I'm going to post this comment from Matt Taibbi's thread that I couldn't fit into the video. I thought it was significant, although I told him I couldn't bring myself to call him Turd, much as I respect good manure ;-)
Turd_Ferguson replied to your comment:
As someone who grew up in both a Trailer Park and a Levittown, I will say thank you. This is spot on. The problem with Democratic politics now in this day vs forever ago when I grew up is that the Democrats are now the elitists. Republicans used to be the local Chamber of Commerce, and for the most part they still are. They don't care as much about the small businesses that were the backbone of America, but at least they gave them lip service. The Democrats still claim to be the party of the Unions, but Unions in this country are now too corrupt and too blind to see they are being sold out by the Bankers party now. That's the modern leftist. Spewing nonsense about who is a fascist and who is stealing their money while rabidly supporting the group that actually is fascist and is stealing their money. The irony of our new world order is so fascinating as to be both a tragedy and a comedy at the same time. Shakespeare never had such material.
White trash racism is alive and well and thriving here in Cork, Ireland. I am proud to be seen as a Norry.. I come from the north side of the city, where we are seen as scum by the more affluent south side, separated by a river, and a thickening police presence as you go further into the heart of that side of town. Thanks for the post. We have always been fascinated by all thing’s American here in Ireland. Brought up on a diet of American sit coms, movies, and Sesame Street, American life was seen as if something from another planet. The first gulf ‘war’ changed all of that for a lot of people, who had, like me, been disturbed to see Reagan antics with Thatcher, and the damage that caused, globally. That led to a period of dismissal of all things American as being bad, somehow stupid, but as always, you live, you hopefully learn, and when you see the scourge of cheap heroin and opioids that flooded the planet after the Afghan conflict began, decimate your country, county, neighbourhood, and family, and see the same things happen all over America, you come to realise yet again, as you have in the recent and distant past, that we are all suffering from the same problems. Appalachia, Ireland, UK, it doesn’t matter where you look. Systemic racism against our class, designed to keep us in our place, consumer, worker, dead, when we no longer meet the criteria for surviving. The words from the song at the end of the piece are so touchingly, timelessly heartfelt. They certainly touched me this morning. I’m so glad I didn’t adhere to that juvenile attitude towards American people, or any people belonging to a nation that waged war on people who could not defend themselves.
I generally try to avoid the word “racism” these days because of the way the word is weaponized in our cancel culture, but I’ll agree that white trash racism is a real thing. When I moved from NorCal to Pensyltucky, I fell into it myself. Then, as I got to know my neighbors, I got to liking them. What’s funny about that is now I have trouble liking people like my former progressive self. So, I suppose white progressive do-gooder racism is a real thing, too, now. It seems there’s always the other side of the coin. The psychological operators sure know how to divide us.
I'm going to post this comment from Matt Taibbi's thread that I couldn't fit into the video. I thought it was significant, although I told him I couldn't bring myself to call him Turd, much as I respect good manure ;-)
Turd_Ferguson replied to your comment:
As someone who grew up in both a Trailer Park and a Levittown, I will say thank you. This is spot on. The problem with Democratic politics now in this day vs forever ago when I grew up is that the Democrats are now the elitists. Republicans used to be the local Chamber of Commerce, and for the most part they still are. They don't care as much about the small businesses that were the backbone of America, but at least they gave them lip service. The Democrats still claim to be the party of the Unions, but Unions in this country are now too corrupt and too blind to see they are being sold out by the Bankers party now. That's the modern leftist. Spewing nonsense about who is a fascist and who is stealing their money while rabidly supporting the group that actually is fascist and is stealing their money. The irony of our new world order is so fascinating as to be both a tragedy and a comedy at the same time. Shakespeare never had such material.
Great videos accompanying the stack. Much appreciated.👏
White trash racism is alive and well and thriving here in Cork, Ireland. I am proud to be seen as a Norry.. I come from the north side of the city, where we are seen as scum by the more affluent south side, separated by a river, and a thickening police presence as you go further into the heart of that side of town. Thanks for the post. We have always been fascinated by all thing’s American here in Ireland. Brought up on a diet of American sit coms, movies, and Sesame Street, American life was seen as if something from another planet. The first gulf ‘war’ changed all of that for a lot of people, who had, like me, been disturbed to see Reagan antics with Thatcher, and the damage that caused, globally. That led to a period of dismissal of all things American as being bad, somehow stupid, but as always, you live, you hopefully learn, and when you see the scourge of cheap heroin and opioids that flooded the planet after the Afghan conflict began, decimate your country, county, neighbourhood, and family, and see the same things happen all over America, you come to realise yet again, as you have in the recent and distant past, that we are all suffering from the same problems. Appalachia, Ireland, UK, it doesn’t matter where you look. Systemic racism against our class, designed to keep us in our place, consumer, worker, dead, when we no longer meet the criteria for surviving. The words from the song at the end of the piece are so touchingly, timelessly heartfelt. They certainly touched me this morning. I’m so glad I didn’t adhere to that juvenile attitude towards American people, or any people belonging to a nation that waged war on people who could not defend themselves.
Hi, Tereza.
I generally try to avoid the word “racism” these days because of the way the word is weaponized in our cancel culture, but I’ll agree that white trash racism is a real thing. When I moved from NorCal to Pensyltucky, I fell into it myself. Then, as I got to know my neighbors, I got to liking them. What’s funny about that is now I have trouble liking people like my former progressive self. So, I suppose white progressive do-gooder racism is a real thing, too, now. It seems there’s always the other side of the coin. The psychological operators sure know how to divide us.