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LETTER: Stop the poor-bashing culture in Victoria

LETTER: Stop the poor-bashing culture in Victoria

by Gaë​lle ​Nicolussi | Aug 15, 2018 | Letters, Opinions

I am getting so fed up with hearing the anti-homeless and poor-bashing rhetoric both in the news and from people writing hateful opinion pieces in local newspapers. Why do people in Victoria have such horrible things to say about poor and homeless folks? People seem...

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