archomrade [he/him]

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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • There’s maybe two problems with this:

    • public housing is a part of the picture, and so are public libraries. The solution is certainly not to cut library spending just because there are homeless people using it
    • Thinking there being homeless people around is an issue that needs solving is itself pretty bigoted. Like, maybe you have a problem with people who haven’t showered for a while? or people who use the library for personal activities because there are no better places for them to do them? But ‘these people are a problem’ itself becomes problematic because you’ve consolidated those qualities you find objectionable into a class of person, and that makes it really easy to forget/misplace/dismiss the humanity those people deserve.

    It’s a common attitude, so don’t feel like i’m picking you out personally to scold. More people should be aware of how that attitude dehumanizes people experiencing shelter insecurity.






  • “i feel like you’re being combative, you’re not engaging with what I’m saying. Makes me think you’re just here to be an asshole”

    [Doesn’t engage the content, lobs insults, ‘he did it first’]

    “I can see why you might have been banned”

    “What do you mean I’m being totally reasonable?!”


    There’s something about this format that just feels good, ya know? Like I’m invisible to criticism. I wonder why more people don’t use it