this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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Murdered by Words

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[–] oneshibbyguy 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah... that's completely fucked. What world are we in right now, holy shit

[–] ArchmageAzor 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That would appear to be modern America

[–] 4onTheFloor 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Definitely an American thing. Can confirm. Am American and not proud of this shit. It's disgusting the way our homeless are treated.

[–] JJROKCZ 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This has been reposted so many times over the years, did they ever end up replacing those benches?

[–] SomeoneElse 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They were reinstalled days later after the backlash. Their spokesperson was spewing all kinds of BS. “The tweet was a mistake” “the benches were unsanitary” etc. I’m not sure if these are the same as the benches before before it looks like they’d be hard to lie down on anyway.

[–] ItsABarmcake 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep that's an anti homeless bench if I've ever seen one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

How does taking away benches not violate the ADA? Don't pregnant women, the elderly and disabled people need them?

[–] EatMyDick 2 points 1 year ago

It's amazing how loud lemmy is about corporate propaganda while pursuing this shit on multiple subs 🤣