Giving homeless people MONEY instead of FOOD can save their lives this winter, shelters cost money, being able to sit in McDonaldâs and nurse a coke for a couple hours to warm up costs money, often accessing public toilets (whether itâs to use them, wash up or just to be out of the wind) costs money.Â
Just give homeless people cash, just do it, no excuses, no whining about âenabling their drug habitsâ, if you have money to spare, give it and possibly save someone from literally freezing to death.Â
Bringing this back cause this heat can kill you, giving money is always in season
excellent post & I hope itâs ok if I add on re: the enabling drug habits bit: not being in withdrawal can also save a life. if youâre stopping on the street to help someone on your way somewhere you accept that youâre helping them with their most urgent needs on that given day, without knowing every variable in the situation. itâs basic compassion. you wouldnât realistically have the time to complete an extensive moral inventory on them based on your own perspective/contexts/biases, and you shouldnât anyway. itâs not your place. sometimes direct aid is giving extra resources to help someone get through their day a bit more easily and safely whatever that day happens to look like. if you have discomfort about your lack of control in that situation just admit that your motives lie elsewhere and move on, rather than loudly defending stigmatizing rhetoric to try to still get credit for what you wouldâve done If Only that extremely marginalized person had lived up to your sheltered standard of purity.
