• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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    9 months ago

    I’m sure they’re terribly appreciative of you referring to them as “unhoused” so you can feel just a tiny bit morally superior to those that just call them homeless 😂

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      9 months ago

      I think bums deserve respect and kindness from all of us. A lot of the time bums suffer from mental health issues caused by shame and trauma and that needs to be addressed with care and humility. These are human beings and how we treat our most vulnerable is a greater reflection of how we treat each other as a society. We need to help bums not only out of kindness but out of respect for society and ourselves as a whole.

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        9 months ago

        Precisely. I’ve been homeless myself and someone thinking I would be offended by being called homeless is fucking laughable

        Least of my fucking worries you daft cunt

        Edit, just realised myself, and all the upvoters, got wooooshed by suckmywang here with his overuse of “bum”

        Bravo 👏😂

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            9 months ago

            surface-level, performative respect. The kind where you make a banner and raise awareness

            Like changing the word to uNHoUsEd to make yourself feel better without affecting their lives in any way whatsoever? 😂

            Fuck off, help them in a better way

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      9 months ago

      I mean, the term before homeless was literally street people. Terms change as they start to sound callous.

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      9 months ago

      When I was homeless I definitely had less home. Arguably, I was occasionally “housed”. I will always prefer “homeless” because to me it’s the “home” part that mattered, not the “house”.

      Probably unpopular opinion: The only people who care if you say “unhoused” vs “homeless” are those who are either not themselves “unhoused” or “homeless” or are “unhoused” by some degree of choice and have the luxury of being less “unhoused” in the future.