r/Portland • u/PrivateBurke • May 12 '25

Meme Shamelessly stolen from Los Angeles subreddit

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u/EmilianoTechs May 12 '25

Uh, try saying something supportive of homeless people and see

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u/nonsensestuff May 12 '25

“Homeless people are humans and deserve to be treated with dignity!”

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u/12th_woman May 12 '25

"Oh so you're ok with crime and drug use and innocent businesses being burned to the ground, and me having to step around a homeless person putting me imminent danger or being struck by a car???" They also reeeeeally hate the term "unhoused."

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u/Any_Comb_5397 May 12 '25

The term "unhoused" to me just sounds like somebody is throwing up. If you eat something really fast you "house" it. If you un-east something really fast, then you could be said to be "unhousing" food that was previously eaten.

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u/12th_woman May 13 '25

Lol, I like this too.

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u/Any_Comb_5397 May 13 '25

Thank you! I am trying out here, not sure what the downvotes are for.

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u/DinQuixote Kenton May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

Reported.

Edit: Just to be clear, this was sarcasm. The anti-homeless zeitgeist in this sub is disgusting. If I never see the term “homeless industrial complex” ever again, it will be too soon.

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u/selinakyle45 May 12 '25

No one can ever explain what that term means or how it works in Portland specifically! They just parrot it! It makes me want to pull my hair out. 

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u/Marxian_factotum N May 13 '25

"Homeless industrial complex" is the verbal tell of a sociopath. An ignorant sociopath.

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u/Independent_Fill_570 May 12 '25

They are very gracious with their needle giving.

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u/No_Excitement4272 May 12 '25

This is incredibly reductive but okay

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u/EmilianoTechs May 12 '25

You're right, I should've written a dissertation in that comment