Sigh...Facebook. You can really learn a lot about people just by replying to their posts, and sometimes, you regret even going down that rabbit hole. This one begins with this meme, below, shared by myself and my mother.
Sounds promising, right?
But then came the comment section. I replied to the first comment because, frankly, it was god damned ignorant. But it only got worse from there.
Yup.
All the typical Republican talking points are there, from 'live within your means' to welfare queens, anchor babies, minimum wage is for teenagers, etc. If it weren't for those I'd sympathize more with this lady's situation. But just when you think things couldn't get any worse, there's this below....
Yup.
So I ended this the only way I felt I could. I told this lady she was well beyond help. Anyone who is this stupid and posts something like 'That dang ol' fekkin Muzlim Prezidint iz gunna flush Murica down the toilet' isn't even worth trying to educate. These are the times I feel like saying 'fuck it', but I know myself well enough to realize I probably won't. I give a shit way too much to let idiocy like this slide. And hopefully most people here feel the same way, because the only way we're going to beat this is if we confront it head on.
The only thing I can tell you is this is going to be one very difficult fight.
See you around,
Homer
Sun Aug 23, 2015 at 7:01 PM PT: Actually, she is right about a couple of things: First of all, yes. More and more jobs actually are being automated leaving more and more people out of work.
Second, yes. The workers that are left are actually doing the work of 2 or three people. Still, that doesn't change the fact that this person is beyond help. She's blaming the WRONG people for this situation and I felt there was no way in hell I could make her see that. ESPECIALLY with what I mentioned above about the whole Muslim thing.
Sun Aug 23, 2015 at 7:59 PM PT: Alright. Another quick update. The lady in question simply posted 'roflmao' to my last comment. So, I took a moment, and posted this:
"Go on. Laugh. You and the rest of your ilk will be dragged into better times kicking and screaming if that's what it takes. You tell ME I need to do MY research? Madam, I've had years to do just that. I've been registered independent since I was old enough to vote.
But when I hear or read someone literally repeating Republican Clown Car talking points I sometimes think to myself that 'Murica isn't worth saving.
You're old enough to supposedly know better. Yet all you can apparently see is a black Democrat in the white house and you see those 2 things alone as cause for everything wrong with America. A few minutes of research outside of your comfort zone will show you just how dead wrong you are. And by the way, that black Democrat you hate so much has continued policies that began when Zombie Reagan himself was in office and every administration after him has expanded since. Yes, that includes Obama.
Big business, Wall Street and anyone with enough money to buy politicians to rig the economy so wages flat line while they pocket the absurd profits are the REAL problem.
Take my industry for instance: Information Technology. Businesses decided to rig the game so they could bring in workers with H-1B Visas and pay them a fraction of what they'd pay someone like me. Do I blame the guest workers? No. They're just doing what any of us would do in the same situation. I also have disabilities and many employers, especially private sector ones, frown on that because they're frightened of what would happen to their insurance costs if they were to hire us.
But if you want to support people who continually work against your own best interests, be my guest. Just don't whine when those same people you support shut down the government because they just flat out refuse to govern. And don't start crying when they decide to privatize Social Security and Medicare. You'll really be in a cluster if that happens, and you'll have no one to blame but yourself."