Opinion from EJ Montini: They're not rodents. They're not insects. They're not an infestation of any kind. They're people.
Opinion: They're not rodents. They're not insects. They're not an infestation of any kind. They're people.In the movie “Nomadland,” the character of Fern, played by Frances McDormand, lives in a modified van. Somewhat early in the film Fern is approached in a store by a girl she once taught in school.Fern answers, “No, I'm not homeless. I'm just houseless.
The sponsor of the bill to remove such individuals from where they’re camped, Republican Sen. Justine Wadsack, said, “People are reporting that there are trespassers. There are these tent encampments showing up on their private property and nobody’s able to do anything about it. They all want to pass the buck and kick the can down the road. So this will give the municipalities the authority to start dealing with this.”Actually, they are.
Their home was near railroad tracks that serviced the factory, and in those days, men who were out of work and out of luck hopped freight trains in search of something, anything, better. Hobos, they called them.
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