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Monday, June 9, 2008
News More On Seattle’s Homeless Protest
Posted by on Mon, Jun 9 at 5:09 PM
Over at slog.
From what I can gather, Seattle’s protest is modeled on ours here in Portland. Sadly the backlash comments appear to be modeled on ours, too.
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Hello cat you are such a cute pussy.
And now for something totally different:
Seattle has some very good organizers at Real Change.
They are not copying the Mercury even though they are a news paper.
They are not copying Dignity Village because they are not in the same league.
They are not copying any local nonprofit who has received $250,000 to advocate for poverty because they are not hypocrits. (Sorry I am not copying anyone who can spell.)
They are not copying UPP because well those guys rock.
They are dealing with the same kinds of oppressive laws many homeless across this nation are being burdened with.
Most of all they are not copying you Matt Davis. You are irreplacable.
Hello cat you are such a cute pussy.
And now for something totally different:
Seattle has some very good organizers at Real Change.
They are not copying the Mercury even though they are a news paper.
They are not copying Dignity Village because they are not in the same league.
They are not copying any local nonprofit who has received $250,000 to advocate for poverty because they are not hypocrits. (Sorry I am not copying anyone who can spell.)
They are not copying UPP because well those guys rock.
They are dealing with the same kinds of oppressive laws many homeless across this nation are being burdened with.
Most of all they are not copying you Matt Davis. You are irreplacable.
What is coming out of these protests is the underlying discrimination that society has against the free range humans. The hateful language makes me sad, but I am not surprised.
Go Seattle, go America, and show that criminalizing the homeless is not what Democracy looks like.
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