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[lagilman]

Any woman who votes for the Republican party this go-round needs to reconsider her own sense of self-worth (and, possibly, self-hate).

Argue the economy all you want. Argue taxes all you want. Even argue war and national security all you want. When a party consistently says, over and over again, the only people that they recognize as having 'legitimate' rights are (straight white) males...

what does it matter if you're paying more or less taxes? You're not considered an equal citizen.


(new this week: the "no exceptions" abortion ban drafted by the GOP plank platform - no exceptions for rape. Because, according to Akin, we lie about it being rape, anyway. And what THEY believe trumps what YOU might believe. Because, well, you're not equal, after all.)

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[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

People like that aren't interested in the American Dream, because that threatens their way of life. I can only imagine what she'd have thought of all those internet millionaires out in Silicon Valley, who were just scum on the surface of the pond (and nerds!) until they struck it rich by giving people what they wanted.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

Actually, no. Both she and my dad are the old-fashioned kind of Republicans who think anyone can succeed if they just work hard enough, no matter their circumstances, and they have the utmost respect for people who do just that. It's something they point to time and time again when talking about why there are so many poor minorities; by their reasoning, if poor minorities really wanted to get out of poverty, they'd damned well pull themselves up by their bootstraps and DO IT. The fact that they don't is proof to them that minorities are inherently lazy, inferior, etc. They don't seem to understand that the system is rigged to keep them from succeeding; in their world, all you have to do is want something bad enough and you'll find a way to make it happen. Which is an attitude that only someone who has never truly wanted for anything could have.

[lagilman]

and probably caries over to their "if you'd only take care of yourself you'd get better" 'tude, too. *sighs*

Yeah, if you're born into money and education, you've got a damn good shot. If you're born white, with money and education, you're already well ahead of the game.... but the moment you acknowledge that, you have to also acknowledge that some people aren't, and then your own mythology is at risk.


I have no tolerance for the unexamined life/mythology.

[seachanges.livejournal.com]

and probably caries over to their "if you'd only take care of yourself you'd get better" 'tude, too. *sighs*

Yep, that's exactly where it comes from.

If you're born white, with money and education, you're already well ahead of the game.... but the moment you acknowledge that, you have to also acknowledge that some people aren't, and then your own mythology is at risk.

Exactly, and they are NOT willing to do that. In fact, the very idea of it scares the hell out of them, and is why any kind of government assistance aimed at helping the poor and the disenfranchised is seen as "minorities wanting special privileges they didn't earn."