Commenters share personal encounters and concerns about the statue
3 Sep 22 3:44 PM · 1d ago · 3 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 6
Users recount anecdotes about the statue—one describes accidentally touching it while fixing a shoe and startling the homeless person sleeping nearby; another notes cities have removed benches to prevent homeless people from using them.
“One morning I got off and squatted down next to that bench to fix my shoe. I lost my balance and grabbed the head to balance myself. Then he got up and screamed, and then I fell back and screamed.”
ishootbetter.bsky.socialTimothy Schmaltz Canadian artistwestonjk.bsky.social Bluesky user who shared the sculpture
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Used to work right by that statue. One morning I got off and squatted down next to that bench to fix my shoe. I lost my balance and grabbed the head to balance myself. Then he got up and screamed, and then I fell back and screamed. It was a different bench. We both almost died of heart attacks.
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Unfortunately the reality is that many cities have removed sidewalk and bus benches to try to mitigate the problem of ‘homeless Jesus’
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