health issues.
Untreated Mental health issues plus drugs plus out of control living costs are grinding working class people here. The economic model we are following is simply too lopsided and poor people can’t get traction. Those are a lot of stressors on a huge population city. @Dr_Milker Easy to bash law enforcement but theyre underpaid and overstressed too. And prob on meds themselves.
Its very easy to lapse into it, esp with docs recklessly prescribing meds
I will bring up, many of them don’t want help. That’s always been the hard thing with addicts. They often say they want o stop, but don’t try or want to. Most of them take years before they are ready to seek help. You hear that a lot, people saying they’re not ready and stay on the street. It’s really sad.
Addiction is a disease. The whole idea of waging war on a disease is going to result in what is has: a giant violent colossal waste of resources and lives.
Drug addicts need treatment and counseling not criminal charges. Its a sick ineffective system.
Yeah, well, like I said, I think the bigger and more important issue in that case was the lie that “thousands and thousands” of Muslims had rooftop parties on 9/11 to watch the Twin Towers go down.
Getting back on topic…
I think it’s reasonable to worry about anyone with a history of addiction to something expensive or disruptive, whether it’s drugs, gambling, or texting. No-one likes it when cash or other valuables go missing. No employer likes it when you spend more time at work on your personal device than your work device. Some people need more supervision than others, and they can be productive if they get the necessary supervision, but that’s not free. So incentives might work, but there needs to be some thought put into it, or else employers will just see it as free money.
I think mostly it’s a cultural change that needs to happen. There’s too much of a step out of line and you’ll never get back in thing going on. People should get out of the traditional thinking that homeless people shouldn’t be touched with 20’ polls because they’re all crazy/filthy/dangerous, that having mental illness at some point means you’re tainted for life, that everyone with a criminal record of any kind is dangerous, that if you don’t have a credit history it means you’re unworthy of credit, that everyone with resume “gaps” is bad at work, and so on. The Victorian view on poverty is often summed up as poverty = moral weakness. These days, when “morality” seems quaint, it’s more like poverty = stupidity + laziness. There’s a lot of stupidity and laziness going around, but poverty is not a reliable predictor of those, anymore than it was of moral weakness.
I think in many cases that’s because they’ve tried getting help before, or they’ve seen their friends trying to get help, and the negative results made them think there’s no help worth getting.
Yes, but the point of free needles is to prevent the spread of disease. Lack of free needles wouldn’t cure them of their addictions.
Less disease leads to longer lifespans, hence “California has so many homeless people! It’s the Dems’ fault!”
I am for these programs as I said. But it’s also going to draw in people. A typical heroin addict will need to shoot up 5-6 times a day at least. Heroin has a short half life and withdrawals are terrifying. Most use insulin needles that are very fragile and only meant for one use. The needles dulls and wasn’t made for more than one use, and the nature of insulin needles is they’re really small so they also bend easily. The cost of clean needles adds up. So many go to places, there’s actually a place in philly, Kensington. And all the addicts I worked with knew it from that area and was around it.
Sure. But as I’ve said. Far to many addicts go back to addiction and homelessness because they can’t secure jobs. Certainly not livable wages in cities like SF and LA if they do find the odd job willing to take them. It’s really sad to see someone get clean but come to the realization that they are not getting any call backs.
And that is a cultural issue. But I do believe providing financial incentives is a step in the right direction for a business to take that chance. I believe people are understanding it more and more willing to give someone a second chance. But it’s hard when there is so much money at risk. It helps to cover the cost of that risk.
Yes. Also because they really like getting high. They dream about it, a common dream my patients is them using it again. They say they can feel it in their dreams. It’s a sickness.
But the chances of even the best rehab is 1 in 4 getting clean for a few years. Even less success after the 3 year mark. They used to tell the patients to look around them. 1 out of 4 is going to die. Another 1 will be in jail, another will be back. And 1 might get clean. That’s the reality of it. It’s extremely hard to beat.
Ok asking out of ignorance. A previous poster said San Francisco was full of scam artist street entertainers. Why wouldn’t the scam artists move to another city with less competition? For example coming from the UK I know that there are only a limited amount of drives to tarmac in each area and if many people are doing it you’d move on to the next area. Is there some business logic I’m.missing here , why scam in an area with thousands of other scammers why not move on to fresh pastures.? What’s the special attraction to San Francisco ?
looks like bait headline.
SF has more billionaire per capita than anywhere else in the US. Not to mention lots of tourists to trap. Good place to try to scam people.
oh ok so probably they (the super rich) prefer to pay a few dollars to get someone off their back even if it’s a scam. They have this clown scam in London where they jump next to your kid(s) take a Polaroid picture then say they want 15£ for the picture that they put in your kids hands. It didn’t work with my family , but I saw the gang of clowns preying on Japanese tourists. Right near Big Ben. That’s pretty near Saville Row which has a lot of extremely wealthy people. However it’s pretty clean there and certainly no human faeces or needles lying around.
The problem, of course, is not the police officers, but political decisions not to enforce the law made from above.