Homeless People Read Mean Tweets in This Heartbreaking PSA

Another Canadian take on Kimmel's gag

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People reading mean tweets is turning into a PSA genre.

Last month, the Canadian Safe School Network took Jimmy Kimmel's hit comedy bit, usually featuring celebrities, and repurposed it as a potent anti-cyberbullying ad. Now, Raising the Roof Canada has upped the ante even further with a stunning and heartbreaking spot about the homeless.

In a perfect world, it would be hard to imagine anyone seriously saying (or typing) the things repeated in the clip. But once again Twitter proves its brief format is the perfect platform for bad wannabe comics and self-absorbed asses (whereas Instagram is the favored choice of glib,

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