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Sorry to say, but your take on the article reeks of your bias. Where and how did this become a race/class issue? If the "strangling of inherent wildness" is al

by shiven 10y ago

Sorry to say, but your take on the article reeks of your bias. Where and how did this become a race/class issue? If the "strangling of inherent wildness" is also a class restricted issue, then I am at a loss to understand what isn't. Or perhaps, those with an axe to grind will see a grindstone everywhere.

jstewartmobile 10y ago
Never attributed uncivilized behavior to a race or a class. I did attribute some uncivilized behavior to "losers". Taking this into race/class/economics is on you. Let me give you my definition of "loser" by way of comparison. I know one guy, B, married, college-educated, decent income, lives in a big house in a nice neighborhood. Get him alone, get a few beers in him, and his resentment towards almost every conceivable social, ethnic, religious, or political group (outside of his own) gushes to the surface. B's fundamental problem is that everything he has is insecure. He would have a hard time finding a job that pays as well as the one he has, he doesn't kill it with the ladies, he isn't fit, he's old and looks it, his wife bleeds him dry because cash is the only thing he has that makes him desirable (it sure as hell isn't his personality). I shudder to think of the baggage he has unloaded upon his children. Know another guy, A, also married (to a hot asian girl half his age), not college educated, spotty income (fixes houses for a living), lives in a modest house in a so-so neighborhood. Get him alone, get a few beers in him, and he is every bit as friendly and agreeable as he is in public, stone-cold sober. He lives simple, keeps fit, has no trouble rounding up another gig if the current one insists that he suck the big one. He's not angry at anyone because he has nothing to really be angry about. This dude is a winner, and unless his wife is a resentful harpy, his children will also be winners.

by shiven 10y ago

jstewartmobile 10y ago

Never attributed uncivilized behavior to a race or a class. I did attribute some uncivilized behavior to "losers". Taking this into race/class/economics is on you. Let me give you my definition of "loser" by way of comparison. I know one guy, B, married, college-educated, decent income, lives in a big house in a nice neighborhood. Get him alone, get a few beers in him, and his resentment towards almost every conceivable social, ethnic, religious, or political group (outside of his own) gushes to the surface. B's fundamental problem is that everything he has is insecure. He would have a hard time finding a job that pays as well as the one he has, he doesn't kill it with the ladies, he isn't fit, he's old and looks it, his wife bleeds him dry because cash is the only thing he has that makes him desirable (it sure as hell isn't his personality). I shudder to think of the baggage he has unloaded upon his children. Know another guy, A, also married (to a hot asian girl half his age), not college educated, spotty income (fixes houses for a living), lives in a modest house in a so-so neighborhood. Get him alone, get a few beers in him, and he is every bit as friendly and agreeable as he is in public, stone-cold sober. He lives simple, keeps fit, has no trouble rounding up another gig if the current one insists that he suck the big one. He's not angry at anyone because he has nothing to really be angry about. This dude is a winner, and unless his wife is a resentful harpy, his children will also be winners.