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There is no such thing as "common sense". What people mean way they say that is "X is obvious to be because of Y". Not just "X is obvious". You need to have contextual experience to be able to common to the former, and that contextual experience is culturally and sociologically specific. Failing to appreciate that again exposes your myopic levels of introspection regarding your own privilege.
This is what you are doing when you say "common sense and reason", but this is not always going to be the mode for people who are desperate, vulnerable and hard done by. To expect that to be the case given the leadership of this country in recent times is naive.
Expecting wholesale compassion is similarly fruitless. Yes compassion is a beneficial trait for one to have, but it's a lot harder to muster when you're already on the bones of your arse and the easily accessible, often force-fed, mainstream media are giving you an easy scapegoat that is painted as being the polar opposite to you and others in your position.