“Homelessness is not about lack of reasonably priced housing. It is about drug addicts that need to wander round and reside in tents on the sidewalk,” stated Fox Information’ Jesse Watters in a current diatribe.
“You’ll be able to’t coddle delinquent conduct,” he smirked, remarkably unaware of the irony of his argument. “You’ll be able to’t subsidize delinquent conduct. It’s important to stigmatize it. You’ll be able to’t have a good time individuals with purple hair, with nostril rings, 4 youngsters with 4 completely different males who’re dressed like trash, and make them out to be some form of cutting-edge heroes. It’s important to name them what they’re. These are people who have failed in life, and so they’re on their deathbed.”
Watters’ argument is that homelessness is not a systemic failure, however a mere life-style selection, as if individuals get up one morning and suppose, “Ah, what a high quality day to reside in destitution!” He paints a caricature of the homeless inhabitants with all of the subtlety of a sledgehammer, throwing in stereotypes about purple hair, nostril rings, and sartorial decisions for good measure. It is the form of rhetoric that would not appear misplaced in a badly written villain’s monologue in a B-movie, besides it is being aired on nationwide tv.
In Watters’ world, the homeless aren’t victims of circumstance, however architects of their very own downfall, undeserving of empathy or help. It is a narrative that is as handy as it’s merciless, absolving society of any accountability to deal with the difficulty whereas scapegoating those that are most affected by it.
By peddling this type of scaremongering, Watters is not simply being cruelly delinquent; he is actively contributing to the issue.
Fox Information host Jesse Watters requires viewers to “stigmatize” unhoused individuals:
“It’s important to name them what they’re: These are people who have failed in life and so they’re on their deathbed.”
pic.twitter.com/AIRs60OT6x— The Intellectualist (@highbrow_nobrow) November 16, 2023
