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Re:Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is f... by Supermancho on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:04AM (#25903905)
> it's cloaked hatred.

Homelessness causes suffering which is usually self-treated with substance abuse. This is not a hateful commentary.

I'm not sure how a blanket characterization equates to "hate", when it's a lazy attribution due to indifference. Maybe disdain is the appropriate term.

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Re:Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is f... by flagrant on Monday January 25, 2021 @10:08AM (#25903946)
It ascribes a characterisation to homeless people (that they would prefer to get drunk than have a home) that there is simply no evidence for. The comment blames homeless people for their own destitution purely based on the commenter's preconceived bias against homeless people.
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Re:Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is f... by Supermancho on Friday January 29, 2021 @01:03AM (#25954561)
> It ascribes a characterisation to homeless people that there is simply no evidence for

Except for the evidence there is. https://www.addictioncenter.com/addiction/homelessness/

Homelessness causes suffering, which is usually self-treated with substance abuse/use, depending on how you want to play with numbers. Fair enough? That's normal human behavior.

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