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Most mom and pop landlords are far from rich. Unless of course, your definition of rich is that we, through working at a back breaking grueling blue collar job, get to eat everyday along with living in a house that we are rehabbing which has heat and running water

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So basically, its ok to define another group of people for them, as long as they are first caraicaturized, dehumanized and dismissed. This article is its own best argument in opposition.

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My landlord is a lesbian woman. She hates the word because it's so obviously a patriarchal, cys-gendered term. Landlady is no better because, well, lady has certain implications of forced femininity. She prefers that I call her a housing provider, and I do, because I value her as a human being.

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