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LaydeeBug

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40. No one is holding him to a HIGHER standard, but rather the SAME standard HE applies

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Reply #32)

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 02:07 PM

Jun 2013

which is jump to every 'lowest common denominator' conclusion, and demand he face the same lens. Not a higher one. Just the same one. No 'double standard' pretending socio-economic judgement is different than sexual orientation judgement. They're not different here. Suggesting it is illustrates the double standard.

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"I don't like to judge but..." [View all] LaydeeBug Jun 2013 OP

How does he know she JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #1

Or she bought it before she lost her job. Recursion Jun 2013 #4

Great morality test! CrispyQ Jun 2013 #29

You grasped my sentiment exactly. LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #5

Exactly, and using two EBT cards Warpy Jun 2013 #53

Personally I'd just call him a liar sharp_stick Jun 2013 #2

this is great. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #16

Not directed at the OP personally KatyMan Jun 2013 #3

Yep. Normally it's a souped up Hummer. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #6

I certainly don't call bullshit on every one of them. Recursion Jun 2013 #7

sometimes when you have lost everything a $1 lottery ticket gives you just a bit of hope. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #26

I spent a couple of months living in my car and collecting bottles Recursion Jun 2013 #28

just because it is a bad idea mathematically doesn't mean it can't bring just a little bit of liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #31

OK, but we live in a democracy Recursion Jun 2013 #33

Just because you have a degree in math and know it is a bad decision does not mean you get to liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #36

let me try again: I believe in a no strings attached minimum income Recursion Jun 2013 #37

I agree it is a political reality for the right wing. That just means we need to come up with a liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #41

Excellent point Recursion Jun 2013 #44

Usually when somebody starts out with HappyMe Jun 2013 #8

It's a bullshit story. Just Saying Jun 2013 #9

No one should have 2 EBT cards, but Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #10

or she was shopping for her two shut in aunts Recursion Jun 2013 #34

It doesn't even need to be relatives. Many who have the benefit don't have a car or are elderly okaawhatever Jun 2013 #45

a million and one possibilities disidoro01 Jun 2013 #11

Yes, it could very easily be someone who is doing the shopping for a group home of some sort. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #12

There could be any number of reasons for that. rrneck Jun 2013 #13

Report it if you really think it's fraud! JimDandy Jun 2013 #21

is there a reason you mention he is gay? he's also white, right? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #14

Yes, there is a reason I mentioned he 'happens to be gay' because that is part of a minority LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #15

but white people are more likely to be against antipoverty programs La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #17

In that righties are more likely to be against anti-poverty programs... LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #22

i am not conflating but people shouldn't hold gay people generally to a higher standard La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #32

No one is holding him to a HIGHER standard, but rather the SAME standard HE applies LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #40

do you think poor people as a demographic are less judgmental of gays? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #47

Please stop fishing for sanctimony...You are saying what he said was right and justifiable by LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #48

now you are just lying about me. at no point have i said that he was right La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #49

The only person making his gayness "an issue" is you LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #52

you are fishing to justify why you randomly mentioned his sexual orientation La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #55

No. I am not. If he judges by that lens, he deserves to be judged by LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #57

Respond with this Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #18

EXACTLY. If he expects to judge, he should expect to be judged...everything else is semantics. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #23

That was Ann Romney buying food for her housekeepers. hunter Jun 2013 #19

Volunteers often shop for elderly, homebound, disabled or mentally challenged JimDandy Jun 2013 #20

There are a million reasons this could happen...none of those would appease his spite though LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #24

Indeed. n/t JimDandy Jun 2013 #54

bullshit....he (she) likes to judge. spanone Jun 2013 #25

I don't like to call people liars, but... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #27

What? Zombie reagan is gay? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #30

As a business owner, his complaining makes HIM look bad LeftInTX Jun 2013 #35

I don't like to judge either LanternWaste Jun 2013 #38

I think the people who have never been on EBT don't know what they're talking about. Initech Jun 2013 #39

Since this person was using multiple EBT cards I would guess they are helping out other people WhollyHeretic Jun 2013 #42

while the story told in the post you mentions reeks of utter bullshit, dionysus Jun 2013 #43

You mad bro!? Rex Jun 2013 #46

We are taught to scapegoat everyone but the 1% that owns everything, Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #50

Becoming temporariy unemployed does not mean you have to sell your car either. Lil Missy Jun 2013 #51

Would these people like it if we just brought back sumptuary laws? ck4829 Jun 2013 #56