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-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.
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.