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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by lupire on Monday May 30, 2022 @03:08PM (#31562468)
Because if the government has the power to imprison homeless people (even if the prisons are "nice" hospitals... today), then they also have the power to imprison "hysterical" women and blacks and gays and anyone else who the government thinks is mentally insufficient. Source: US History.
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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by Avicebron on Monday May 30, 2022 @03:52PM (#31562961)
Not sure I follow, can you explain in more detail? You just conflated two different time periods in history and compared them as if the circumstances havent changed?
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Re:Profiles of people living in homeless encampments, rarely... by rdubs333 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @10:36AM (#31569974)
technically he is kinda right its a felony now in tennessee to be homeless.
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