i don’t give a fuck what kind of food people buy with their food stamps and i don’t give a fuck about a few people taking advantage of a system if it means even 1 person who is hungry gets help to buy food
I think this term is used to make people who are not homeless feel better about their language/themselves—but I can say as a shelter worker I’ve never heard a single client use that word
An especially alarming stat as more states criminalize homelessness.
A reminder: Formerly incarcerated people are 10x more likely to be homeless. And, being homeless makes formerly incarcerated people more likely to be arrested & incarcerated again – it's a revolving door.
The problem with saying "violence isn't the answer" is that highly organized violence already exists and is being perpetrated against all of us to varying degrees every day. All you're doing is accepting that violence as a part of life and demonizing any self-defense against it
It’s fine. Listen to your music and stay a little alert and don’t make too much eye-contact. Try being homeless in a city that will acquit your murderer.