Post AwFcZIPgwPGVd5dEO0 by carapace@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #AwFcZD8qXbotHOiCw4 by carapace@mastodon.social
       2025-07-16T14:04:21Z
       
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       Don't think of "the homeless" as a group or a class, that's the first step in dehumanizing us.  Normal folks want to avoid thinking about how it could happen to them, so there's a strong psychological "force" to perceive homeless folks as "not like us".  The simple truth is that there are lots of different reasons why people wind up on the streets.
       
 (DIR) Post #AwFcZIPgwPGVd5dEO0 by carapace@mastodon.social
       2025-07-16T14:04:48Z
       
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       I saw some photos recently of the homeless shelters we built (here in San Francisco and down in San Diego) and let me tell you, as a former homeless person, I wouldn't stay in one of them.  You couldn't pay me to stay in one.  It's an issue of safety, and of administration, and a little bit of dignity.  Basically they are designed like a jail but without the bars and guards.