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Montrealer who dumped water on unhoused man's face issues public apology. (m.youtube.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Also, homeless is far from a slur in my opinion, and a similar term is used in many language. Using unhoused doesn’t change anything, the people you talk about still don’t have a place to live, but now you can feel better about yourself by using a different word.

Good article on the topic, highlighting the origin of the word, and the reasons many try to use it: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/20/homeless-unhoused-houseless-term-history

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Very interesting, thanks for linking it! And they even have a name for the phenomenon I described.

"Intentional shifts in terminology might seem like a game of Whac-A-Mole – an ultimately unsuccessful effort to outrun a concept’s ugly implications. The Harvard professor Steven Pinker dubbed it the “euphemism treadmill”."