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 (DIR) Post #AxsR9sZaazYpiXi6Oe by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-09-04T22:55:23Z
       
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       From 1867 to 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, retroactively named "ugly laws." These laws targeted poor people and disabled people. (From the Wikipedia)I didn't know about these laws, but, with all of the crying and moaning about "homelessness" it seems like a good time to sit down and remember that this happened. And still happens, if not as explicitly codified.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxsRVzPNrX1PHuToKe by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-09-04T22:59:23Z
       
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       Many ordinances, laws, "initiatives" or um "military occupations" since we have those too in the mix that target "homeless people" in big cities are, just by the nature of who is homeless, targeting disabled people. And this whole "right to not see" undercurrent is just people missing these laws. Or finding the way to do the same thing as these laws without having to spell out what it is as they once did.Why is it so uncomfortable to read about "ugly laws"?
       
 (DIR) Post #AxsT2zzWodfWbegqPI by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-09-04T23:16:33Z
       
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       I don't often encounter people in my life who are as openly hostile to homeless people as Republicans can be. However, I do encounter a kind of... sorting. The Deserving vs. The UndeservingThe Injured vs. The AddictThe Families vs. The Lazy OnesDifferent people have these different categories or little stories they tell themselves about people they don't know that they'll use to dismiss them. Or they'll just say "but something has to be done"
       
 (DIR) Post #AxsTZ5Z5d2wZ9vcpTk by tobinbaker@discuss.systems
       2025-09-04T23:22:20Z
       
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       @futurebird well I think it *is* important to distinguish different cases, but in order to formulate effective policy, not as a moral hierarchy!
       
 (DIR) Post #AxsaDw7UFZ9ZSmZii0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2025-09-05T00:36:55Z
       
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       @SuperSpaceFan It's just targeting people who are struggling to take care of themselves. And this hasn't totally ended.
       
 (DIR) Post #Axwr4kO4ydgiK4NbtI by RonniesaurusHex@disabled.social
       2025-09-07T02:04:34Z
       
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       @futurebirdFor anybody interest in finding out more I recommend The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public by Susan M Schweik. It's a dense, but well worth the read.