I didnt know where to put this... selfish or not? (Long Post)

[Soord]

I've traveled the world in defense of this country, and I've seen, hung out with, shared beer and bread with panhandlers and homeless in at least 40 different countries and in well over 30 cities in our own country. I've dealt with burnouts, lockouts, walkouts, mentally ill and far, far too many veterans of our military. In my own experience, about 30% of those living under the stars have little to no control over their situation due to mental illness of some variety, or because of a physical malady. That leaves the other 70%, who in my opinion, are just living out a form of learned helplessness. A condition that handouts and free meals tend to exacerbate.

Yes, my opinion is strong. If that strength frustrates you, I won't say I'm sorry, but I will feel sorry for you that you are so easily frustrated.




Ummm, the kid is the one who opened up the debate in the first place...




Of course you don't

Again, this is a lot more patronizing than I was looking for. To generalize everyone that doesn't have extreme mental or physical problems as learned helplessness is a bit naïve. The factors that go into one becoming homeless is very complex and to put 70% of all homeless people into the category of "learned helplessness" is pretty unfair.

What was meant by "let's keep it about a kid and a snake" was meant to not badmouth the homeless and to talk about the specific situation of crowdfunding a snake. Not about the homeless and not about the "kid that started the thread on the first place". Rather the hypothetical person getting a snake using crowdfunding.

I really don't need your pity and don't appreciate how arrogant this came off as. Sorry if you didn't mean it that way but it came off that way to me.

I agree that we should keep more comments to comments about the situation and not to badmouth people. The whole point of this thread was to explore the public thoughts and morality around the situation not to badmouth people less fortunate than us. -_-

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