here's your periodic holiday reminder that FUCK THE SALVATION ARMY
they're a queer hate organization. don't fucking donate to them. only shoplift from their stores. tell their solicitors to eat rocks
@vantablack@beach.city Social issues like homelessness that organisations like Salvation Army deals with should be done by secular organisations and not religious fanatics in my opinion.
@SuperDicq It should be handled by that big (hopefully) secular organisation called “the government”. Life-and-death issues should not be treated as alms.
@ahltorp@mastodon.nu I totally agree charity organizations shouldn't exist in the first place in a perfect world where the government gets its shit together and just fixes all the of world's problems. But I don't have faith that is ever going to happen unless we drastically change the way we do democracy.
@SuperDicq I agree. One problem with charity organisations in general is that the government decides that the voluntary work is somehow good enough and that government intervention is not needed. But in practice the voluntary work is of course needed. However, the more necessary the charity work is, the more the charity organisation should work to make themselves redundant.
The recipient of alms should never have to be grateful for things that should be present in the first place.
@SuperDicq @ahltorp Yeah it's a shame but in my somewhat small market hometown it's either charity shops, the church, or poundland
@SuperDicq @ahltorp also Premier off licenses on every street corner