Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026This is the exact problem, right here: people would rather make up a social justice warrior to get mad at than take a hard, honest look at the problem. 2892356
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"Some harm reduction advocates are annoying" isn't a serious policy analysis or prescription. Everyone wants to get homeless people off the streets. Harm reduction advocates want to get them into shelters and treatment, which works. Their opponents want incarceration, which doesn't. 1171875
Gabrielle @gabbklein.myatproto.social · 01/08/2026Being against sweeps is not the same thing as being for encampments. 060
Spooky Ineffable Benthic Pulchritude @anineffablegrump.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Omfg, the Atlantic's next opinion piece is going to be yascha mounk complaining about the REAL issue is unhoused people who "yet have social media profiles. A luxury. Struggling? Try not having a gas station burner phone and tiktok. Checkmate 'the left.'" elon will ban anyone on X w/o a mortgage 050
Mop Bucket @mopbucket.bsky.social · 01/08/2026*Housing* gets people housed Shelters are places to sleep that evict you every morning Drug treatment, while it must certainly be made available, has a success rate of under 30% even among people who undertake it voluntarily The way to get people off the streets is to provide them with housing 1236
PMcWaters @pmcwaters.bsky.social · 01/08/2026It’s crazy how the most straightforward solutions to this problem have so much trouble getting implemented 170
Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I agree that leftists on social media can be too glib about how upsetting it is to see people suffering on the streets. That is, however, roughly 198th on my list of priorities on this issue. "we can't address this until people stop annoying me on the internet" is fucking asinine and *everywhere* 482044
Elliot @moosekayak.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Reactionary centrists should be really careful about normalizing the complete rejection of any philosophy with even slightly annoying supporters, 0210
Jesus Died for Arsons @pbcm.bsky.social · 01/08/2026The numbers don’t lie, safe and monitored places for people to do drugs reduces death and addiction. Incarcerating people leads to worse crime and recidivism. 151
Sin - Staying Masked (she/her) @quollhorreur.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Funny how things like this are zero sum for those anti-helping other human beings and, at the same time they'll be "there's just some bad apples" in the police force. 060
Bama Montana 🦋 @bamamontana.bsky.social · 01/08/2026I thought part of the problem is that treatment isn’t as effective as everyone wants it to be. 210
Ryan @ryanwithcupcake.bsky.social · 02/08/2026If they find some harm reduction advocates annoying, how do they find the people on the other side advocating concentration camps? 010
BOOles @awawa.pics · 01/08/2026putting all of the politics and morality of incarceration aside (do not get me wrong that is the more important part), it should be incredibly obvious that housing people in a prison is more expensive and inefficient than housing people in an apartment complex 1151
