Things that made you Facepalm today (Political Version)

[Neveragain]

I think, it’s the main part, if you put New York weather there, there would be a mass exodus of homeless to a warmer place.

New York isn't as welcoming to the homeless as CA either. NY has been installing anti-comfort designs to benches and grates. Basically pointy shit that makes it uncomfortable to lie down on.

Way back in the day, London started installing piss deflectors on the sides of buildings to prevent public pissing. They have been mostly removed but some still remain in place around the London bridge area.

[Realk]

New York isn't as welcoming to the homeless as CA either. NY has been installing anti-comfort designs to benches and grates. Basically pointy shit that makes it uncomfortable to lie down on.

Way back in the day, London started installing piss deflectors on the sides of buildings to prevent public pissing. They have been mostly removed but some still remain in place around the London bridge area.

If I were ever homeless I think I could find a pisser somewhere.. or at least not do it on a bridge. Playing loud music at night as been used as a tactic in some places i suppose.. Either way the piss reflection paint stuff was probably not from homeless folks just lazy drunks.. on my speculation.

[Solkern]

New York isn't as welcoming to the homeless as CA either. NY has been installing anti-comfort designs to benches and grates. Basically pointy shit that makes it uncomfortable to lie down on.

Way back in the day, London started installing piss deflectors on the sides of buildings to prevent public pissing. They have been mostly removed but some still remain in place around the London bridge area.

I have no clue, I’m just mentioning weather, if I were homeless, SoCal, would be the ideal place.

[Neveragain]

If I were ever homeless I think I could find a pisser somewhere.. or at least not do it on a bridge. Playing loud music at night as been used as a tactic in some places i suppose.. Either way the piss reflection paint stuff was probably not from homeless folks just lazy drunks.. on my speculation.

The piss guards were 45 degree skirting, basically making the piss run down all over the pisser. They started removing them because it didn't seem to stop the pissers from pissing all over themselves anyway.

The London bridge used to have low income block houses attached to it. It was the equivalent to New Yorks 5 points district in the 1800's.

[Seran]

You are not factoring in exemptions. The higher up in income you go, the more that income earner will pay and lobby for creative accounting exemptions. Progressive taxation is a lie.

The concentration of wealth will always gravitate to be top heavy. The poor and lower middle class receive more in government welfare / aide than they pay in taxes. That’s the way of the world, and it’s been that way since the dawn of civilization. What matters are policies and tax rates that encourage a good standard of living for the middle class.

You don’t have to believe me and I’m sure you won’t, but that part doesn’t matter... If high progressive taxation works so well, why is the state of California on the verge of bankruptcy & they have all the problems that we agreed they have? The elites are manipulating the poor to vote for their agenda, and they are not subjected to that progressive taxation & consequences of those policies like you think they are. You are being played.

That's nonsense about tax exemptions. The amount collected by the seat of California is reflective of tax write-offs and exemptions, the number still factor in and the poor people aren't paying the most as you claim. Simply put the state of California has a lot of bills. You claim they are almost bankrupt, really? That's a dumb claim the state of California could at any time issue debt if they needed to in the form of bonds

[Shaps]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/free-spee...091950939.html

"Free speech or hate speech: Middleboro student sent home for second time may sue school"

"School staff pulled Morrison from class and sent him home in March when he wore a black T-shirt to class reading, "There are only two genders."

"Morrison covered part of the message on his T-shirt with white tape and wrote "censored," so the shirt said, "There are censored genders." The school sent him home again."

This is where we are as a country... utter insanity... Apparently saying "There are only two genders" is now "hate speech".

Have to love socialism/communism... not to mention the utter lack of rational thought.

[Solkern]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/free-spee...091950939.html

"Free speech or hate speech: Middleboro student sent home for second time may sue school"

"School staff pulled Morrison from class and sent him home in March when he wore a black T-shirt to class reading, "There are only two genders."

"Morrison covered part of the message on his T-shirt with white tape and wrote "censored," so the shirt said, "There are censored genders." The school sent him home again."

This is where we are as a country... utter insanity... Apparently saying "There are only two genders" is now "hate speech".

Have to love socialism/communism... not to mention the utter lack of rational thought.

And at the same time he needs to accept and deal with the gay pride flag, and other people’s views, but his view is considered hate speech. Fucking hilarious. Could he not just say, all these gay pride flags they got are offensive to me, remove them!

[Shaps]

And at the same time he needs to accept and deal with the gay pride flag, and other people’s views, but his view is considered hate speech. Fucking hilarious. Could he not just say, all these gay pride flags they got are offensive to me, remove them!

School board used the excuse that the LGBTQ+ community is a "protected class"... if that type of talk doesn't set off alarms, not sure what will.

"According to Whiting, the school said that the message on Morrison's T-shirt qualifies as bullying and harassment, and the staff told Morrison that his shirt was targeting a "protected class" of students in the school."

[Suppressed Poet]

not that there is ever a good place to be homeless, but 10 years ago DFW wouldn't have been a bad place.. but since nobody can afford to live anywhere else, ya'll came here and nobody affording houses. You can still find some good deals on homes, but it does require a 2 hour commute to where your job is in most cases.

I moved from the Lake Highlands area to Far North Dallas 8 years ago. Even back then housing had insane demand. I found the right place at the right time, and was very lucky. Property values in my neighborhood have more than doubled since then. From my garage to my office in Plano / Frisco it’s under 20 minutes taking the tollway. I’m not moving again until I retire. There are tons of people at my work that commute 1-2 hours…eff that.

[Suppressed Poet]

And at the same time he needs to accept and deal with the gay pride flag, and other people’s views, but his view is considered hate speech. Fucking hilarious. Could he not just say, all these gay pride flags they got are offensive to me, remove them!

Honestly, I’d prefer kids don’t have any political messages at all on their school attire but it’s not up to me. You have to go to private school if you want that which is prohibitively expensive these days. As such, the rules should be universally enforced. If a pride flag is ok, so too should be a Confederate flag. There is no such thing as hate speech.