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raccoon

(32,470 posts) Mon Nov 3, 2025, 10:02 AM Nov 2025

If some people who can't afford food are experiencing "food insecurity," why don't they call the homeless people, [View all]

people experiencing "housing insecurity", and people who don't have health care, "health insecurity"?

Because "food insecurity" is a bullshit euphemism.

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If some people who can't afford food are experiencing "food insecurity," why don't they call the homeless people, [View all] raccoon Nov 2025 OP

People DO refer to homeless people as "housing insecure," and same with healthcare insecurity. intheflow Nov 2025 #1

The foodless? BWdem4life Nov 2025 #2

I agree. That phrase has always irked me. It's HUNGER. Vinca Nov 2025 #3

Thank you canetoad Nov 2025 #4

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