[Noisebridge-discuss] Homeless in NB

Shannon Lee shannon at scatter.com
Sat Jul 6 18:12:56 UTC 2013


Horses, not zebras.
On Jul 6, 2013 9:57 AM, "Danny Dismal" <dannydsml at gmail.com> wrote:

> Umm they can see out the window at our bikes and gear which is a little
> more than your average bike tourist. It wasn't even in the coffee shop. All
> we had was our laptops and the coffee we ordered no more or less than most
> of the other customers. And where do you get off saying we choose to live
> this way. You think it's okay to spit on and look down at a class of people
> by justifying why they are there as if you knew. Just like the racist know
> that all those black men are bad right?
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> Really?  thrown out of a coffee shop just because you're homeless?
>>
>> HOW DID THEY KNOW?  they must have read your mind.
>>
>> If they could tell you're homeless maybe it's because something about you
>> was disrupting the place from doing what it was meant to do.  For example,
>> if people are in a place to enjoy food and coffee and someone smells really
>> bad, that person might be asked to leave rather than everyone else stop
>> enjoying their meals and being disgusted.
>>
>> If a cafe was trying to provide space for people to socialize and work on
>> their laptops or whatever, and someone has all their property spread out
>> all around them and is taking up too much space, they might be asked to
>> leave.  Especially if they're not participating in buying anything (which
>> is how they pay the rent on the place).
>>
>> For you to compare your "suffering" to that of african americans of the
>> 19th century is obscene.  You need to quit whining and get some
>> perspective.  I am assuming you are a healthy young person who could easily
>> get a job and afford an apartment.  You could also find a home by
>> squatting, which takes a bit of WORK if you want it to last a while.
>>
>> If you choose (and it is a choice) not to do these things, own up to the
>> consequences and accept that other people the right to not support you if
>> they don't want to.
>>
>> And if you want to use the N-word that way you can get the FUCK off our
>> mailing list and go do it somewhere else.
>>
>> -jake
>>
>>
>> Danny Dismal wrote:
>>
>> I was just thinking to myself after getting thrown out of a coffee shop
>> for no other reason than I'm homeless...
>> I thought just what that meant and how it reflected on our history in this
>> nation and realized one thing and I do mean it is really happening.
>> The homeless are the new Niggers of the 21st Century. We are scorned and
>> pushed out. People walk across the street to avoid us and we are
>> constantly
>> being asked to move, wake up and getting robbed, beaten and in some cases
>> killed where no one bothers to find out why.
>> Now's the time to look at your feelings on this and ask yourself "how do
>> the homeless make you feel"?
>>
>>
>
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