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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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