i don't know who elected you representative of the working class, but i suspect it's the same person who appointed me mirror of all living liberals. all i can say is, don't expect me to take you seriously next time you complain about jesse jackson, al sharpton or any similar self-appointed spokespeople.
when i realized that latour's article wasn't intended to be a parody, i admitted i'd made a mistake and apologized. since you chose not to accept it--and then decided to spread your indignation to other non-related threads--i'm prolly wasting my time, but i'm willing to put forth the effort.
| mocking the working poor who try to get by on their own means and not government assistance |
if you can stop taking yourself quite so seriously for a second, you might be able to see that what i was mocking was the sanctimonious suggestions offered TO the working poor by those for whom life is so much easier. as i said previously, i hadn't read your original article prior to commenting on latour's thread mostly because i was put off by its title--which btw had no real connection to the contents; donations aren't entitlements--you started out about people giving you stuff and went off from there.
considering you don't know very much about me, you might take a moment here to ask yourself why and how i am familiar with the type of suggestions i was lampooning.
| The responses only underscored what I have long claimed: The American left has a deep disdain for the working poor in this country. They would rather that the poor be on government paychecks, and thus, under close government scrutiny, than trying to achieve self sufficiency. In short, no longer is the American left QUOTING Thoreau, they're wiping their ass with him. |
if you're basing any conclusion about the american left on my articles or comments, you're doing a grave disservice to yourself, your audience, the american left and me. any assessment you arrive at that involves anyone other than me is going to be seriously flawed for the obvious reason that i represent nobody but myself. here's a clue: it's highly unlikely i'm wiping my ass with anyone, much less thoreau.
| Again, it goes to show stereotypes that I learned from my father but refused to project on the American left, apparently in error. My father HATED the working class; a mechanic was less than zero to him, a grocery store manager even less. The only work of value in his opinion was done by the white collar, and the working poor were trash that deserved their lot. The welfare bums were noble victims of society (how flawed is THAT?). I thought my father was an anomaly, thank you, JU libs, for showing he wasn't. |
i'd prefer not to involve anyone else--especially one of your parents--but since you opened that door, ill walk thru it. that paragraph says much more about your relationship with your father than it does anything else. no matter how forcefully you deny it, you are projecting him onto me and the 'american left' whoever the hell they are. that may seem fully justifiable to you but i highly doubt he was the voice of the american left anymore than i am. for the record, i don't know your father, i never had anything to do with your father, i was not then nor am i now actively advocating your father's beliefs. i don't appreciate having you dump on me whatever of his baggage you still feel compelled to carry.
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