Ok, fair enough, I didn't know this. I've never considered homelessness shameful, it's shameful of our society, so I didn't make the association. I'm not sure that changing the word is gonna change the attitude of the kind of person that does refer to human beings as "the homeless" though, but I'll use whatever language is preferred by those effected.
The way I see it, the dehumanizing comes from the toxic attitudes of asshole people, I don't think changing the wording is gonna change those attitudes. I feel like they're still gonna assume that "houseless" people are lazy, stupid and useless just as they currently think "the homeless" are, ya know? Again, though, def not gonna die on this molehill, so I'll gladly adjust.
Ok, fair enough, I didn't know this. I've never considered homelessness shameful, it's shameful of our society, so I didn't make the association. I'm not sure that changing the word is gonna change the attitude of the kind of person that does refer to human beings as "the homeless" though, but I'll use whatever language is preferred by those effected.
previously I would've said that it's real hard to misinterpret houseless but that tweet tells us that they're definitely going to
The way I see it, the dehumanizing comes from the toxic attitudes of asshole people, I don't think changing the wording is gonna change those attitudes. I feel like they're still gonna assume that "houseless" people are lazy, stupid and useless just as they currently think "the homeless" are, ya know? Again, though, def not gonna die on this molehill, so I'll gladly adjust.