A mentally ill homeless guy walked onto a high school campus in my suburb, wearing all black, carrying a big duffel bag. Now, it’s reasonable to be concerned about that and want to identify who it is, assure he’s not carrying weapons onto the campus, and so forth.
But the community (as, perhaps, poorly represented on Facebook) is coming completely unhinged.
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/3 They’ve found his Twitter and Facebook accounts and are printing out the stuff there - kind of crazy, not notably crazy on Twitter — taking it to the police demanding he be arrested. They’re keeping meticulous logs of his activities.
I am considerably more afraid of my neighbors than I am of this mentally ill homeless guy.
@Popehat imagine if that energy went into helping him find a suitable home and meaningful way to live his best life.
Wild community you live in, but not likely all that dissimilar to mine sadly.
@leffie @Popehat I was going to make the same comment.
It is striking that the words "...should be run out of town. He doesn't have to go to jail but he can't stay here." is used but not a single word about getting him help.
Should we not rather help those who need it instead of running them out of town like some form of unwanted animal?
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