• enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    16 days ago

    Honestly? This is kinda BS for the simple reason that you could easily have had a “move back in with your parents” stage but for this to be a Very Bad Thing. Or for you to have technically had that “opportunity” but rejected it in order to save your sanity, sense of self, etc.

    How about instead we don’t judge homeless people for ANY REASON they might be homeless? Among them, that they did not have a GOOD support network, good mental health, opportunities, generational wealth, and all the other privileges that help people lead happy and moderately comfortable lives.

    There are just so many reasons people end up homeless. People should take the time to understand a few of them.

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      16 days ago

      I don’t think you should get hung up on the “move back in with your parents” part.

      The point of the post is not to suggest that some homeless people are better than others because the reason they are homeless is somehow more forgivable.

      I think they were using that statistic to make the point that society should stop seeing homelessness as something someone does or experiences, but rather something we allow to happen, and it is never deserved.

      I have never been homeless in a large part because my parents wouldn’t allow that to happen. My children have never been homeless because I wouldn’t allow that to happen.

      It’s not a tremendous leap to go from that to suggesting that no one should be homeless because we, as a society, shouldn’t allow that to happen.

      • enbyecho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        16 days ago

        I was reacting to “Zola in Recovery”'s gatekeeping.

        I don’t think you should get hung up on the “move back in with your parents” part.

        I’m pretty sure that “you have no business” is a phrase meaning “you should not” or “do not” or something similar. Sounds pretty absolute and definitive to me. You are reading nuance into a post that doesn’t have it.

        The reply does have it and aligns with your interpretation. And this…

        I think they were using that statistic to make the point that society should stop seeing homelessness as something someone does or experiences, but rather something we allow to happen, and it is never deserved.

        … is the point of the reply. Obviously yes, absolutely, 100% agree.