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Comment on Donating canned goods to food pantries is like donating needles and syringes to a cancer research organization

Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

It sounds like you just hate poor people. They aren’t addicted to food, they need it to live. You’ll probably be surprised to learn that people starve when they dont get food.

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Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
This is a strange take. I never said poor people should starve. In fact, I think they deserve better then just canned food. Therefore I suggest donating cash instead of canned goods. That way the food bank can buy fresher foods.

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- Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  It definitely had “all poor people are addicts” connotations
  
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  - Emerald@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Can I ask… how so?
    
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    Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Relating food that people need to needles to do drugs. To me, it conveyed that if you give these people food they will become like addicts.
    
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- Pandemanium@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Yeah, it’s early and my brain didn’t even register “cancer research org”. When I first read the title I thought you were equating people’s need to eat with drug abuse.
  
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