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27. That's an interesting perspective

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 04:42 PM

Jan 2020

Reminds me of people I knew growing up, people who came through the Depression unscathed, but had bitter feelings toward FDR and his New Deal. If they could make it, everyone else should be able to as well. Of course, when they got older, they had no problem collecting Social Security and using Medicare, because NOW they are entitled, as they paid in. The same with collecting unemployment benefits.

It is an alarming deficiency in empathy and compassion. When something bad happens to them, they wail and moan, "Why me?", but when it happens to their neighbor, they are more inclined to be grateful it wasn't them or sometimes even blame the victim.

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Interesting thread on Twitter [View all] PatSeg Jan 2020 OP

I hope his or her claim NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #1

Same here PatSeg Jan 2020 #3

Interesting read. TruckFump Jan 2020 #2

That is a belief PatSeg Jan 2020 #5

Scares the hell out of me. TruckFump Jan 2020 #8

Sometimes I'm glad PatSeg Jan 2020 #14

There was a lot of negative news leading up to the 2018 elections as well NewJeffCT Jan 2020 #9

Thanks for the perspective PatSeg Jan 2020 #17

It's completely plausible. Phoenix61 Jan 2020 #4

Yes PatSeg Jan 2020 #11

You and Phoenix are spot on. crickets Jan 2020 #29

You would think that people PatSeg Jan 2020 #30

I think Ghost is a legit source, Pat - a trusted tweeter I visit often (I forget who it was) had Leghorn21 Jan 2020 #6

Thanks PatSeg Jan 2020 #12

I'll just put this out there ScratchCat Jan 2020 #7

I'm sure Pelosi and company have MUCH more coming. Hortensis Jan 2020 #10

And I suppose the bright side PatSeg Jan 2020 #13

Its painfully obvious ScratchCat Jan 2020 #15

Oh yes, that's true PatSeg Jan 2020 #18

I believe they do. One scenario I read about had a whole new Hortensis Jan 2020 #16

I would love to be a fly on the wall PatSeg Jan 2020 #19

I suspect they're like a corrupt football team being Hortensis Jan 2020 #20

Sometimes PatSeg Jan 2020 #21

Yes! I've wondered often. Poor character, we know that. Hortensis Jan 2020 #22

I'm sure many of them started out with PatSeg Jan 2020 #23

Some unfortunates wouldn't be able to graduate. Seriously. :) Hortensis Jan 2020 #24

"Pre-wired for corruption" PatSeg Jan 2020 #25

Too many of today's conservatives absolutely. Hortensis Jan 2020 #26

That's an interesting perspective PatSeg Jan 2020 #27

Now that's interesting. :) An of-course once you point it out. Hortensis Jan 2020 #28

Yes, that's an excellent example PatSeg Jan 2020 #31

Lol, my favorite excellent examples are ones I read about. nt Hortensis Jan 2020 #32