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/terrencethetomato]

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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/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.