gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoHouston just started enforcing a decade-old ban on feeding the homeless. Volunteers are fighting back.ghostarchive.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1175arrow-down1external-linkHouston just started enforcing a decade-old ban on feeding the homeless. Volunteers are fighting back.ghostarchive.orggAlienLifeform@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
Original: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/housing/article/food-not-bombs-charitable-feeding-homeless-tickets-18108568.php
minus-squareeffingjoe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year ago But in an ongoing federal suit over the ordinance, the city said the ticketing was part of “Houston’s governmental obligations to ensure food safety.” This reminds me of the now-infamous Lee Atwater quote. (warning: racial slurs) It’s abstracting bigotry.
This reminds me of the now-infamous Lee Atwater quote. (warning: racial slurs) It’s abstracting bigotry.