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In reply to the discussion: DU is not representative of America any more [View all]lunatica
(53,410 posts)8. I truly wish you the best of luck
Because when you do your best the only thing that's left to help out is luck. Good luck fasttense. You're probably far ahead of others in survival skills by growing your own food.
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Sorry for your troubles; thanks for your post. Agree in general, though I haven't been here as long.
Scuba
Aug 2012
#1
Well, I'll challenge that. I frequent a fair number of forums and groups and don't see that at all.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#22
Shoot man, you are talking to someone who was laid off from his job for six years
NNN0LHI
Aug 2012
#25
I haven't been with DU that long, but I remember the Reagan disaster and most probably still do.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#17
I'm pretty sure his ass, along with everything below the neck, is already dust.
HopeHoops
Aug 2012
#41
Don't know about income, but DU has always been way left of the general public.
redqueen
Aug 2012
#28
I moved to Dallas in 1981, along with my best friend. We had a circle of friends that were....
Raster
Aug 2012
#72
"The majority of DUers we have left here now are upper middle class white collar workers"
marmar
Aug 2012
#40
We've been a nation of suckers for generations now. Too many of Don's compatriots fell
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#53
Solidly working class Dem Socialist here. I joined DU in 2003 in the run-up
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#49
There are dirt poor posters here, homeless one's also. I've seen their posts.
Liberal_in_LA
Aug 2012
#71