FFs for having at least an ounce of compassion for the truly doomed amongst us.
Good show, fellow D-NJ. Yes, I came from a middle class background where to say I "struggled" would be a stretch, indeed. Nevertheless,
-I went to college in a truly desperate and ruined city in Camden, NJ. When you meet some of the locals, talk to them, and see the school their children go to, the whole notion of the universally achievable, pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps "American Dream" kind of goes out the window.
-I come from a divorced family where my mother went from stay-at-home to a union job with the USPS. Having met most of her coworkers and heard their stories about dealing with management and whatnot, I tend to universally side with the worker. A vast majority, if not all, are just hard workers looking to make a living against an economic system that is becoming increasingly unworkable for them.
And between my fraternity and some of my dad's more well-to-do friends in PA, it's not like I haven't been exposed to the other side. And the conservative economic arguments about taxes, takers/makers, etc. and their reactionary tendencies (I don't know how many times I have to hear the argument that isolated instances of someone abusing social security or welfare means the whole thing has to be dismantled)... nope, just don't buy it, and I find a lot of right-wing proposals borderline barbaric and offensive.
What are some of the things you heard of?
Being the son of a public school teacher in moderately conservative East Hillsbourough to very Conservative Wyoming, I can say I have heard my share. Generally these "modest proposals" include-
-Laws mandating that judges order the bailiff to pointblank execute the defendant in court upon conviction of murder, rape and selling drugs, even pot.
-Laws mandating that people who are found commiting homosexual behavior or giving or recieving abortions or sex for money must have rocks thrown at them.
- That any country that is suspected of nuclear enrichment that doesn't have good relations with us be sterilized with ICBMs.
-That all Federal Land should be strip mined and that there should be a "Buffalo Hunt" of all natural predators larger than a house cat.
-That anyone approaching the Southern US border where there is not a border crossing should be shot on sight.
- That anyone who isn't in this country illegally should be deported on large cattle trains that come into town take everyone.
- That there be no more research or education in Evolutionary Biology.
- That starvation is justice for not having a job regardless of the situation.
Basically a bizzare mixture of 2013 Suadi Arabia and 1940 Germany.
What about those who are the exact opposite? I suppose people are entitled to their opinions. I too have trouble resisting the urge to call Wallmart Conservatives "stupid". There are those among them that are much bigger walking contradictions than the average six figure stoner with two Master's at Starbucks.
There's a difference. Latte liberals stand to lose a bit with a liberal government, but ultimately will not be knocked from their lofty perch.
Conversely, a Wal-Mart conservative voting for this guy...
...might as well just build your own gallows and tie your own noose.
I think the Wallmart Conservative mantra is "to trend water, you must push down on it".
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