When talking about homeless populations increasing...40 million people lost their jobs over the last year....500,000 houses burned to the ground in Oregon this summer....and the weather is not as brutal in Oregon for homeless as it is further east or north....homelessness is a problem all over the planet...to point a finger at Portland is disingenuous ....you should see places where Syrian refugees landed in Germany....first glance, I have empathy for homeless people...especially those who are families and lost their livelyhood. Mental health issues also contribute to homelessness in cities that are more tolerant of the mentally disabled. Yeah...humanity has work to do...but let's make it an exclusively American partisan issue eh? Times are tough...tougher for some than others but that's no reason to want to erase them from the landscape without understanding how they got there
I never knew it meant discourteous or rude. Thats my own ignorance. With that said does context not account for anything at all?
When you aRe publicly blamed for doing something you never did and it wont be publicly refuted and this accusation entails taking things outside of the forum, yeah i take it personal... Especially after ive apologized and made several attempts to make things right for even potentially planting the idea for anyone else. Yeah ive felt defensive and take it serious here because i regularly get the vibe people are now the way they are to me because of a false accusation that spread. What gets said to me in private is not the same as what is said in public, so i trust very little and believe most here have it out for me because they think i did something i never did.
So enough of the arguing, lets all just agree that I'm an asshole and move on to other topics like the Mars lander.
When you sweep the dirt under the rug it just piles up and comes back dirtier than ever.. but move on...
No, you didn't. I was speaking to the links that were shared about Portland being like Detroit. I think many were sharing their thoughts that its not that bad. It is bad. But, its not unsafe to walk around the city. I think there were misunderstandings and it seems to have gotten out of control a bit here. I am not here to be allegiant to any clique. All of RipCity two are my brethren and I dont like to see people spar over petty stuff. I am here to try and stir the conversation on a productive path. Never easy here because we all love to argue. The conversation often gets lost in the argument. We need to search for common ground even if we can't completely agree instead of trying to be right.
I'm not sweeping a thing. We all get it and see it, over and over and over. HCP triggers you, you trigger HCP. I've asked you both just ignore each other. Both of you refuse while claiming the other one started it first. It's old and it's tiresome. And saying all of that does not mean I'm picking a side or not being fair to one of you over the other one. I truly have interacted with both of you outside of the forum and I think highly of both of you. Both of you are huge Blazer fans, and good men all around.
If you are talking about what I think you are you were apologized to publicly for that. That incident was not your doing. I am sorry a finger was ever pointed at you for that. It is mostly forgotten now. Many here are probably not even aware of it. No one is holding that against you.
Just went for a family walk with the dogs up here at the park. Just saw all this..... @SlyPokerDog , is calling somebody the "Forum Mascot" considered an insult, or is that just an ignorant statement. Oh well, off to spend more quality time with the family and not think of you all here. Have a good day lady and gentlemen.
