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

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?

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 24 '24

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.

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u/Flat_Reason8356 Sep 24 '24

Clutch your pearls.

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 24 '24

?

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.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

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.

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 25 '24

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.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

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

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 25 '24

Youre making some real stupid assumptions across the board.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

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.

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 25 '24

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

Otherwise - eat a deep fried genital shaped pastry.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

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.

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u/terrencethetomato Sep 25 '24

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.

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u/ahughman Sep 25 '24

I can live with this opinion. but they need to have this option, you cant throw more obstacles in front of people eating and think youre confronting a different side. First: people have a food option - second: we try to fix all the issues.

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