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Why are the poor in the America described in terms of "meth heads"? Being poor is not a moral failure.
by wesleywt 5y ago
Why are the poor in the America described in terms of "meth heads"? Being poor is not a moral failure.
- silly-silly 5y agoI think you're reading his list as an 'and', read the list as an 'or'.
- wesleywt 5y agoI just picked one, but I noticed this more than once. Either the poor are referred to as "trailer trash", "Walmart monsters" or "meth heads". It is just interesting to see how American culture is so anti being poor that it seeps into your language without you knowing.
- shadowlight 5y agoAll cultures have anti poor sentiments as well as empathetic attitudes towards the poor. What is "interesting" here is prejudice attitudes from people like you towards america. Also stop calling Americans "interesting." Using a term like this is a deliberate insult on a culture or a person. You are examining the culture like it's a lab rat and commenting on how the behavior is "interesting." You are not an idiot. People do not talk like this in real life by remarking on how behavior is "interesting" to the subjects face. You and others only use these terms behind the anonymity of a forum. Therefore you are aware this is insulting. Stop. This is a common tactic used to get around the HN rules. You say "interesting" posing it as an innocent remark. It is not, you are conducting a deliberate and insulting attack on American culture here.
- rat9988 5y agoThe problem is that poor and broke are not like the others.
- shadowlight 5y agoWhy is there an implied assumption that only americans think being poor is a moral failure?
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago>Why are the poor in the America described in terms of "meth heads"? Being poor is not a moral failure. They're generally not referred to that way outside discussion of behaviors addicts engage in to get their fix and the discussion is limited in scope to addicts. Making the generalization that everyone refers to the poors as meth heads serves the same ideological needs as generalizing the poors as addicts albeit to a different end.