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A clinical psychologist who for two decades ran programs for homeless veterans at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center, which included homeless vets, called it a “leftwing religion based on split-off hatred and contempt for civilization itself.”
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“When I attended substance abuse conferences in San Francisco run by community leaders, it became clear to me that these people had no understanding of mental health disorders like addiction – they regarded ‘homeless’ addicts as heroes of some kind.”
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“Thus, each drug addict defecating on the streets in the Tenderloin was a massive middle finger to some imagined white male with a briefcase…They *want* people inconvenienced by addicts. The homeless become ‘sacred cows’ who remind everyone of the sins of capitalism.”
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“They have tapped into a form of blindness among the voters of places like San Francisco or California itself – these are angry people endlessly telling themselves they are compassionate while projecting their hatred toward the ‘bourgeoise.’ I am afraid this does not end well.’”
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But for moderates to be able to change cities like SF, LA, & Seattle they are going to need the support of many others to stand up to the nihilists LARPing as “homeless advocates” while actively preventing extremely sick people from getting the help they need. /END
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