Why do some small towns persecution low income or people different than them?
By Liberti
@Liberti (264)
Mead, Washington
November 1, 2015 9:21pm CST
It seems people just are full of hate at times. I know of a family being persecuted by a town. Now other people in this town have been there longer and many of the complaints the town officials have levied at this one family are unjust or fair. The family does not keep "Sunday" the go to church a different day. The dad is disabled has been for some years as are one of the children. There are 5 children. The youngest is 18 months. The oldest 17.
They have been told to get rid of their cars that are rusty. All the cars they have run and are used all the time. They are older in the 1990 car's but run and what they can afford. They were told get rid of your animals. rabbits, dogs, ducks. But the neighbor has chickens that run all over the place and got into the families garden eating the tomatos and strawberries. They were told the ducks were too noisy but okay if the neighbors rooster crows and one dog yaps incessantly for hours. Plus one neighbor parties on weekends until 3:00 a.m waking the baby of the family being harassed.
They were told clean up a nicely stacked wood pile because it invites bugs but another neighbor has a 7 year old 8 foot high brush and limb pile. One daughter walking from school and after her work is followed several times she is 17 and called filthy names. She does not even believe in kissing or holding hands until marriage.
They were told the kiddie wading pool would draw mosquito larva thought they kept the pool clean and fresh water all summer. While another neighbor has a 5 foot high 18 round pool full of water, not fenced and open for any one to get into with a ladder attached to it. There are other things. They were told get everything cleaned up, moved out etc by November 20th or be fined $5200 in fines and or jail time.
They have been doing all the can to comply and still getting harassed. The parents are going to their USDA mortgage and see if they will let them out of the mortgage. They literally are afraid for their lives. One daughter was told she should be dead and people want to kill her.
Other people have running rusted cars and junk piles and no one bothers them or fines or complains Including two of the near neighbors.
There is no good reason for it other than hate and prejudice The mom has finally called the news media and has people who are backing her up knowing the town council is prejudice and many allowed chickens, geese, and barking dogs are related to the council members and all attend the same church. I would say this is bullying and hatred. What would you do? Why the hate so many places over skin color, religion, disability or poverty.
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@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Sep 16
How to respond, not knowing the families involved. You didn't specify (or maybe I missed it) whether they from a different religious or ethnic background than the majority of their neighbors. I saw some pretty brutal racial prejudice when I was growing up, but much less as an adult.
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@Liberti (264)
• Mead, Washington
4 Nov 15
Yes it is one specific neighbor and she is not even the closest neighbor at all but claims the family is making her place look bad and devaluing her property but she has a big garbage heap been there for 7 years. She thinks she is better than the neighbors. She is also related to the Mayor. She has a swimming pool un-fenced with a ladder any toddler can climb up and fall into and has never fenced it. The city told the court they have not had time to ticket or fine all the other people in town. Really some have had trash heaps, and falling down buildings, cars on blocks for 15 years and no fine or ticket. No harassment. The city is targeting specific families who do not attend one of their three churches. Or not related to someone on the town council or works at the school. One man said he has been harassed for 7 years now because he is a Saturday church goer. Not Sunday. Another two don't go to church and the family harassed also attends church on Saturday. Most have lived there 5 years or less who are harassed. Most are low income and not Catholic, Assembly of God or Methodist. Or they are not Christian at all.
@TheHorse (238306)
• Walnut Creek, California
10 Sep 16
How could a Christian persecute others? That makes no sense. Are you talking about church-going "pseudo-Christians," who pretend to be Christians so as to be accepted within their communities, but don't actually practice Christian values? Matthew 25 (second half) deals with those types.




