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GooFoYouPal t1_jca9w7u wrote

Let these kids grill Kenney next. Let him try to explain himself.

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SanjiSasuke t1_jcabvv3 wrote

The fuckin minister, man. Walked up, made the kids say a corny rhyme, said Santa Claus wasn't real, and told everyone not to trust the political process, but in his diety instead.

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Colonel_Corona t1_jcacolf wrote

The article has a couple sentences from like 4 of the candidates. Excellent piece as expected from inquirer election coverage /s

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Scumandvillany t1_jcad2wd wrote

The cognition deficit needed to drool out "but muh safe injection sites tho" in response to the need to make an entire neighborhood of tens of thousands of people and children safe and clean is staggering. "It's inhumane to mandate treatment/shelter"--nah bro. What's inhumane is to allow children of working class people to have to deal with this trauma daily and being told the solution is to have a warehouse where half of street addicts can shoot up safely but most will still shoot up on the street, and even if all of them DID use SIS, you're still gonna have to deal with the trash, feces, tents, bent over kenzo yoga, your parks and rec centers will still be open air shelters and that's too bad because addicts deserve to be respected.

The sheer absurdity of this line of thinking is astounding.

Most normal, common sense people who work for a living see through this bullshit for what it is. Ivory tower logic applied to real world conditions.

MANDATORY TREATMENT AND SHELTER FOR PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ADDICTION

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FMG1978 t1_jcagv9h wrote

Question from student: Yes or no, will you build us a new school because ours is crumbling?

Answer from all 9 candidates: Yes!

Next line in the article: The mayor does not have the power to close schools or fix how state funding is distributed but does choose school board members and can advocate in Harrisburg.

And the machine churns on.

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Vague_Disclosure t1_jcawp9b wrote

Replying to Economy-Cantaloupe42 (#2,234,522)

Idk I think it's sadder these kids are being used as political pawns. Any adult could ask these questions there's no need to politicize childhood and fill these kids heads with the toxicity that politics brings. No 10yo is naturally political, they're coached into by adults.

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hbcadlac t1_jcb38w6 wrote

Please don’t lie to these children! Mayors are powerless!

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ClintBarton616 t1_jcb55yf wrote

Replying to FMG1978 (#2,235,029)

This is EXACTLY why I hated working on Rebuild "community outreach"

Politicians overpromising "you'll get a new library and a new rec center!" when the reality was "new carpet and less asbestos"

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SanjiSasuke t1_jcbgqe1 wrote

Replying to ClintBarton616 (#2,236,385)

When it comes to positions like mayor or PotUS there's not really an option.

Who's gonna get the votes? Candidate A who says "I will do what I can to work with City Council, municipal agencies, and the State, but I can't promise anything, since the Mayor's office has limited powers to..." or Candidate B who says "Mexico will pay for the whole thing!"

Candidate A doesn't even get trotted out

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Scumandvillany t1_jcblu7c wrote

Replying to libananahammock (#2,237,118)

I've already read that. Just because some psychopaths have some niche "treatment" does not mean we cannot develop an open and transparent approach to involuntary commitment. I'm not saying bring on nurse ratchet, but some sort of mental illness/addiction treatment approach combined with therapy and housing is obviously the way forward.

Simply put, we cannot allow people to live like they are living on the streets of Kensington. How we should go about rectifying that is up for some discussion.

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CockercombeTuff t1_jcbm1nw wrote

Replying to Scumandvillany (#2,234,834)

Imagine saying "the best way to help alcoholics is by giving them free, government paid for alcohol and a place to vomit until they make the personal decision to be sober." Staggering the lengths people will go to justify their hypotheses.

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