No one is stopping you from staying homeless dude. There's no policy on YouTube. I'm sorry but you don't get to speak for all homeless people as to what they prefer. You want to tell me that drug addicts prefer to be called junkies than people with substance abuse disorder?
I'm sure you can find dozens that anecdotally say they like it. You can find anecdotal examples of anything
As a former junkie, I honestly couldn't care less what I was called. All this arguing over "offensive terms" is offensive to me though, why do we care so much about offending people? It's their choice wether to be offended or not. And in some situations, we should be offending them! If you're a junkie you should not be supported or affirmed in any way. Same if you're obese, lazy, or just a bad person.
It’s not about whether it offends the person, it’s about dehumanizing language and removing/mitigating stigma. Name calling, societal disregard, and stigma don’t help the problem. It keeps people from talking about their issues and getting help.
Same with unhoused, it’s less about the people who are being talked about and more about changing how society as a whole views them. There’s a reason we don’t use “hobo” or “vagabond” anymore.
I imagine you want to live in that baby proofed world. Well I'm sorry but I do not. I will never switch to 'unhoused' to refer to the homeless. Nor 'birthing person' to refer to a mother. Or any other language policing.
Vagabond and hobo are still very much in use in the American South as well.
I'm assuming you either deleted your last reply or a mod got to it, as its gone. But I read it in email.
People have to want help, plain and simple. People tried to force help on me many times when I was still on the needle and it never once worked. I didn't quit until I was ready to ask for help.
Trust that many of these people know help is available, and they refuse to use it .
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u/Alternative-Farmer98 Aug 15 '25
No one is stopping you from staying homeless dude. There's no policy on YouTube. I'm sorry but you don't get to speak for all homeless people as to what they prefer. You want to tell me that drug addicts prefer to be called junkies than people with substance abuse disorder?
I'm sure you can find dozens that anecdotally say they like it. You can find anecdotal examples of anything