2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why I NEVER want to hear another word about BERNIE BROS on DU again [View all]Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)I posted a reply regarding the current difficulty with students acheiving a college education. A very kind DU'er made that reply into an OP. I was attacked nearly instantaneously by a SHC supporter who suggested that pushing for free college was asking for a handout, that in their experience they were able to work part time, raise a family and still afford college, and yet they couldn't understand that the world has changed drastically since they were in school. I was accused as being a grifter to the system, because I HAD to take out student loans for medical school. And even when faced with the reality that many Gen X'ers and millennials like myself face, the comment was dismissed and I was personally chastised for a lack of financial acumen. Since that time, I've never responded to that persons posts. Yet that experience gave me great insight into the mindset of the Clinton supporters