F#ck the Poor

[unhappycamper]

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2014/04/10-2

F#ck the Poor
by Abby Zimet
04.10.14 - 11:52 PM

A provocative new campaign from The Pilion Trust, a small U.K. charity hit hard by austerity cuts, asks Londoners to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to caring about the most vulnerable among us. See what happens when he flips the sign.

"We understand that some may be shocked by this footage. We are more offended, however, that people across the United Kingdom are living in adverse poverty."

[dotymed]

1. Thank you very much.

I cannot think of a more "grass roots" reaction to one of the most (if not the most) problems of our time.
When the message is "fuck the poor" the common peoples reaction is (justifiably) near violent.
"Help the poor" is met mainly by indifference."
Possibly if their were a gauge rather than donating, the outcome for "help the poor" would be different in this seemingly non-elite crowd.
Many (me too) have been forced to stop contributing to others in a similar financial state as me because I cannot afford it.
The last time that I did, I was tricked by a woman (needing "gas" at the station) as she immediately hopped into a car 20 years newer than mine and drove off with a male accomplice who had just bought more snacks than the $5 I gave her could have purchased. She was in her 50's, "needing gas to get home", her 40ish male accomplice immediately hopped into a new car with two fists full of cokes, chips, candy.. followed by her, laughing as they drove off. He was in military fatigues.
OWS did not achieve as much (in the streets) as I had hoped.
IMO, it is time we do it again and learn from our mistakes.
We know many of the answers, we just have to get them implemented.

[zeemike]

2. That was a telling experiment.

People show outrage when you use the words, but when it comes down to doing something positive about it they ignore it...
It is all about words.