hatred of the homeless in america is fueled by sadism  when i was inbetween jobs i did a lot of volunteer work, some outdoors. it was self assigned volunteer work - clean up this park here, pull some weeds there - you know, just do little things here and there to pass the time. i had a big bushy beard and was wearing my grandfathers jacket so i looked homeless. the amount of antipathy towards people considered vagrants is quite frankly astounding - it's not just people shunning you, they outright antagonize you. i had the trash bin i was using to pick up litter stolen, police detain me until i told them where my house was while i was putting back shopping carts, all kinds of depressing shit.  i eventually solved the issue by buying a bright orange worker vest and shaving but the experience stuck with me. my conclusion is that most americans - even those who are supposedly christian - are power tripping maniacs. because the behavior i witnessed wasn't just shunning, it was outright antagonistic. people actively did bad shit to me simply because i looked homeless - even though i wasn't petitioning for money, was occupying public spaces and usually doing something of value for said public space. wish i could make sense of the sadism. the most rational defense i can come up with is that homelessness correlates to drug trafficking and violent crime so my maladies were one of you faggots trying to "keep the neighborhood safe."
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