Reply #271: Not at all.

[MissB]

My previous post wasn't just directed to you, redqueen.

I was struck by a few of your posts, though. Like the one (#231) where you were talking about the apparent logic of the privileged class. Apparently, the privileged class thinks that "since the poor have more of an idea of suffering, they should be used to it... so an eviction or having your utilities cut off is no big deal, to them."

Which is wrong. Not all members of the privileged class think that way about those making the median salary or less than the median salary.

I just think that it is stupid for any of us to engage in middle class warfare on DU. So what if someone makes more than another? We cannot possibly know everything about that family - we don't know how far down the ladder of the middle class they started, or even if they had a leg on even a rung of the middle class to begin with. We don't know whether they tithe a big percentage of their salary to their church, or if they are committed to donating tens of thousands of dollars each year to progressive charities.

The assumptions about those making more than $100k a year astound me.

I just want to know where the hell my platinum watch is? Where is my Mercedes Benz? Hmmm?? Gee, I make more than $100k/year, so clearly I am entitled to it, right? :sarcasm:

It seems counter-productive to curse those that have achieved the American Dream. So some of them have arrived. Big deal. Maybe they'll do something worthwhile with their money. Maybe they won't. But pitting fellow Democrats against each other based on how much money they make? Not good.