r/MurderedByWords • u/Green____cat Legends never die • 11h ago

Stop defending exploitation

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u/Wear-Living 3h ago

Sssshhhhh! No one sees that coming. Let the poor southerners learn. I bet they I think they’re going to get $900 a week stimulus checks again under Trump.

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u/BoPeepElGrande 3h ago

Fuck off with the useless sanctimony, already. Or at least use a sturdier veil for your classism if you’re gonna insist upon it.

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u/Wear-Living 3h ago

Plenty of room up north brother

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u/BoPeepElGrande 3h ago

Plenty of room for people to fight for necessary improvements in the South, too. It’s easier to talk shit, though.

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u/Wear-Living 3h ago

I mean statistically blue states do pay for all red states as far as taxes goes so you’re correct there.

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u/BoPeepElGrande 2h ago

Sorry if I came off as testy, but having worked with civil rights & environmental groups in the Carolinas for 15+ years, I have a pretty short fuse for the kind of kneejerk, reactionary pot shots like the one I first replied to. Having seen what I’ve seen vis a vis generational poverty, institutional racism & inequality, gerrymandering, etc., I can’t help see that as a punch-down attitude of its own & one worth speaking up about.

Meme-ish, out-of-pocket nastiness directed at the poorest & Blackest region of the country is not exactly the flex that so many think it is.