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GasMonkey 05/21/19 10:15:09 AM #51:	good. its what they want. if they want water without hookworm they can pull up those boot straps and get to work. --- life at 165mph <cite>GasMonkey posted [p:922178446] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote>good. its what they want. if they want water without hookworm they can pull up those boot straps and get to work.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 05/21/19 10:17:27 AM #52:	Godnorgosh posted... And if they move to the cities to try to better their lives rent shoots way the fuck up. indeed --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:922178504] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Godnorgosh posted...</cite> <quote>And if they move to the cities to try to better their lives rent shoots way the fuck up.</quote> indeed</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 05/21/19 10:59:34 AM #53:	Sackgurl posted... DevsBro posted... Yes, exactly. so, shouldn't we care about the concerns and needs of four people about four times more than the concerns and needs of one person, since we are caring about each of them equally? Not in the context in question. If we have $100 to give to five people, sure. If one guy is suffering and the other four don't care, this is pretty petty justificstion. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:922179839] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Sackgurl posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>Yes, exactly. </quote> so, shouldn't we care about the concerns and needs of four people about four times more than the concerns and needs of one person, since we are caring about each of them equally?</quote> Not in the context in question. If we have $100 to give to five people, sure. If one guy is suffering and the other four don't care, this is pretty petty justificstion.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 05/21/19 11:04:42 AM #54:	Questionmarktarius posted... DevsBro posted... EndOfDiscOne posted... Broseph_Stalin posted... Esrac posted... usually derisively disregard and deride them as useless and ignorant hicks in fly over country who don't matter. Because they really only care about the large cities they live in and don't give a shit about the poor rural people who are struggling. What a stupid fucking post. How delusional do you have to be to see the exact opposite of what actually happens? This. Liberals think very highly of people from rural areas. What The more rural areas get fucked over, the more likely they are to vote democrat under promise of free shit. Incidentally, this is why republicans give them free shit. This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:922180005] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote><cite>EndOfDiscOne posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Broseph_Stalin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Esrac posted...</cite> <quote>usually derisively disregard and deride them as useless and ignorant hicks in fly over country who don't matter. Because they really only care about the large cities they live in and don't give a shit about the poor rural people who are struggling.</quote> What a stupid fucking post. How delusional do you have to be to see the exact opposite of what actually happens?</quote> This. Liberals think very highly of people from rural areas.</quote> What</quote> The more rural areas get fucked over, the more likely they are to vote democrat under promise of free shit. Incidentally, this is why republicans give them free shit.</quote> This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 05/21/19 11:09:51 AM #55:	DevsBro posted... This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in. Same regard as anyone else, really. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:922180172] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in.</quote> Same regard as anyone else, really.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
coolboy11 05/21/19 11:11:47 AM #56:	Questionmarktarius posted... DevsBro posted... This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in. Same regard as anyone else, really. well to do Conservatives from my personal experiences are genuinely meaner to the rural poor than your most bourgeois Liberal from Suburbia/urban areas could ever dream of being. --- "A superhero in the flesh, even at my worst I'm the best"-Big KRIT <cite>coolboy11 posted [p:922180232] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in.</quote> Same regard as anyone else, really.</quote> well to do Conservatives from my personal experiences are genuinely meaner to the rural poor than your most bourgeois Liberal from Suburbia/urban areas could ever dream of being.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 05/21/19 11:12:42 AM #57:	coolboy11 posted... Questionmarktarius posted... DevsBro posted... This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in. Same regard as anyone else, really. well to do Conservatives from my personal experiences are genuinely meaner to the rural poor than your most bourgeois Liberal from Suburbia/urban areas could ever dream of being. its basically the same kind of meanness in my experience --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:922180260] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>coolboy11 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in.</quote> Same regard as anyone else, really.</quote> well to do Conservatives from my personal experiences are genuinely meaner to the rural poor than your most bourgeois Liberal from Suburbia/urban areas could ever dream of being.</quote> its basically the same kind of meanness in my experience</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 05/21/19 11:14:10 AM #58:	Questionmarktarius posted... DevsBro posted... This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in. Same regard as anyone else, really. Hasn't been my experience at all. --- 53 LIII 0b110101 p16 0x35 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:922180302] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in.</quote> Same regard as anyone else, really.</quote> Hasn't been my experience at all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RiKuToTheMiGhtY 05/21/19 11:14:10 AM #59:	These topics and their fear mongering need to stop. --- doa-plus.com - We Press Forward. . . By Pressing Back. <cite>RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted [p:922180303] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote>These topics and their fear mongering need to stop.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sackgurl 05/21/19 11:14:24 AM #60:	DevsBro posted... Not in the context in question. If we have $100 to give to five people, sure. If one guy is suffering and the other four don't care, this is pretty petty justificstion. but "caring" in political terms is a question of how to spend the federal budget. is there any other context that actually matters? and about three of the five in question are suffering at comparable levels--rural america isn't even the area suffering worst; that honor goes to minority residents of cities. i haven't pressed you on how you think rural communities feel about the suffering of black people in cities. should I? --- LittleBigPlanet is like merging dress-up with a real game. <cite>Sackgurl posted [p:922180311] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>Not in the context in question. If we have $100 to give to five people, sure. If one guy is suffering and the other four don't care, this is pretty petty justificstion. </quote> but "caring" in political terms is a question of how to spend the federal budget. is there any other context that actually matters? and about three of the five in question are suffering at comparable levels--rural america isn't even the area suffering worst; that honor goes to minority residents of cities. i haven't pressed you on how you think rural communities feel about the suffering of black people in cities. should I?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 05/21/19 11:16:11 AM #61:	Balrog0 posted... coolboy11 posted... Questionmarktarius posted... DevsBro posted... This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in. Same regard as anyone else, really. well to do Conservatives from my personal experiences are genuinely meaner to the rural poor than your most bourgeois Liberal from Suburbia/urban areas could ever dream of being. its basically the same kind of meanness in my experience Pandering to the base while despising that base isn't really exclusive to either party, or any party. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:922180366] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>coolboy11 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote>This doesn't really speak to what kind of regard liberals hold them in.</quote> Same regard as anyone else, really.</quote> well to do Conservatives from my personal experiences are genuinely meaner to the rural poor than your most bourgeois Liberal from Suburbia/urban areas could ever dream of being.</quote> its basically the same kind of meanness in my experience</quote> Pandering to the base while despising that base isn't really exclusive to either party, or any party.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 05/21/19 12:20:45 PM #62:	people tend to erroneously attribute racism and conservative beliefs to working class people. (I don't mean that there isn't a problem with racism among the working class. there absolutely is. but it applies just as much to educated wealthy people. possibly even more, since the wealthy people are the ones that can actually have a direct influence on policy) --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:922182697] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote>people tend to erroneously attribute racism and conservative beliefs to working class people. (I don't mean that there isn't a problem with racism among the working class. there absolutely is. but it applies just as much to educated wealthy people. possibly even more, since the wealthy people are the ones that can actually have a direct influence on policy)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0 05/21/19 12:26:25 PM #63:	averagejoel posted... people tend to erroneously attribute racism and conservative beliefs to working class people. (I don't mean that there isn't a problem with racism among the working class. there absolutely is. but it applies just as much to educated wealthy people. possibly even more, since the wealthy people are the ones that can actually have a direct influence on policy) I'm pretty sure I disagree, at least in this instance moneyed interests have been much less consistently retrogressive in their stances on race relations. it was used as a political wedge issue by elites specifically because it ginned up/gins up so much anger among the broader, less educated base unless you just mean that limousine liberals are as racist as rednecks because yeah, that is true --- But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. <cite>Balrog0 posted [p:922182919] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote>people tend to erroneously attribute racism and conservative beliefs to working class people. (I don't mean that there isn't a problem with racism among the working class. there absolutely is. but it applies just as much to educated wealthy people. possibly even more, since the wealthy people are the ones that can actually have a direct influence on policy)</quote> I'm pretty sure I disagree, at least in this instance moneyed interests have been much less consistently retrogressive in their stances on race relations. it was used as a political wedge issue by elites specifically because it ginned up/gins up so much anger among the broader, less educated base unless you just mean that limousine liberals are as racist as rednecks because yeah, that is true</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 05/21/19 12:28:44 PM #64:	Balrog0 posted... averagejoel posted... people tend to erroneously attribute racism and conservative beliefs to working class people. (I don't mean that there isn't a problem with racism among the working class. there absolutely is. but it applies just as much to educated wealthy people. possibly even more, since the wealthy people are the ones that can actually have a direct influence on policy) I'm pretty sure I disagree, at least in this instance moneyed interests have been much less consistently retrogressive in their stances on race relations. it was used as a political wedge issue by elites specifically because it ginned up/gins up so much anger among the broader, less educated base unless you just mean that limousine liberals are as racist as rednecks because yeah, that is true that was the crux of my point, yes. --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:922183020] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>Balrog0 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>averagejoel posted...</cite> <quote>people tend to erroneously attribute racism and conservative beliefs to working class people. (I don't mean that there isn't a problem with racism among the working class. there absolutely is. but it applies just as much to educated wealthy people. possibly even more, since the wealthy people are the ones that can actually have a direct influence on policy)</quote> I'm pretty sure I disagree, at least in this instance moneyed interests have been much less consistently retrogressive in their stances on race relations. it was used as a political wedge issue by elites specifically because it ginned up/gins up so much anger among the broader, less educated base unless you just mean that limousine liberals are as racist as rednecks because yeah, that is true</quote> that was the crux of my point, yes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Disengaged 05/21/19 12:37:52 PM #65:	DarthGravid posted... NameWithSpaces posted... https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/07/forgotten-man-comeback-story-under-trump-red-counties-economically-thrive/ This may apply in some places, but I live in a red county that went 76% to President Trump, and it doesn't apply here. It's nearly the end of May, and the corn and soybean fields are bare, nothing planted. The red hats are gone, as are the campaign signs and bumper stickers. These farmers are pissed off. And since there are no other jobs here, it's going to get really bad unless someone comes up with something, and soon. Addendum - If someone wants to say "coal mining", the mines here dried up several decades ago. So what you are saying is gibbering unintelligibly while punching yourself in the balls repeatedly, with unthinking religious fervor, only resulted in pain and impotence? --- This is my signature. You read my signature. It sucked. <cite>Disengaged posted [p:922183349] in Most of Ru... [t:77729551]...</cite> <quote><cite>DarthGravid posted...</cite> <quote><cite>NameWithSpaces posted...</cite> <quote>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/07/forgotten-man-comeback-story-under-trump-red-counties-economically-thrive/ </quote> This may apply in some places, but I live in a red county that went 76% to President Trump, and it doesn't apply here. It's nearly the end of May, and the corn and soybean fields are bare, nothing planted. The red hats are gone, as are the campaign signs and bumper stickers. These farmers are pissed off. And since there are no other jobs here, it's going to get really bad unless someone comes up with something, and soon. Addendum - If someone wants to say "coal mining", the mines here dried up several decades ago.</quote> So what you are saying is gibbering unintelligibly while punching yourself in the balls repeatedly, with unthinking religious fervor, only resulted in pain and impotence?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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