Tony incognito #3. Some sincere honesty and some irony.
Please read: Someone homeless in your house, Tony's first days back..., Tony Incognito #1, Tony Incognito #2 prior to this one to follow the story and gain the most insight.
Transparency is paramount. Privacy and respect are also important so I travel a fine line. I want to continue to explain our relationship with Tony as it has been a learning experience for us. I believe it's important for others to at least try and comprehend the thousands of Tony's that are left in despair throughout our city and county of Angels, let alone elsewhere in the state and across the country. People most often try to categorize the homeless as a "group" with perceived "problems" that led them to their situation. In reality, our homeless pandemic is caused due to many neglects on our part as a society. We don't have the mental health facilities to house and help those who just can't handle being apart of "everyday life" and thus end up on the street. There are many homeless that end up on the streets due to addiction. Likewise, there are homeless that become addicts in their despair. It is hard to imagine that anyone homeless doesn't develop mental health issues or those that may have existed prior become exacerbated. Many homeless become victims, whether of theft to sexual and physical assault, never mind the general reception of disgust they receive from those passing them daily. These certainly can leave permenant scars. Many also perceive themselves as victims sometimes where they are not but it is the only explanation they can provide to why their phone is off, ID is missing, clothes have again disappeared.
Transparency is paramount. Privacy and respect are also important so I travel a fine line. I want to continue to explain our relationship with Tony as it has been a learning experience for us. I believe it's important for others to at least try and comprehend the thousands of Tony's that are left in despair throughout our city and county of Angels, let alone elsewhere in the state and across the country. People most often try to categorize the homeless as a "group" with perceived "problems" that led them to their situation. In reality, our homeless pandemic is caused due to many neglects on our part as a society. We don't have the mental health facilities to house and help those who just can't handle being apart of "everyday life" and thus end up on the street. There are many homeless that end up on the streets due to addiction. Likewise, there are homeless that become addicts in their despair. It is hard to imagine that anyone homeless doesn't develop mental health issues or those that may have existed prior become exacerbated. Many homeless become victims, whether of theft to sexual and physical assault, never mind the general reception of disgust they receive from those passing them daily. These certainly can leave permenant scars. Many also perceive themselves as victims sometimes where they are not but it is the only explanation they can provide to why their phone is off, ID is missing, clothes have again disappeared.
Subject: re: You ever going to pick up your things?
Date: Sun 26 Jan 2020 06:25 PM
Date: Sun 26 Jan 2020 06:25 PM
Tony replies:
Hi sorry I will I just have had a lot of mental things to
work through undue paranoia and such ~~~~~~~~~ Robert wrote: We have had and then added to things of yours/for you since November. Are you ever planning to get them? Why such distancing from us?
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