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I like to think of myself as woke but I’m sorry I just can’t get behind “folx” and “unhoused” 😭 “folx” is the worst tho I’m trans myself and I just do not understand “folx” like is folks not already all encompassing?
4 upvotes, 7 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Girl Talk. "I like to think of myself as woke but I’m sorry I just can’t get behind “folx” and “unhoused” 😭 “folx” is the worst tho I’m trans myself and I just do not understand “folx” like is folks not already all encompassing?"
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Anonymous 9w

Same energy as latinx I just ignore it

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Anonymous 9w

What’s wrong with unhoused

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

Latinx is too much lmaooo

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

Also same, I just live in a very liberal area and you see this type of shit everywhere 😭 like it doesn’t necessarily bother me, I just really don’t understand and I’m usually very understanding of those things

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

It’s unneeded and adds more stigma to a thing that’s already stigmatized (being homeless) + in the late 90s early 2000s people started using “homeless” because it was more politically correct than what they were called before (ie, “bums”, “hobos”)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

I work heavily with the unhoused community and organizations and that’s the first I’ve hear that the term adds more stigma. Interesting. To me, it highlights the crux of the issue. Housing and the right to housing

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 9w

The term implies that the word “homeless” is stigmatized I genuinely don’t believe is true. Also considering it was used and favored over other terms that are actually derogatory, I don’t see how it’s bad

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