xkbx@startrek.website to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down12
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caxkbx@startrek.website to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareKidplayer_666@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoUnhoused? Has homeless as a word been banned?
minus-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoI think the idea is to put the responsibility for housing onto society/authority as opposed to the victim.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoDoesn’t homeless imply its society’s fault too?
minus-squaresunbytes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·19 days agoPerhaps to some people, but to me it does sound like a homeless person just happens to be without. Whereas an unhoused person has been let down by whoever is responsible for ensuring people are housed.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·19 days agoI dont see how. If anything, its just a matter of time until you see houseless as being their fault. Because the baggage is something you (and society in general) is adding. Its not implicit in the word itself.
Unhoused? Has homeless as a word been banned?
I think the idea is to put the responsibility for housing onto society/authority as opposed to the victim.
Doesn’t homeless imply its society’s fault too?
Perhaps to some people, but to me it does sound like a homeless person just happens to be without.
Whereas an unhoused person has been let down by whoever is responsible for ensuring people are housed.
I dont see how. If anything, its just a matter of time until you see houseless as being their fault. Because the baggage is something you (and society in general) is adding. Its not implicit in the word itself.