It's weird to see this article reference the Justin Keller open letter and pretend that its intended purpose was to call attention to the problem of unhoused people with mental health issues in SF. As if his "heretical" act that attracted public anger was to point out an obvious injustice.
The actual text of the letter[0] argued that people who can't afford homes or who have mental health issues _don't deserve to live in the Bay Area_, and that he _does_ deserve it, because he has money. This is literally spelled out in his letter, not obliquely implied. It's this part of his opinion that got him in public hot water.
I clicked on those links curious what he was talking about and was shocked he was painting this guy as a martyr. I didn't finish reading the second article about another guy comeback since it similarly didn't seem to acknowledge the reality of what he wrote being patently horrible when painting him as some kind of homeless man messiah.
The actual text of the letter[0] argued that people who can't afford homes or who have mental health issues _don't deserve to live in the Bay Area_, and that he _does_ deserve it, because he has money. This is literally spelled out in his letter, not obliquely implied. It's this part of his opinion that got him in public hot water.
[0] https://justink.svbtle.com/open-letter-to-mayor-ed-lee-and-g...
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