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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6878477

What few constitutional rights the homeless enjoy may soon be on the line at the high court.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

It'll be another line-crossing point as (proverbial) Titanic sinks, maybe the power going out.

A lot of us are too close to homelessness ourselves. I've personally been lucky (other then maybe a month of sofa surfing) but I have close friends who've had to deal with hard sleeping and creative impovised protection against the elements.

This is to say, when we unperson the homeless, a lot of us are going to be wondering if we're next. And if cities start banning homless and law enforcement responds with brutality, well, hopefully we'll see some social unrest. Otherwise these new laws will be used to reduce marginalized groups to homelessness before disposing of them.

Its one of those Then they came for the trade-unionists moments, and hopefully enough of us will see it relatable enough to take action.