The Ugly Hypocrisy of DU.

[Dustlawyer]

89. There have always been groups that get constant ridicule, jokes, and outright hatred.

Fat people have been a group where there has been little social penalty to make fun of, but there are still others, short, old, Southern, and of course, lawyers.
I remember going to dinner with a large group of my sister and brother-in-law's friends when I was waiting to see if I had passed the Bar exam. I had been talking with 3 couples at my end of the table when one of the men asked me what I did for a living. His wife replied 1st and said, "Honey, he is what you hate the most in the whole world!" He responded quizzically with, "You are with the IRS?" Wife, "No honey, you hate them more than the IRS!" At this point the Husband slammed his hand down on the table and shot up out of the chair and yelled, "You're an attorney!" The whole restaurant got silent and everyone stared at me. It hit home then that suddenly I had become a pariah just because I had chosen a career where I thought I would be able to help people and enjoy what I was doing. I was not naive enough that I didn't know that attorneys usually end up next to last in the annual polling on the public's esteem (or lack thereof) of various occupations. We are just above used car salesmen, (yea)!
If everyone would just do what their Kindergarden teacher taught them, follow the Golden Rule, "Do unto others what you would have others do unto you!" Anytime you paint people with a broad brush you wrong many, if not all!