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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Society has basically washed its hands of dealing with violent mentally ill and homeless people, and individuals are left to defend themselves. In this new paradigm, the homeless and mentally ill cannot be locked up, but if you misjudge a situation and hurt them, you will go to jail. I'm sure the Marine will go to jail. But if the situation were reversed and the mentally ill man killed the Marine, no one would be talking about this at all. We are a truly sick society. [/quote]

How most people deal with this is by moving as far away from this problem as possible.  We pay out the nose for homes in "safe" neighborhoods (no section 8 housing nearby), and to send our kids to private school (no underperforiming trouble makers who suck 90% of the teacher's attention).

We find ways to inoculate our daily lives from the other half and the upside-down rules of navigating that half.

When actually face to face with members of that other half, we just get up and leave like most people on the subway do when faced with a homeless nutjob and forget about that unpleasant experience promptly.

Americans talk the talk about DEI and social justice but do not walk it.[/quote]

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