Why the right hates teachers, firefighters and cops.

[Raven]

Teachers are smarter, firefighters are braver and stronger and cops are authority figures.

I've mentioned my encounters with folks on the right before on DU...one said of firefighters "It's God's will, some houses will burn." And of cops "I get my public safety from the barrel of a gun."

Many of these folks home school their kids because they think they are better teachers and they can control what their kids learn.

So, there you have it in a nutshell: mistrust of learning, distrust of authority and jealousy of those who risk their lives for others.

Not a pretty picture.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. They are all authority figures

Some people never grow up and learn to respect authority figures. Even here on DU, you can see it nearly every day.

I'm not saying that respect shouldn't be earned. But the vast majority of teachers, firefighters and cops do earn that respect.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. What they don't respect is the source of that authority in a democracy..the people.

They'd love authority figures who were privately funded.

[Occulus]

24. What they don't GET is that, for some of us, privately funded authority figures have NO authority.

[daleanime]

17. As for me.....

teachers, cops, and firefighters have to earn disrespect. A few have, very few.

[Sirveri]

29. Basic respect shouldn't be earned. Everyone deserves respect.

I'd also have a lot less trouble 'respecting authority' if I saw a lot less abuse of authority. There is a big difference between respect for the person, and respect for the uniform.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Except when it's THEIR house that's on fire.

Then the fire department can't get there fast enough or put out the fire soon enough. Or if their car gets stolen, where are the cops? Why didn't they prevent the theft, and why haven't they caught the perp yet?

[KG]

3. funnily enuff, firefighters were worshipped after 9-11-01

[A Simple Game]

16. I suspect there was a lot of lip service in that respect. n/t

[Ed Suspicious]

4. It is the last frontier of potential privatized services.

Profit opportunity for a few of their rich and connected Friends.

[corkhead]

5. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

[NJCher]

7. that's what I think, too

It's more this than anything else. They think government is just another fund to plunder, so that is why they like charter schools and the privatizing of all public services.


Cher

[Raven]

9. Yes. The guy who I quoted in this post

has a construction and paving company. He plows for the state (!) and has advocated getting rid of the local public works department since he can plow for the town for a big fat fee. He hates government but will be the first one to suck off its tits.

[Enrique]

10. along with Social Security

I have a hard time hearing what the RWers say about education, Social Security, etc because they are salivating so much.

[LiberalArkie]

19. I don't know about the profit area as much as "Why should I pay for something for that lowlife"

They hate people "getting something for nothing"

The Lucky Ducky cartoon strip is exactly correct.

[nxylas]

37. I think you're confusing the organ grinders with the monkeys here

The monkeys love authority figures who tell them what to think: Rush, Fox Noise etc. They hate cops and firefighters because they're told to.

[SunSeeker]

8. K&R

[NNN0LHI]

11. I think that these jobs generally being unionized is a major factor

GOP depends on keeping working people divided rather than united.

Without that they are done.

Don

[polmaven]

12. I haven't seen anyone take note

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of the wording RMoney used when he was saying we don't need more fireMEN, policeMEN and teachers!

Probably noted somewhere here, but I have not seen it. Apparently there are no female firefighters or police officers.

[Enrique]

13. they are working people that still have status in our society

they want to reduce them along with everyone else to insecure wage slaves. The only people that they think should have any status are rich people.

[AndyA]

14. The right doesn't want an educated public

They want to control what their children and other people's children are taught.

Can't have any facts that aren't approved, and they don't want their children to question their beliefs.

[Rozlee]

30. In the past, I've read that home schooled kids have been known to

out perform public school kids although I read some guy in some blog rant (so take it with a grain of salt) talking about how statistics on this were skewered because fewer home schooled kids went on to college. I have no idea about this because I'll be the first to admit that I've never really researched the subject, so I'll defer to my DU compatriots who have. But, in the last decade or two, I do know that I've read that the number of people home schooling their kids has increased greatly. I know part of the reason is religious conservatives and other right-wingers not wanting their kids exposed to subjects like multiculturalism, evolution, science in general, other races, increasing tolerance toward gays, prayer and religion in public schools (or lack thereof), the vilification of public school teachers and the Liberal Agenda in general. But, I hope I'm to be forgiven if I wonder if some parents would be the best educators if they go to protest events with signs like: "Make English Our Offical Language." "No Pubic Option." "I Am Joe the Plummer." Obama Lier In Chief." And my absolute favorite: "Thank You Fox News For Keeping Us Well Infromed."

[Blue_Tires]

15. It's just a "rile-up-the-base" election year charade

and they've been able to get good mileage from it...

'04 and '08 the GLBT were targeted
in '06 it was the Mexicans crossing the border
in '10 it was ObamaCare, death panels and birtherism...

[The Blue Flower]

18. They prove the necessity of good government

They work. That's why they're hated.

[bemildred]

20. The right hates unions, is what it hates.

Anything that smacks them as exercise of the will of the masses is considered bad, since if we rule, they don't.

[geardaddy]

21. The right loves cops.

They treat them like they're own private security force.

[Raven]

23. Not the right wingers I know. Maybe

there's a love/hate relationship there.

[geardaddy]

28. Yeah, maybe.

I'm just thinking of the cops who did the banksters bidding during Occupy.

You're probably right that the average right wing working class person hates the cops.

[shieldsdb]

38. Reply to "Yeah, maybe"

So...Let me ask you something about your post.


"I'm just thinking of the cops (must be Democrats) who did the banksters (must be Democrats) bidding during Occupy.

You're probably right that the average right wing working class person (must be republican) hates the cops."

Did I dissect that correctly? Seems like you are fighting for the other team. You are obviously against the working man. I was under the impression that we were in this sorry state because of the bankers.

And to who ever posted this "article". Whatever happen to responsible journalism? How about citing a source in your paragraph? I know there are other articles on the site that ref. what you are talking about, but we should try to keep the site factual without you spewing what appears to be your opinion.

[geardaddy]

40. Nope, try again.

Why is it when people protest the right, the cops come out in droves and when they protest the left, the cops are in on the protests?

[ladym55]

22. The right has created straw men

Teachers??? Well, they are LAZY and they only work from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and "get summers off." I'm married to the WORST of all teachers .... college Perfessers ... them ivory-towered pointy-headed liebruls with no sense. Trust me, right wingers are ALWAYS quick to share THAT wisdom with me on a regular basis.

Police officers? Well, they are always eating donuts and faking overtime.

Firefighters? Who needs 'em? We had volunteer firefighters in the good ol' days.

Executives on the other hand, "work hard" and "you have to pay for talent."

[eppur_se_muova]

25. These are authority figures drawn from the ranks of the 99% ...

therefore, competition for the authority of the 1% and their willful dupes on the right.

They are authority figures ... but they don't necessary go along with the wingers. Anyone who is not an ally of the right wing is an enemy.

[IggleDoer]

26. Can't wait until ...

Anne RMoney gets stuck midway in her car elevator and calls the Fire Department to help her out.

[Zalatix]

31. She'll have her private fire department handle that.

[nineteen50]

27. It's part of the war on the public sector.

Once the public sector bailed out the private sectors crash of the economy by shifting the losses to the public sector and giving them 13 trillion in 0 to .025% they needed a scapegoat so they blamed the public sector workers their pensions, the retired on social security, taxes on the rich and public schools.

[freshwest]

32. Also they are working people doing those jobs and they are enforced to do so without discrimination.

That is really scandalous behavior, some of those people deserve to be dig ditches, be punished and die, you know.

:sarcasm;

[quaker bill]

33. They seem angry at anyone who does better

than a greeter at Wal Mart or a frycook at McDonalds....

[nanabugg]

34. They really only hate them now that their retirement and benefits have been squandered by

the RW banksters, loan sharks, and Wall Street fund managers. Public sector employees benefits and retirements have, in the past, not even been half of what the private sector employees could expect. Now the public sector, lower paying, lower benefit jobs are looking great compared to "nothing." Public service workers have always been look down on by the more well healed private sector employees. A secretary in the Fed gov. might earn $35,000 starting out while her private sector counterpart earned around 45-50K per year. But only a select group would be hired in the private sector...a certain look... Anyway, survival envy is setting in and the money managers have successfully turned the working class on each other.

[midnight]

35. Hear in Wisconsin, under the divide and conquer strategy, they still like cops..

[geardaddy]

41. That's just it. They love the cops because they protect them from all those

bad people like us.

[Generic Other]

36. The feeling is mutual, I'm sure!

They like minimum wage workers they can berate aND ABUSE.

[Courtesy Flush]

39. Do they even know what cops do?

Do they really think gun ownership replaces police presence?

If your child disappears, your gun won't find her.