Well, well, well, what have we here?
Just because I have not been sharing my thoughts here, as usual, does not mean such thoughts have not been shared or been responded to elsewhere.
This happened way back in August....all because of something I wrote after I left a comment on the EverWalk Facebook Group, telling a woman visiting Anaheim, Ca. not to walk along the Santa Ana River Trail due to a massive, drug and crime infested, dirty homeless encampment and mentioned the encampment of illegals in the civic center of Downtown Santa Ana, a Sanctuary City (By the way, in case you did not know it the whole state has since become a "Sanctuary State" thus opening up a whole new can of worms for business owners in the state).
Via Messenger, this was sent me by a white, female, Masachusetts, Far Left Liberal...
LIB -- Kiril....hi, J here from everwalk...wanted to let you know i'm a bit taken back by your comment 'severe homeless'...perhaps it might be a nice idea to bring a case of cold water or lemonade to drink...most often it's mental illness, addiction, bad luck and/or government policies that force a person to live without a permanent home...
I fired back and the conversation went about as well as you would expect...
ME -- J, until 2012 I lived in SoCal all my life and saw how the homeless problem exacerbated since the 70s...my father was mentally ill and if he had lived long enough to see the gutting of the mental health system in the 90s he would have been turned out of a state hospital and been living on the streets...Downtown LA has cleaned up its notorious skid row only a little as it revitalized it's Downtown, but all that did was move the problem to areas it did not exist in before...and if govt. leaders hamper the ability to do something about it, either via the community or law enforcement you have dangerous conditions as reported in articles about this stretch and about the large encampment of illegals in the nearby Santa Ana Civic Center, due to it being a Sanctuary City...I see similar situations cropping up in Houston, where liberal politicians and activism also hamper the ability to solve these problems....I live paycheck to paycheck and support safe walking and cycling initiatives and part of that is encouraging those with the power and resources to effect positive change through cleaning up the problems of encampments and panhandlers (many of whom are just lazy opportunists and not really homeless) for the betterment of all.
LIB -- I have never met a human being who was illegal or illegitimate...those are names people apply...we are on opposite sides of the spectrum...i don't care to speak to someone of your ilk as it is quite a waste of my time...seems you have drunk the kool aid...i wish you well.......
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