Comments by "Grandmaĺovesmebest" (@sunshineandwarmth) on "Breadline Kids in America" video.

Many years ago, I was in a psych class in college. Our teacher took us to a mèdical autopsy class for some reason. I couldn't stay and watch bc I asked the teacher where they got the body and she told me ppl who died wo anyone to bury them. I kept thinking, this old man was someone's baby, student, coworker, friend, sweetheart, maybe husband or dad. But for sure, whomever he was, his life didn't count bc he is now just a body being torn apart by students w other students watching the process, like an old biology class where we watched or performed cutting up rats.
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You mean, if she lives that long. Nobody mentions the unique dangers of being homeless, such as being such a visible target to the evil ppl wondering about who are targeting them. In FL homeless ppl routinely "disappear" bc they are often alone so nobody knows them or knows where they are bc they may feel ashamed of their plight or bc it is more dangerous to call attention to oneself. Homeless ppl are also targets to ppl who want to know what it is like to kill someone, so kill someone they believe doesn't matter BC SOCIETY HAS LED THEM TO BELIEVE THEIR SITUATION IS ENTIRELY THEIR OWN FAULT! And they want everyone to believe that so they post all over social media what they SHOULD have done to not have been in that situation in the first place. Am I making myself clear? Good. Then I'm out of here before my head explodes.🥶
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@wheresmyoldname isn't. Please don't praise the children who are suffering, yet bravely bear up under it. They should not be made to feel that it is OK for them to be treated like that. They will grow up to believe that it is expected, even heroic of them. It isn't. Children being taught to suffer well, while others are creating a world that is causing them to suffer, is not acceptable. Whatever goods govt and corporations are making for themselves, it should never be at the cost of its citizens going hungry. It's an abomination and we should have begun fighting years ago for the rights we were promised. House the homeless, feed the hungry, treat the ill and disabled. Or turn the fantasy into a reality and create the opportunity for all citizens to do it for themselves.
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@CrickBritt blaming the victims is just as bad if not worse. Does it ever enter your mind to try to think of a way to help ease someone's suffering in the present instead of blaming them for doing something in the past that happened bc they couldn't do anything else, or couldn't foresee the future?
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@CrickBritt I've volunteered in homeless shelters for years until there were no empty beds in any place we could find anywhere in America. (My hand to God, that's true.) Shelters were actually giving floor space to try to save the lives of ppl living in cold climates. Let me put this plainly for you. If there isn't enough housing for the population, what makes you think there is adequate shelter for the ppl who have no housing in a country where there doesn't exist adequate housing for the population wh already exists? Oh. I know. We don't have enough housing for the American ppl, so let's find land somewhere and build massive amts of shelters. Can you spot the mistake?
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@sansaraee GRRRR. Thank you for the courage to say that. Whoever coined that phrase should be held to eternal ridicule. Saying that you have no right to complain bc someone else may also have it bad or worse than you is simply a way of dismissing your obligation to offer help to someone courageous enough to let you know they need it and trusting you enough to tell you so.
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@jennifer7648 You see? Sorry to jump in on your comment, Jennifer, but I'm dizzy wondering where the ppl here live that they have no idea what's happening in their own country, or denying its happening, or believes the country is still in the post WW2 era.🤷‍♀️ Thanks for offering the word of enlightenment. Wish I could be as succinct as you! Alas. I was born loquacious. 😁
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@rileyd1062 Many many years ago on a TV talk show, when times were relatively stable, 2 guests, lawyers, spoke of the financial future of women in America et al. They explained the situation, then gave this advice: most women, given that they will outlive men by some considerable years, will likely die in poverty. Their best chance is to marry as well as possible and stay married as long as possible. Given the possibilities (real or imagined) of the subsequent employment of women, and the changes in alimony and child support, that may or may not have been valid advice. But it seems whatever has been eliminated, nothing has been put in place to create a safety net for women and children, so it appears at least their warning of future poverty was correct.
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It's America.Its been going on for decades. Too bad these kids can't get in the migrant line, then they could at least get food. Someone better find where Americans can migrate to or we are going to have bodies of kids and old folks piling up or mass graves everywhere.
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@armorkinggaming1933 that's not true. Many 3rd world countries are on the rise now. Also, many ppl in the west will donate to charities in other countries but would never buy their neighbors child a pair of shoes or a bag of groceries. Don't make victims of American poverty feel more guilty, just bc you want to think you are somehow superior or that you live in a country that is somehow miraculous. You aren't and it isnt.
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@armorkinggaming1933 Your statement was not misinterpreted and your English is perfect. Perhaps you are feeling sorry for yourself bc you lived in a country that did not pretend to be what it wasn't. Whatever Madd you say that, make a note that it is not proper to say about ppl who are suffering. The proper response is to validate ppls feelings whatever they are bc you don't know what they are feeling or what happened to them in their lives to make them feel that way. At any rate, it is dismissive, letting the suffering person know you don't care and you aren't going to offer help, thus reducing the level of humanity for both of you.
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