Quote from: K-Dog on Jan 12, 2025, 09:33 AMAnd I found a source that says the LA fires are being started by homeless people.

And that article is not being repeated here.

I attempted to trace the ownership of the news outlet and it appears to have been generated by AIPAC.

Now why would AIPAC want to blame LA fires on homeless people?  Can anyone figure it out?

Why would there be disgusting manipulation to make us think about 'us' and 'them'.

Why would 'they' want to harden hearts that way.

Any ideas?

Why make us comfortable fearing 'others'.


The truly sad thing is that such disgusting manipulation is effective.

They've arrested a couple of people on arson charges.

Why would they do it?  First off, "misery loves company".  2nd, if you are a homeless person and want to get people who are comfortably housed in beautiful homes to understand what it's like to be homeless, what better way to do it than to make them homeless also?  When you think about it this way, it's really almost inevitable with 1000s of homeless people on the street, 1 of them is going to be ticked off enough that they'll start a fire.

In NY, Homeless are caught making illegal fires all the time in buildings they squat in with no heat or in the parks where they set up camps.  Usually they don't end up burning down buildings though.  The problem for LA is that with the Santa Ana winds and all the dry vegetation around, a small fire can turn into a raging inferno in minutes.  So even if the homeless person isn't purposefully trying to burn down houses, that can be the result.

Either way, purposeful or accidental there is a reasonable chance 1 of these fires was started by a homeless person.  You can mark it as a consequence of having such a large population of homeless.  The solution of course is to house them.  Then they will be less likely to start fires.

https://www.foxla.com/news/multiple-people-accused-starting-fires-firestorm-rages-california

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