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That may be true in some cases but most of the time anti homeless street furniture is just made to get homeless people to not hang around that particular area.

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Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
And what’s wrong with that? These people should be getting help, not taking up public space. I realize that it probably seems to you like an abuse campaign to insist they sleep somewhere else, but I would argue you’re an enabler who naively thinks they’re helping while actually just cooperating with these poor people’s poor adaptation strategies by giving them a place to stay in public space that isn’t actually a safe to stay in. Check yourself. Do you actually have these people’s best interests in mind, or are you just virtue signaling about the homeless, a class you see as less than yourself?

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- Kickforce@lemmy.wtf ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Why do you believe I see homeless people as less than myself? Quite a lot of people are only a short term breakdown away from being homeless, especially in ultra capitalist places like the US. Certainly they need help, but help is not always directly available, and you want to argue that while they look for help, making the world as hostile as possible is a good thing? And then you try to gaslight me with that? I think you need help.
  
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  - Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    making the world as hostile as possible is a good thing?
    
    Oh, please, seriously? I advocate for a feature in public spaces that disincentivizes homeless people from sleeping on park benches and you think I’m trying to create a living Hell for them? After I’ve already also advocated for more to be put into affordable housing and outreach services for them? Get over your self-righteousness, man. Demonizing me won’t convince me or anyone else.
    
    And for the record, gaslighting is when you lie and manipulate a person ways that specifically cause them to doubt their perception of reality; it’s not a catch-all term for saying something someone else thinks is untrue.
    
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  - Shardikprime@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Well you do seem Keen to insist in enabling a dangerous and damaging behavior in them
    
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- Iceman@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well if it it’s the change of tune.
  
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