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Advocates Encourage Public To Stop Using Any Term At All To Refer To Homeless (www.theonion.com)

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LOS ANGELES—In an effort to reframe the conversation by ending the discussion altogether, advocates across the country encouraged the public on Monday to stop using any term at all to refer to homeless people. “Given the widespread chronic issue of unhoused individuals, we recommend that people who want to discuss the homelessness problem in the United States refrain from making any reference to them whatsoever,” said activist Daniel Morganson, who added that instead of saying “homeless,” it would be far more acceptable to silently stare off into the distance. “Any mention of the homeless could be considered offensive, which is why it’s important for everyone to act like they don’t exist. We don’t want to risk humanizing them.” At press time, the advocates clarified that it was still okay to call the homeless “subhuman leeches on society.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

My country has almost none, we have shelters and social security. People don’t socialize with them a lot but otherwise they are full citizens, they can eat anywhere, take the bus, go to movies, etc. The ones with drug issues can get help and harm reduction. Most countries around me do the same. The US is the richest country on earth and CHOSES to do nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

You're country and neighbors are the minority when it comes to that. I've lived in a couple of countries with vastly different cultures and really it's all the same. The poor are treated like trash in various ways. US, Mexico, Japan, China, india any south American country. I'm not saying this in defense of the US but you're privileged in that regard.