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Wed Aug-01-07 07:56 PM
Response to Reply #130

131. True

And they can build that character and self-reliance they like to rant about. It ain't so romantic when you actually have to live it!

I just got on the Internet and was pleased to see that the first discussion on the home page was about "class warfare". You were right that this is an issue that needs to be addressed more often. Poverty is a cancer on society and can bring a civilization down.

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-My life as a useless eater	undergroundpanther	Jul-28-07 11:25 PM	#0
- May I please just say	Lindsay	Jul-28-07 11:44 PM	#1
- Hugs back to ya!	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 12:14 AM	#6
- This is truely beautiful and brilliant thinking.	Gregorian	Jul-28-07 11:47 PM	#2
- Gregorian I always have respected you too you know..	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 12:28 AM	#9
- We can't compare suffering. We only lose each other doing that.	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 03:08 PM	#56
- This is true	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 06:58 PM	#77
- "But they have the same effects on humans that can love ..pain."	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 12:52 PM	#119
- Thank you for this post.	Sarah Ibarruri	Jul-28-07 11:49 PM	#3
- You see much better when you are looking from the bottom to the	Stargazer99	Jul-29-07 12:06 AM	#4
- And it's not just republicans	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 12:25 AM	#8
- Who is greedy though?	hfojvt	Jul-29-07 03:35 PM	#59
- THANK YOU! It exists with DU, with "liberals", and with "aware"	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 03:45 PM	#60
- "I understand poverty because I was broke in grad school" syndrome	thecatburgler	Jul-30-07 12:39 AM	#96
- Com on monitor my reply ain't that bad	Stargazer99	Jul-29-07 12:09 AM	#5
- K&R	burrowowl	Jul-29-07 12:20 AM	#7
- Moving and powerful...	madfloridian	Jul-29-07 12:28 AM	#10
- I, too, was bullied incessantly as a child and suffered emotional abuse at	Lorien	Jul-29-07 01:06 AM	#11
- "Liberals" have just as much fear. They just aren't honest about it.	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 03:46 PM	#61
- Yes	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 07:01 PM	#80
- Makes me who I am...	Anser	Jul-29-07 01:25 AM	#12
- "how much is enough for one person to have?"	IChing	Jul-29-07 01:36 AM	#13
- Love the Iching	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:34 PM	#49
- group hug~!	NuttyFluffers	Jul-29-07 04:39 AM	#14
- Favorite quote by Lao Tzu	lapislzi	Jul-29-07 06:37 AM	#15
- We all do	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:40 PM	#52
- I couldn't read it all.	formercia	Jul-29-07 07:42 AM	#16
- Me too! Welcome to my FORMER world...it was hell! nt	caledesi	Jul-30-07 10:11 AM	#101
- You're one of our shining stars.	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-29-07 07:53 AM	#17
- Blaming it on the "right wing" insures its continuance.	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 03:51 PM	#62
- You've got to identify the source, first. And the Liberals haven't been	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-29-07 05:09 PM	#74
- Liberals have hurt poor people just as much!	bobbolink	Jul-30-07 09:56 PM	#104
- I guess I cannot agree with you because my experience was so	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-31-07 04:39 AM	#112
- Experience makes a world of difference.	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 12:21 PM	#114
- Keep fighting.	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-31-07 01:24 PM	#120
- I, personally, have nothing left to fight with.	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 05:19 PM	#124
- I know what you mean.	The Backlash Cometh	Jul-31-07 05:28 PM	#125
- .	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 08:37 PM	#127
- Poverty will become more and more of an issue	tsegat01	Jul-31-07 09:29 PM	#129
- And if that's what it takes, many of us won't feel too much for them.	bobbolink	Aug-01-07 03:32 PM	#130
- True	tsegat01	Aug-01-07 07:56 PM	#131
- Thank you so very much, tsegat01!! I'm very down now about the lack of liberal	bobbolink	Aug-01-07 08:02 PM	#132
- Your welcome	tsegat01	Aug-01-07 10:37 PM	#137
- Welcome to DU, tsegat01!	bobbolink	Aug-01-07 08:07 PM	#133
- Not really new....	tsegat01	Aug-01-07 10:41 PM	#138
- Could you tell me where that "class warfare" thread is? I don't see it.	bobbolink	Aug-01-07 08:33 PM	#134
- War!!!!	tsegat01	Aug-01-07 10:09 PM	#136
- True bobbolink	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 07:04 PM	#81
- Toxic is toxic, and still hurts.	bobbolink	Jul-30-07 09:55 PM	#103
- Hurt and damage is hurt and damage.	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 12:22 PM	#115
- What a touching post, undergroundpanther. Calling our emotional desensitization like it is.	JudyM	Jul-29-07 08:35 AM	#18
- Thank you for sharing your story.	mithnanthy	Jul-29-07 08:57 AM	#19
- I was raised like this too....	TwoSparkles	Jul-29-07 10:01 AM	#20
- Children of the Universe	tsegat01	Jul-30-07 03:53 AM	#99
- Thank you for your post...	TwoSparkles	Jul-30-07 11:33 PM	#105
- I'm glad I didn't offend you	tsegat01	Jul-31-07 03:23 AM	#110
- Thank you for your...	TwoSparkles	Jul-31-07 06:00 PM	#126
- You nailed it!	tsegat01	Jul-31-07 09:12 PM	#128
- Best post I've read in ages	LiberalEsto	Jul-29-07 10:07 AM	#21
- I agree Liberal.	shance	Jul-29-07 11:32 AM	#31
- There is history behind the useless eater	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 12:13 PM	#33
- I feel for you Panther. You should have raised yourself like I did.	lonestarnot	Jul-29-07 10:09 AM	#22
- Good morning with a hug	eleny	Jul-29-07 10:10 AM	#23
- Hug back at cha With a puurr	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:24 PM	#46
- Storms can have that effect	eleny	Jul-29-07 02:38 PM	#51
- Very insightful	JNelson6563	Jul-29-07 10:47 AM	#24
- Certain people NEED to read this. K+R	RedCappedBandit	Jul-29-07 10:52 AM	#25
- Thank you for sharing this. n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Jul-29-07 10:54 AM	#26
- So many of us are with you Underground panther, God bless.	1620rock	Jul-29-07 11:24 AM	#29
- "A useless eater"?	annabanana	Jul-29-07 11:06 AM	#27
- I put "upstanding" in quotes	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 12:17 PM	#34
- "Worthless Eaters" is libertarian kook-speak.	AX10	Jul-29-07 11:16 AM	#28
- Libertarians didn't invent the phrase	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:10 PM	#45
- UP*** My words are trivial when reading yours.	shance	Jul-29-07 11:30 AM	#30
- Henry Kissinger	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:29 PM	#47
- Thank you for taking the time to write what you did.	broadcaster	Jul-29-07 11:47 AM	#32
- It's sad	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 01:00 PM	#36
- That is the most amazing post I've ever read. It truly gets to the heart of the matter.	NotGivingUp	Jul-29-07 12:22 PM	#35
- How I wish	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 01:17 PM	#38
- We are your tribe	LiberalEsto	Jul-29-07 01:48 PM	#41
- I know	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 01:56 PM	#43
- I sometimes dream of that place....	marions ghost	Jul-29-07 04:59 PM	#72
- There truly is NO place, NO refuge, NO asshole-free zone, NO tribe	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 04:04 PM	#64
- Generations of social conditioning.	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 07:16 PM	#82
- "It begins and ends with each of us."	bobbolink	Jul-30-07 09:54 PM	#102
- there has got to be some balance somewhere	pitohui	Jul-29-07 01:15 PM	#37
- There is no such thing as balance	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 01:37 PM	#40
- i think you need professional help and you can't get it on the internet	pitohui	Jul-29-07 04:31 PM	#69
- Well	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 07:25 PM	#84
- Excuse me, but isn't this basically a more tactful way of saying	Raksha	Jul-29-07 03:06 PM	#55
- well, hopefully it is a little more nuanced and helpful than just "get over it"	pitohui	Jul-29-07 04:23 PM	#68
- I agree that waiting 20-40 years just to shorten the duration	Raksha	Jul-29-07 07:00 PM	#79
- Fortunate comfortable people	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 07:46 PM	#87
- And so....a few questions...	marions ghost	Jul-29-07 07:36 PM	#86
- Good questions Marion's	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 09:30 PM	#89
- your strength over extreme abuse is obvious	marions ghost	Jul-30-07 09:04 AM	#100
- One of my best friends in my life was a woman who could only be described as an antiJewish princess	truedelphi	Jul-29-07 11:56 PM	#95
- It's hard to respond, because even your few kind words triggered it all	Raksha	Jul-30-07 01:35 AM	#97
- Ahh Another Gnostic Pagan!	undergroundpanther	Jul-31-07 12:45 AM	#106
- I thought you already knew that! Haven't I dropped enough hints?	Raksha	Jul-31-07 03:40 AM	#111
- light dawns on marble head...	undergroundpanther	Jul-31-07 02:22 PM	#121
- Give him half a chance, and Ialdabaoth will getcha every time!	Raksha	Jul-31-07 02:47 PM	#122
- Thank you for showing your true self.	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 04:07 PM	#66
- enabling isn't compassion, enabling is helping to steal the person's one and only life	pitohui	Jul-29-07 04:33 PM	#70
- Tough love is bullshit	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 08:12 PM	#88
- You have said that exactly right!	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 12:41 PM	#118
- Pitohui you are obviously threatened by the honesty of this post.	shance	Jul-31-07 02:50 AM	#109
- K&R	LWolf	Jul-29-07 05:09 PM	#73
- And there is the truth: there is no love for their fellow humans.	knitter4democracy	Jul-29-07 01:21 PM	#39
- Knitter I love you, I love	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 01:50 PM	#42
- As Keats wrote: Beauty is truth, truth beauty.	knitter4democracy	Jul-29-07 02:36 PM	#50
- I forgot to say..	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:04 PM	#44
- Good point. My h.s. psych teacher once told us never to marry cat haters.	knitter4democracy	Jul-29-07 02:34 PM	#48
- My ex	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 02:55 PM	#53
- MIL would never listen to me.	knitter4democracy	Jul-29-07 03:01 PM	#54
- Thank you so very much for sharing this with us!	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 03:23 PM	#57
- read post number #40	pitohui	Jul-29-07 04:37 PM	#71
- why should I tolerate a bully?	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 09:54 PM	#90
- The term I used to use about myself was "throwaway person"	Raksha	Jul-29-07 07:23 PM	#83
- I'm so sorry you have been treated so badly that you felt like that!	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 12:32 PM	#116
- You have stated this so eloquently... would you allow me to share this with some others?	bobbolink	Jul-31-07 12:36 PM	#117
- Thank you, Bobolink. I was wondering when or if anyone	Raksha	Aug-03-07 02:56 AM	#141
- Bobolink	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 07:34 PM	#85
- The health effects and psychiatric injury of bullying	bobbolink	Jul-29-07 03:26 PM	#58
- Tim Feild's site is awesome!	undergroundpanther	Jul-29-07 09:58 PM	#91
- somehow I missed this post of yours --- that site has helped me so much!	bobbolink	Aug-01-07 08:51 PM	#135
- Amazing!	tsegat01	Jul-29-07 03:59 PM	#63
- Hugs, Panther	Crisco	Jul-29-07 04:05 PM	#65
- K&R double time	camero	Jul-29-07 04:15 PM	#67
- wow!	Duppers	Jul-29-07 05:40 PM	#75
- commenting so I can find later	gaspee	Jul-29-07 06:22 PM	#76
- ttt nt	Blue_Tires	Jul-29-07 07:00 PM	#78
- sometimes hard work can be a much-needed refuge from unhappiness...	NorthernSpy	Jul-29-07 10:38 PM	#92
- omg what a hell of a life you've endured, Underground Panther	blondie58	Jul-29-07 11:01 PM	#93
- A world of so many levels, only an insane person could follow it	Hydra	Jul-29-07 11:42 PM	#94
- How does our happiness and prosperity hurt these people?	undergroundpanther	Jul-31-07 01:29 AM	#107
- Kicking	Artiechoke	Jul-30-07 03:53 AM	#98
- Almost didn't read this - the "useless eater" just led to the obvious "of course not n/t" response.	ConsAreLiars	Jul-31-07 01:35 AM	#108
- I Don't Know What To Say Panther, Except That I Care	Dinger	Jul-31-07 05:13 AM	#113
- You are such a good person...	Juniperx	Jul-31-07 03:10 PM	#123
- bumping this back up.... because.....	bobbolink	Aug-03-07 01:23 AM	#139
- Why do homeless people get their shopping carts confiscated	Raksha	Aug-03-07 03:18 AM	#142
- Why? Mostly because we all let it happen.	bobbolink	Aug-03-07 10:26 AM	#143
- Wow. Undergroundpanther, thank-you for one of the most moving and	nosmokes	Aug-03-07 02:42 AM	#140

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