2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My take On Bernie- [View all]sammythecat
(3,568 posts)for some people around here.
Your post was perfectly clear. You even specified that you were talking about the economic situation and duplicating that same situation today. Things were better, economically, in the 50's, 60's, and 70's than they are today. Socially, not at all, but anyone participating in a democratically oriented political discussion board such as this one would have to be aware that gays, transgendered, immigrants, Native-Americans, African-Americans, atheists, Buddhists, people with physical disabilities, people with mental disorders, addicts, men with long hair, women, older people,(god help me if I've left anyone out), communists, socialists, and people who liked soccer were excluded in some way or another, to one extent or another, from these economic "good times". It was good to be a healthy white male, no doubt, but take those economic policies and put them in place in today's much more inclusive climate and we'd all be better off.
I rarely make OP's, but after running into the same situation as this, I remember using the word "most" , typing it in bold, then in parentheses noting that I said "most", not "all". Then, at the end of the post I added a reminder that I chose my words carefully and said "most", I did not say "all". But despite all that, some numbwit still had to pipe up with something like "whad'ya mean everybody blah, blah, I know a guy who..." What can you do? Some people are just determined to fight and it doesn't matter if you're on the same side.