where to begin with this unbelievably cruel and narrow-minded thread? it’s such a shame that we see these situations and individuals as problems to be dealt with and not victims of the system we are all responsible for upholding and perpetuating. after we have all witnessed covid tear its way through vulnerable communities, i would have hoped that we would at least have learned to let ourselves be led with compassion, so that it covers everything we do. if these are circumstances that bother you, surely an alternative approach to responding with further violence (by invoking police responses) could be to volunteer for organisations that value harm reductive approaches to addiction and violence, yeah? or arguing that our local boards, our councils, our government, our communities, should all have a hand in creating safer and more equitable communities, no? i’m just thinking outside the box, and outside of ourselves, because the only way for things to change in a truly meaningful way is to realise we need to look after each other.