A story on a local organization reaching out to help the unhoused in my current area. The director of the organization is quoted using the term “unhoused”, but the reporter (or their editor) decided to use the more charged term “homeless” in the by-line and the article.

  • Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Average joe kinda implies middle American, so no, probably not.

    Are you saying you don’t think republicans try to blame the homeless problem on democrats?

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      Average joe kinda implies middle American, so no, probably not.

      I’m guessing that’s a reply to this comment, to keep things clear. Coastal Americans and Canadians can be Joe too. I was really thinking all of Anglo North America, and to some degree other Anglo countries. Where I live “homeless” is the word and “unhoused” is kind of the newspeak nice version, so I find it interesting if it’s become standard somewhere.

      Are you saying you don’t think republicans try to blame the homeless problem on democrats?

      I wouldn’t be surprised, but I’m honestly asking what that sounds like.