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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish there was a way to do this for libraries too. The homeless have taken them over.[/quote]

Yeah, they should just freeze to death! [/quote]

No they shouldn't but the library is not a homeless shelter.[/quote]

We should convert libraries and post offices into homeless shelters. [/quote]

B/c who needs a library or post office?? You people putting homeless before kids. 
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The homeless deserve to be there as much as your kids do. I know, I know. It's a hard pill to swallow, but just try.[/quote]

they actually don’t have the same right to be there. The library is supposed to be a place for everyone to be safely and comfortably to access media - it’s not a homeless shelter. If a homeless person is there to read the newspaper, awesome - as long as they are safe and not disruptive (including smell). A library is not a homeless shelter. I repeat, a library is not a homeless shelter.[/quote]

Of course they have the same exact rights to be there as you and your spawn do. You just think you are so very special because you can afford a shower. Get over yourself, princess. If you don't like them being there, feel free to petition your local government to open day centers where they can get shelter from the weather. [/quote]

DC has plenty of day shelters : https://dhs.dc.gov/page/day-services-centers

[b]A library is to access media.[/b] It’s not a homeless shelter. Attitudes like yours lead to the degredation of public spaces, which will lead to a lack of support for them. Right now, taxpayers would rally to keep libraries open. But if they continue as homeless shelters, the public will not support them.

And f off with your supercilious references to “spawn.” The people who have the most to lose are low income kids and adults who need the library to access books & computers they don’t have at home. [/quote]

OH FFS you don't think homeless people have a need to access media. In fact, they should have priority since that is their only option to get on a computer, get newspapers or books. You have a home with internet. Stay there.

Low income people down look down on the homeless. I was very poor growing up and my mother and I shared our food with homeless people, and didn't tell them they don't belong in the library. It's privileged, rich jerks like you who think they are better because you have money that want them out of public spaces. You don't even want to be reminded they exist. [/quote]

No … I want the library to be a place for everyone to be able to use for it’s primary purpose (media access). when it’s dominated by unstable street homeless people then nobody can use it (including low income people). There are day shelters for homeless people. 
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Princess, just because you don't want to see homeless people and share a space with them doesn't make the space unusable for everyone. Get over yourself. Perhaps DC has a few day shelters, but by and large communities don't have shelters where the homeless can go. I'll make sure to tell the next homeless person I see that they can get warm at the library  :D [/quote]

there will be no library in the future if stupid smug progressives like you have their way. They will lose public support because they are no longer an amenity for everyone to use. or they will transform into spaces where nobody is permitted to sit, just like some Starbucks have taken out tables. [/quote]

As long as there are enough progressives like me, we will make sure to vote for public spaces where everyone is welcome. Maybe not you, but everyone else. [/quote]

It’s 2025 not 2020. And pledging to destroy public spaces is not the cool virtue signaling you think it is.

About the only thing good about the Trump era Supreme Court is that it is likely to roll back the legal precedents that stopped cities from ensuring public safety and protecting public space for public enjoyment. Of course Starbucks is private, but I do think its  recent policy change shows a sea shift in beliefs about what is appropriate. [/quote]

It all makes sense now. OF COURSE YOU'RE MAGA. Do you also think you're a saved follower of Jesus?[/quote]

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