The Homelessness Crisis – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS This time we’re taking a look at the rhetoric surrounding the homelessness epidemic – from comedians “joking” that the homeless should be put in concentration camps, to Fox News hosts saying we should literally k*ll them. What’s going on here? When did this inhumane thinking start, and does the data support all the “dangerous homeless addict” fear mongering? Let’s investigate. New video every other Friday! Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com//_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman Citations and Further Reading: There Is No Place for Us https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/645871/there-is-no-place-for-us-by-brian-goldstone/ Clips https://x.com/atrupar/status/1966878449290649676 https://x.com/BenBankas/status/1965127535026733086 https://youtu.be/9a1vD5y9Sx8?t=5 https://youtu.be/ISTu6JRtJTI?t=55 State of Homelessness statistics https://endhomelessness.org/state-of-homelessness/#report https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/opinion/crisis-working-homeless.html Trump https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2110me5g4o https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/ending-crime-and-disorder-on-americas-streets/ Grants Pass https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City/_of/_Grants/_Pass/_v./_Johnson Homelessness myths https://web.archive.org/web/20250914000345/https://www.usich.gov/guidance-reports-data/data-trends#%3A~%3Atext=Myth%3A Most%2Cdo+not+cause+homelessness https://abcnews.go.com/Health/unhoused-people-perceived-dangerous/story?id=103751928 Reagan https://theintercept.com/2025/08/29/briefing-podcast-housing-working-homeless/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1984/07/29/reagan-welfare-cuts-found-to-worsen-families-poverty/077278f9-a875-4791-9c34-d1cf3cd148b5/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4364434/pdf/milq0093-0139.pdf NYT Poll https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/03/us/do-more-for-homeless-say-half-of-thoses-polled.html#%3A~%3Atext=There+was+also+no+consensus%2CConcentrations+in+West+and+North Map https://nlihc.org/gap Blackstone https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/06/16/2248347/0/en/Blackstone-and-Starwood-Capital-Group-Complete-Acquisition-of-Extended-Stay-America.html Conservatives don’t care https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/08/politics/trump-crackdown-on-homeless-washington-dc#%3A~%3Atext=But+nearly+a+month+later%2C+homeless+advocates+say+the+federal+government+has+still+not+provided+any+shelters+or+mental+health+services.+Only+the+city+government+has+continued+to+provide+those+services%2C+they+say Housing First https://youtu.be/kbEavDqA8iE https://nlihc.org/resource/new-study-finds-providing-people-experiencing-homelessness-housing-has-positive-impacts https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/politics/federal-policy-on-homelessness-becomes-new-target-of-the-right.html Criminalization of homelessness https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/joe-lonsdale-cicero-trump-leo-homeless-crime-1235078795/ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/kentucky-crime-bill/ https://invisiblepeople.tv/cicero-institute-the-shadow-lobby-fueling-mass-incarceration-of-homeless-people/ About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com For individuals or small businesses looking for one-on-one production training, I offer hourly consulting services as well. Send inquiries to jtchapmanchannel@gmail.com
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