When they think that they can get away with expressing hatred for the homeless, it gets so ugly so fast. You can get away with saying a lot of disgusting things about poor and homeless people, if you’re just a little bit careful about it, and a lot of “reasonable people” will tolerate it or not even notice.
A homeless person was shot and murdered in British Columbia and while generally sentiment was respectful and mourning the deceased, I definitely noticed almost a general understanding and even acceptance of the motivations for the killer, almost as if to pardon them and insinuate the homeless “have it coming”. Really made me disgusted at the lack of empathy some people have for those less fortunate than them.
I saw similar sentiments expressed by some people “they shouldn’t have killed him, but…” and it made me want to scream. Are we so surprised dehumanizing people ends up some of them dying? Those people were part of the problem and didn’t even know it.
It really feels like they don’t care who the target is. Any group that is socially designated as inferior will do. It’s the actual act of hatred that they are getting something out of. Their victims are totally incidental, it’s just whomever is vulnerable and stigmatized enough that no one will come to their aid. And right now it seems like they have so much they can’t keep it in anymore.
A homeless person was shot and murdered in British Columbia and while generally sentiment was respectful and mourning the deceased, I definitely noticed almost a general understanding and even acceptance of the motivations for the killer, almost as if to pardon them and insinuate the homeless “have it coming”. Really made me disgusted at the lack of empathy some people have for those less fortunate than them.
Oh and what about that person in Toronto killed by a group of girls. Wasn’t he homeless too?
He was, yes.
I saw similar sentiments expressed by some people “they shouldn’t have killed him, but…” and it made me want to scream. Are we so surprised dehumanizing people ends up some of them dying? Those people were part of the problem and didn’t even know it.
It really feels like they don’t care who the target is. Any group that is socially designated as inferior will do. It’s the actual act of hatred that they are getting something out of. Their victims are totally incidental, it’s just whomever is vulnerable and stigmatized enough that no one will come to their aid. And right now it seems like they have so much they can’t keep it in anymore.