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Come on YC, glad you're funding the ACLU and it's much needed, but where is the response to the homelessness in San Francisco for example? We care more about refugees than people who already live here?! Too many companies are taking advantage of a bad situation for PR and marketing!

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sad this is flagged to the bottom yet it's a valid concern

I have posted stories about homelessness and the unsustainability of economic inequality here for years and have had many productive discussions with the HN community in general and YC members in particular on these topics. Just because people are activated over refugees does not mean they're indifferent to domestic political issues.

Probably because you could make a comment like this about any social issue, and the substance basically amounts to "my cause is more important than your cause". I've seen it attached to space exploration (why bother with space when our environment is in danger?) and victims of natural disasters (but what about <local natural disaster>).

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