tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post5545836451150933443..comments2023-10-24T11:03:41.388-05:00Comments on ladypoverty: The tea partiers are as good as you and meJ.R. Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09076895859826581960noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-8785335932976529232010-09-04T12:14:39.177-05:002010-09-04T12:14:39.177-05:00Somewhat related to the post and one article sugge...Somewhat related to the post and one article suggested:<br /><br />http://liberalconspiracy.org/2009/05/13/a-different-approach-to-the-bnp/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-41718154052290823092010-09-01T14:16:11.317-05:002010-09-01T14:16:11.317-05:00CB:
That's a good article. It seems to conf...CB: <br /><br />That's a good article. It seems to confirm what I am saying about the importance of engaging these people. I also agree with your other points, as well. Thanks.<br /><br />JM:<br /><br />People who only understand <i>class</i> as a socioeconomic category often raise this point, but it isn't relevant. The fact is, people can make $50 or $70,000 a year and still lose their jobs and homes -- and people in certain industries are more vulnerable to this than others. See the comment thread below the article for more about this.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-88991125544998000432010-09-01T11:30:13.733-05:002010-09-01T11:30:13.733-05:00I agree with CB here plus a lot of them are upper ...I agree with CB here plus a lot of them are upper middle class:<br />http://theactivist.org/blog/misreading-the-tea-leavesJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03223879013564312871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-48026337360499118152010-08-31T22:50:32.265-05:002010-08-31T22:50:32.265-05:00Damn you jrb! Your patience and compassion put mi...Damn you jrb! Your patience and compassion put mine in the shade. <a href="http://www.365gay.com/topics/news_politics/fear-and-learning-at-the-glenn-beck-rally/" rel="nofollow">this article</a> was actually quite enlightening.<br /><br />And they may be nice on a person to person level, donate to charity help their neighbors out, struggle with the difficulties of daily life. But the policies that generate broad agreement - immigration especially - would be a trainwreck. <br /><br />I understand that a lot of it is the natural fear of the brown people who speak a seekrit language. But the people exploiting those fears do not have noble ends in mind.cbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-71070548823826269092010-08-31T19:39:07.232-05:002010-08-31T19:39:07.232-05:00cb:
Yes -- difficult!
It's not like you ca...cb:<br /><br />Yes -- difficult! <br /><br />It's not like you can just buy endless influence on credit like some classes do!<br /><br />The irony is that people will cite this as an argument <i>against</i> class struggle.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-616659070956451092010-08-31T19:25:53.048-05:002010-08-31T19:25:53.048-05:00Anonymous:
And if you want to understand the whol...Anonymous:<br /><br />And if you want to understand the whole, you look at how the parts fit together.<br /><br />Just remember the ladypoverty rhyme: <br /><br />"Peeps might be in different situations, but that don't mean there ain't no relations."<br /><br />For it is written.JRBhttp://ladypoverty.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-80816313688543424422010-08-31T18:37:37.741-05:002010-08-31T18:37:37.741-05:00Mexico is bearing the brunt of NAFTA. People are ...Mexico is bearing the brunt of NAFTA. People are dying there not protesting at church rallies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461044.post-30776621918126297202010-08-31T15:20:15.950-05:002010-08-31T15:20:15.950-05:00Good points. The main problem I see is that the c...Good points. The main problem I see is that the conservative media message has conditioned them with reports of people that don't look like them getting all sorts of free stuff, saying awful things about america.<br /><br />It's difficult to get around those built-in resentmentscbnoreply@blogger.com