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In reply to the discussion: rich guy posts his rich guy problem on twitter. twitter responds [View all]Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)35. I am not that sure about all the outrage. No outrage how he makes the money, why the outrage over
how he or other rich folk spends it?
Why can he not complain about the level of service he bought and paid for with the money he earned playing professional "put the ball in that there far away hole in as few whacks with a stick as possible, for 18 boring holes, each day, for four consequent days, rain or shine" game, for 40 straight weeks, just like poor folk?
You have to be outraged about the method of possession before yo get outraged about the method of consumption.
Which would make you a Commie, am I right, folks?
If you want a revolution, have it for the right reasons.
Ian Poulter is a true gentleman and family man, so his reputation says.
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Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2014
OP
What an asshole. People like him are so fucking clueless that they don't even get why people...
Logical
Aug 2014
#2
Wife + nanny + 4 kids = six seats. He was not one of the six on the flight. nt
tblue37
Aug 2014
#129
And I'm sure starving families in Africa would be very sympathetic to DU posts such as this one.
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#6
So would I; doesn't necessarily mean I'd've birthed them. I could've adopted some.
freshwest
Aug 2014
#70
You think I'm acting like you are an idiot for asking if you are aware that overpopulation
cui bono
Aug 2014
#127
This coming from someone who basically told me to go kill myself. That's rich.
cui bono
Aug 2014
#171
"good reason to have strong feelings about families who birth so many children"
demwing
Aug 2014
#151
I've never known it to be meant as a judgmental word, simply one to describe hetero females.
cui bono
Aug 2014
#164
I'm guessing they're brats because he complained about his wife having to deal with them alone.
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#194
uh, cause he was at the tournament, playing? yeah, he was a douche with his comments tho....
dionysus
Aug 2014
#135
A lot of wealthy people would kill themselves if they were taken down and had to do a nanny's job.
brewens
Aug 2014
#9
That's what I was thinking! The wife can take her smart phone and go sit in the back.
MatthewStLouis
Aug 2014
#170
Under the rules of class warfare, Mr. Poulter is charging that a war crime has been committed.
whereisjustice
Aug 2014
#17
He should have taken the cheap seat, let the nanny stay with wife and kids.
McCamy Taylor
Aug 2014
#23
a) I'm not "the entire thread". Don't project your inferences of it onto one poster.
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2014
#205
I think the phenomenon of going after the father was a manifestation of the opposite of misogyny.
lumberjack_jeff
Aug 2014
#227
I am not that sure about all the outrage. No outrage how he makes the money, why the outrage over
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#35
Man, wish I had a nanny to handle four young children on overseas flights, flying every week all
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#41
I'm with you on this one. If I have a group and we book all our seats for business class,
MH1
Aug 2014
#68
We all imagine a utopian world without classes....communism I believe it was called. How did that
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#208
Why didn't he just pay buddy Phat Phil Mickelson to take her and the kids for a ride
Elwood P Dowd
Aug 2014
#44
There's nothing wrong with him being mad, but he is the mindless one for tweeting it out
cui bono
Aug 2014
#98
I can see what you're saying. For me though, it's about the fact that he tweeted it out.
cui bono
Aug 2014
#218
Exactly, twitter isn't for everyone to just post every trivial detail of their lives...
hughee99
Aug 2014
#128
You make twitter sound like it's only for "real" people with "real" problems.
hughee99
Aug 2014
#234
He was an asshole who could have got the same thing being quieter, all types in all jobs.
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#59
I got me a business class seat I paid for, I complained about the food, still terrible, I do not
Fred Sanders
Aug 2014
#60
It isn't his wealth-blindness; it isn't his tone-deafness. It is, in short, HIS TWEETING IT.
WinkyDink
Aug 2014
#97
Exactly. Nothing wrong with him being upset, just don't tweet it where others
cui bono
Aug 2014
#108
My niece handles her 4 kids AND her terminally ill husband without the help of a nanny 24/7.
smokey nj
Aug 2014
#112
He didn't tweet "about his experience with BA." He tweeted about his wife's.
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#196
No, the OP is about his tweet that his wife was left with "no help for 10 hours with 4 kids."
SunSeeker
Aug 2014
#226
You are still doing all this based on the assumption that she doesn't take care of her
hughee99
Aug 2014
#233
But why would you automatically downgrade a family ticket in the first place?
rocktivity
Aug 2014
#232