xkbx@startrek.website to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMontreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loitteringmontreal.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoAnd you really think people use and understand these terms like that? You may be correct in the academic sense, but completely wrong in all other senses.
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoHe isn’t correct in an academic sense. They are synonyms. Unhoused is being used because homeless has negative connotation to it.
minus-squareWesDym@mastodon.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months ago@Grimy Maybe. But unless you can produce a source, it sounds to me like you’re only guessing, and forming an essentialism from your feelings and assumptions rather than from evidence.
And you really think people use and understand these terms like that?
You may be correct in the academic sense, but completely wrong in all other senses.
He isn’t correct in an academic sense. They are synonyms. Unhoused is being used because homeless has negative connotation to it.
@Grimy Maybe. But unless you can produce a source, it sounds to me like you’re only guessing, and forming an essentialism from your feelings and assumptions rather than from evidence.