Breakfast brigade trying to resume feeding homeless at Washington Jefferson Street Park.

[u/drrevo74]

https://kval.com/news/local/breakfast-brigade-volunteers-eugene-city-council-permit-feeding

Breakfast Brigade, a homeless outreach group, is asking the City council tonight to restore its special use permit which allowed them to serve meals at Washington Jefferson Park four days a week. What say you?

[u/Fantastic_Gene1023]

I’ve seen some of the homeless people who get burritos from them litter the garbage and then just hang out at the park all day and leave a mess. Seems like a idea with good intentions but maybe the park isn’t the place to do it since it makes the park hard to use and messy

[u/TheMaskedTerror9 → u/Fantastic_Gene1023]

This type of organization can't afford to own or rent property so public space is the only space available. How does a person eating a burrito make the park hard to use?

[u/terrencethetomato → u/TheMaskedTerror9]

Last time I walked through the park (using the outer walkway) during burrito brigade I was charged by a 120+lb dog, then assaulted by a group of 3 transients after yelling at the owner to grab his dog instead of literally beating him across the face while the dog was still within a foot of me.

The burrito brigade then told me to stop causing trouble and go away without asking if I was ok.

[u/Flat_Reason8356 → u/terrencethetomato]

Clutch your pearls.

[u/terrencethetomato → u/Flat_Reason8356]

?

Id love to have more empathy, but when I don't feel safe walking through my neighborhood, I have little empathy for those 'suffering' who are literally leaving needles in public sandboxes, shitting on sidwalks, menacing families walking in public spaces, or setting up chop shops for local stolen goods.

The homeless population costs more to clean up after per person than most working class families make, and thats horrifying.

[u/ahughman → u/terrencethetomato]

You and hundreds like you in town feel so insecure by the existence of people suffering that you invent and then reinforce dehumanizing steriotypes.

Thats why you dont have empathy.

You rolled the top four there with the - menacing children - pooping on streets - drug needles in the sandbox - chop shops.

Youre scared. We get it. People still need to eat.

[u/terrencethetomato → u/ahughman]

People can get food stamps or various other food assistance programs EASILY. This is not a red state work or starve city - Dont kid yourself.

None of those things were invented in my head - those are things Ive personally had to deal with living downtown for two years.

[u/ahughman → u/terrencethetomato]

Youve only been here two years and youre already trying deny people their basic human needs because you saw poop outside.

[u/terrencethetomato → u/ahughman]

Youre making some real stupid assumptions across the board.

[u/ahughman → u/terrencethetomato]

You cannot remove the major working option where a large, increasing number of people get a fundemental basic need met in our town - for ANY reason that isn't a fundemental basic human need.

What you're describing are other symptoms of homelessness. Your solution is to take away their food.

That is fucked up, immoral, and your reasons are SO stupid.

[u/terrencethetomato → u/ahughman]

Please quote me, anywhere, saying ANYTHING of the sort.

Otherwise - eat a deep fried genital shaped pastry.

[u/ahughman → u/terrencethetomato]

This is a post about how the city removed tbe breakfast brigade's permit for feeding the homeless in WJP based on a complaint.

You said, "i wish I could have empathy" ( for the people who want to eat ) You put suffer in lil' 'yeah right' quotes. And your reasons why you dont have empathy (/dont support the cause for the permit which allows people to legally feed people there) Was a bunch of common homelessness symptoms that you had to witness for the two years that youve lived downtown.

That pastry does interest me though.

[u/terrencethetomato → u/ahughman]

Okay thats not THE dumbest take on relative context Ive seen - but you took it too far.

I want the homeless population as a whole to receive the help they desperately need.

I have less empathy than I would like to due to the criminal element that receives WAY too much leeway in this city.

Its insane how much money is spent on useless programs and cleanup without confronting both sides of the issue.

[u/Flat_Reason8356 → u/terrencethetomato]

You are just a symptom of a sick society. I remember my grandparents complaining about paying property taxes. Their children were grown and they felt ripped off by paying property taxes.

Just like everything else, we vote for singular issues that affect us personally. We are not alone. Imagine your child was one of those homeless people. Imagine them being hungry and never knowing if they were going to live another day.

We may feel inconvenienced by a messy park, needles in the dirt. I have lived in Eugene my entire life, that area of town has always had those problems. It’s not like that is the only park in Eugene. There are a lot of much nicer parks all over town. I never took my kids to that park.

The city is just as much to blame. You have lost your soul if you’re more worried about a messy park or a perceived danger of a dog than you are other humans being fed. People who society has thrown away. It’s really gross!

[u/terrencethetomato → u/Flat_Reason8356]

Inconvenienced by needles in the dirt?

I imagine my children stepping on those goddamn needles; my children being scared by the doped out fiends; my children being mauled by those dogs.

my soul isnt lost, and you acting like Im evil while you enable a culture of theft, drug use, violence, and victimization is really quite crass.

[u/Flat_Reason8356 → u/terrencethetomato]

I was referring to humanity not you specifically. Take your kids to a different park.

There is your real excuse for wanting to stop feeding homeless people. Instead of demanding that we take care of our homeless people, villainize them.

[u/philmagick666 → u/Flat_Reason8356]

FYI THEY SMOKE METH AND FENT IN PUBLIC

[u/Flat_Reason8356 → u/philmagick666]

Where else would they smoke it? They’re homeless. You morons are too much.

I hope you never find yourself in a bad situation. You all as in humanity have dehumanized homeless people to suit your needs!

[u/philmagick666 → u/Flat_Reason8356]

I'M GOOD FAM I DON'T SMOKE METH AND FENT. I'M A MODEL CITIZEN WHO ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE INNOCENT CHILDREN

[u/Flat_Reason8356 → u/philmagick666]

No you don’t care about innocent children. You only care about lives that are being led the way YOU think they should be. Have you ever considered the suffering those people go through?

I don’t use drugs or alcohol myself but who the hell are we to judge others?

[u/philmagick666 → u/Flat_Reason8356]

I'll Def judge ppl shooting up FENT right in the middle of town at the bus stop.

[u/Flat_Reason8356 → u/philmagick666]

You do you!