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Fox News host Brian Kilmeade apologizes for remarks about killing mentally ill homeless people

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I'm in contact with our local homeless 2 to 3 times a month at least through part of a ministry.

Many suffer from mental illness or addiction or a combination of the two. It is also true that many will refuse help will mental illness or addiction or only want the help on "their terms".

I do not know what the solution is. But, I know that the problem is too large for most local ministry groups to solve even on a small scale.
 
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CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN said:
It's actually going to get worse. Because of budget cuts. If someone wants to kill them selves. There's not enough funds for emergency. And kids being abused , there case gets closed. Lack of funds.
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Unfortunately, I think you’re right :(
 
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essentialsaltes said:
Assume what? I mean, yes I dropped it in this thread because of the relevance to the topic.
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The meme you posted with the reporter makes it the reporters fault. But the odds are that what the reporter said had nothing to do with the shooting. Now if someone goes and shoots the homeless just because they are homeless and are espousing thoughts that say we ought to just kill them or they just hate the homeless you might have a point. However as as I said there is a lot of shootings, stabbings and other violence among the homeless. Pretty much all of it committed by other homeless. Its been going on that way for many years.

Kilmead is an idiot and should be fired immediately. But indicating he might be responsible or partially for the shootings in your article because of what he said is completely ignorant. You can come back with the meme when it turns out the shooting was done by someone who believed the way he did.
 
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essentialsaltes said:
The topic led “Fox & Friends” co-host Laurence Jones to say that billions of dollars have been spent on programs to care for the homeless and mentally ill but many of those afflicted resist help.

“A lot of them don’t want to take the programs,” Jones said. “A lot of them don’t want to get the help that is necessary. You can’t give them the choice. Either you take the resources that we’re going to give you, or you decide that you’ve got to be locked up in jail.”
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With Trump's new beautiful bill, These programs will start to go away. I've all ready noticed things going away. How many detention centers in other countries, that we are spending millions. Yes out of sight out of mind.
 
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RileyG said:
Unfortunately, I think you’re right :(
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We should have known this was going to happen. And Trump didn't even try to hide. The sad thing is the right wing News channels was cutting a lot of new out. Now we will pay a huge price for it.
 
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essentialsaltes said:
The topic led “Fox & Friends” co-host Laurence Jones to say that billions of dollars have been spent on programs to care for the homeless and mentally ill but many of those afflicted resist help.

“A lot of them don’t want to take the programs,” Jones said. “A lot of them don’t want to get the help that is necessary. You can’t give them the choice. Either you take the resources that we’re going to give you, or you decide that you’ve got to be locked up in jail.”

Kilmeade added: “Or involuntary lethal injection or something — just kill ‘em.”
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Not something to joke about. Boot him.
 
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BRIAN KILMEADE (HOST): They're blaming Trump, screaming free speech is under attack and even wearing Kimmel hats in support.
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What these Democrats should be doing is looking at how Kimmel's own actions got him into I guess the problems he's having right now.
 
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essentialsaltes said:
The FCC Chair hasn't complained.
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It's not about the FCC. . .its about staying in business. . .about getting rid of content that will drive your viewers (and, therefore, advertising dollars) away.
 
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