As the article states, gentrification and "income inequality" (lol?) were the main reasons for these protestors surrounding the Google bus. I'm sure Google bus is an inconvenience for other busses but that wasn't why these people were protesting.
I recognize it's a real thing I just can't stand the mindset that such a word creates. If income/money is an issue for you, go out and do something to change that, don't sit around and be toxic against people that aren't having income issues.
What do you mean by "be toxic"? And how do you expect people to work against income inequality without calling it what it is?
Your comment ("lol income inequality") is dripping in upper-class privilege, as if you're the one suffering when poor people bring up things like the disappearing middle class & tax breaks for the wealthy -- because they're being "toxic".
One of the problems people face is that those with weaker employment prospects in the first place often have other issues which screw them out of reasonable employment and leave them worse off in terms of pursuing anything better. Anyone who has been subject to factory life (or equivalent employment) knows that no sane person could work a job like that for their entire life.
You're not completely wrong: many of these people have made mistakes, but the nature of how those mistakes get compounded can pretty thoroughly screw someone who was born with a bit of a handicap and who got off to a bad start.
So while it is possible to overcome these setbacks (and people should be encouraged to do so), it's not something one should be glib about.
