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Originally Posted by Sliver
Does anybody here actually give money to these intersection panhandlers, and if so, what's your rationale? Whenever I see someone do this, my jaw drops. It just seems really really really dumb.
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It's just misplaced human compassion. It's the wrong move for sure, but there's a reason they go there and do it.
They put a sad, awful situation right in the face of every day people and we're triggered to help an immediate struggling human being in front of us.
I appreciate that we have to understand it isn't the right move as a society, but I hate hate hate when people call the change givers dumb or stupid.
It's human nature to help those around us, and our empathy and compassion overcomes rational thought from time to time.