Wow; that is quite the condescending post
Could be I guess. I imagine it all depends on how YOU or anyone else perceived it. Did you take it personally or feel attacked or did you se it for what it was, an observation?
Awe who am I kidding, you took it personally....
I don’t take it personally. I consider who said it: One of the most virulently partisan posters on this board.
Yes, I was an office worker who retired 4 years ago. I was married to a production worker. So the idea that those of us who work in offices are insulated from the “real world” is a complete fallacy. We have spouses, parents, sons and daughters - family, friends, neighbours, members of our congregations, that we’re connected to and with. We’re very aware of what’s going on in the rest of the world.
People are far more complicated and connected than what they do for a living.
The larger problem is the rural/urban divide. The more urbanized the US becomes, the more liberal it becomes. Having grown up in a rural area, living most of my adult life in Toronto, and now have returned to a rural community to retire, I can see how and why liberal policies make no sense to people who have never lived in a small city, much less a city of more than 3 million people.
In small towns, the people who are poor are lazy, addicted lowlifes, who hang around street corners. In cities, poor people are low skill workers who work low wage jobs. Often more than one, but rents are high. Some live in geared to income housing, if they’re lucky. Most aren’t. Some are disabled, or have a disabled partner in need of care.
And the kinds of solutions that work in small towns won’t work in the city. Churches don’t have the membership or the resources.
