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In reply to the discussion: Rant: "People who work for a living; people who take a shower after work"...WTF is that? [View all]bettyellen
(47,209 posts)152. You're advocating ignoring the "cultural anxiety" as an issue so as not to offend who?
I'm sorry but you're fighting on the wrong side. When you frame shit exactly like RWers that should give you pause.
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Rant: "People who work for a living; people who take a shower after work"...WTF is that? [View all]
riversedge
Jun 2017
OP
? You go to bed clean in clean sheets and do nothing but sleep. You wake up clean...
Hekate
Jun 2017
#111
It is about the kind of job you do...it is about middle class people who work in hot sweaty
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#16
Which mythologizes factory workers and ignores the service and retail workers who are really hurting
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#68
The job are being eliminated for many different groups and it needs to stop.
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#71
The same people are asking Dems to kiss WWC ass by soft pedaling support for women and POC but no
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#117
I thought the auto bailout was brilliant on all scores. Saved an industry, a lot of jobs...
Hekate
Jun 2017
#119
Yeah. I thought anyone who argued against it was knee jerk anti corporate- and forgot auto workers
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#122
Service and retail jobs in general suck in terms of money and benefits...and they are disappearing
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#88
As did the factory- but somehow that rust belt man gets ALL the attention- why?
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#136
People herendon't think that way. But here the best jobs are factory jobs. And Ryan
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#47
I understand the game but other countries are navigating the issues without destroying their
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#85
Gotta break it to ya, there will never be government support with the GOP, only lip service.
tonyt53
Jun 2017
#110
Any politician who is serious about jobs will be trying to increase spending for green energy jobs,
pnwmom
Jun 2017
#67
You apparently are having trouble with basic reading comprehension, so I'll repeat it again
EffieBlack
Jun 2017
#115
It's impossible to discuss the issue of racism without saying bigots exist- yet people ask us to,
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#130
I don't feel superior or angry, don't give a fuck if bigots know I dislike their bigotry! Why cower
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#144
You're doing everything you can to circle the wagon around bigots- why exactly?
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#150
You're advocating ignoring the "cultural anxiety" as an issue so as not to offend who?
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#152
It's also difficult to discuss racism when people who say they're not bigots are so eager to play
EffieBlack
Jun 2017
#139
They're literally trying to make it impossible to discuss bigotry- and considering the huge role
bettyellen
Jun 2017
#140
You need to stop with the bullshit allegation you keep making against me if you want to engage in
EffieBlack
Jun 2017
#157
And the teachers, nurses and clerks will lose their jobs if the factories go down...so you know that
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#23
No he needs to be called out for it...I merely gave my opinion of why he is doing it...and i think
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#48
My son who knows Ryan does not see it this way...you see this way...and why is that?
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#75
Exactly ! patronizing phony pandering. Everyone working is equal and contributing
lunasun
Jun 2017
#113
Have you never worked a job where you came home so dirty and sweaty that you had to take a shower?
DefenseLawyer
Jun 2017
#7
It is not just automation...jobs that still exist have been shipped overseas
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#49
Most times, yes. Even working office jobs, which is what this BS "shower" metric is belittling.
haele
Jun 2017
#31
You read all that into a politician using shorthand for blue collar workers?
DefenseLawyer
Jun 2017
#40
Here's the problem with "shorthand for blue collar". It's the definition of "blue collar".
haele
Jun 2017
#58
My daughter in law and son worked at GM...she is a woman. GM hires many women.
Demsrule86
Jun 2017
#51
I'm retired Navy and worked shipyards; been the only woman in my workplaces most of my life.
haele
Jun 2017
#61
funny though, GOP voters are wealthier than D voters. DJT specifically had the wealthiest of voters
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2017
#80
Ryan wasn't clever enough not to be so very obvious to us. This is the man that Pelosi
pirateshipdude
Jun 2017
#33
I am lucky enough to have an outside shower which I use from March until November.
Persisted
Jun 2017
#97
Tin Ryan is not a Progressive. He is the bluest of Blue Dogs. Right up there with Manchin.
LuvLoogie
Jun 2017
#62
He's a conservadem for sure. I have no clue some DU'ers can't see thru him.
emulatorloo
Jun 2017
#84
I guess you don't know this but if you work in a factory, steel mill, coal mine,
doc03
Jun 2017
#102