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.
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?
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.
I wouldn’t be surprised, but I’m honestly asking what that sounds like.
Yes it was, I frequently condense comment threads. People can figure it out, unless they’re dumb enough that being here isn’t healthy for them.
I don’t know about “standard”, we don’t really think that way. I know of no polls that have been taken that determine the percentage of people in any places that use one term over another. You do hear it on the sidewalk though.
Just go check out the r/SeattleWA sub. It’s a poster child.