Kids these days can be hard to reach. (Reply #109)

In the discussion thread: I saw something rather disturbing today. [View all]

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 04:52 PM

109. Kids these days can be hard to reach.

Mom may have been frazzled, trying to get through to them that there are other humans out there less well off.

Perhaps so focused on making an object lesson out of it, that she didn't realize she was reducing the man, literally, to an Object. It's an easy mistake to make if you are 'helping someone' not for their sake, but for your own (to teach one's own children).

I wasn't there, didn't see the body language, etc, but I would point out there are more than one way to interpret that situation.

Perhaps she wants her children to grow up to be more empathetic... than she is.

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141 replies	Author	Time	Post
I saw something rather disturbing today. [View all]	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	OP
That's awful...I've been seeing on FB someone offering a free turkey..please apply	likesmountains 52	Nov 2016	#1
I've seen those types of offerings too	Horse with no Name	Nov 2016	#4
This has to make you ask...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#5
Reminds me of a show no one in my family ever watched.	Archae	Nov 2016	#24
I used to watch it	dixiegrrrrl	Nov 2016	#71
Wow!	GWC58	Nov 2016	#2
Its a good bet she was probably a Republican	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#6
Yep! Those R brand Kristian values demand that the poor be bashed so the R can	Nay	Nov 2016	#72
My friend went through a nasty and bitter custody battle that left her without any money	Horse with no Name	Nov 2016	#3
It pisses me off to see this	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#8
American values.	hay rick	Nov 2016	#7
Its only going to get worse	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#9
I agree 100% . Also regarding the OP , I have seen this same thing with republicans they volunteer	lunasun	Nov 2016	#22
She must feel so FULL Of herself tonight	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#23
Open-carry...	3catwoman3	Nov 2016	#62
I was at a police station the other day	louis-t	Nov 2016	#104
"Our advanced economy is wedded to a barbaric culture." Truer words were never	Nay	Nov 2016	#73
that's just fucked up	JI7	Nov 2016	#10
it pissed me off so bad...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#11
That is a mean spirited woman	mountain grammy	Nov 2016	#12
I am just	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#18
I'd almost be willing to bet this, truly,	GWC58	Nov 2016	#60
Let me guess . . .	OldRedneck	Nov 2016	#13
well, as a Buddhist....	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#14
Reminds me of this scene from "Time Bandits"	rwsanders	Nov 2016	#15
I don't know which is worse	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#21
My stomach turned reading that	alittlelark	Nov 2016	#16
I don't know what charity	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#19
...	spanone	Nov 2016	#17
That is disgraceful. I've worked with the poor and homeless for years, and...	TreasonousBastard	Nov 2016	#20
Thank you for your good work..and I am sure	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#26
And here's what you can do, seriously...	TreasonousBastard	Nov 2016	#40
Thanks	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#45
Hey, 70 is the new 50! And the closer I get to it, the more I'm trying to believe it! nt	7962	Nov 2016	#66
even in this benighted (and oh-so-red) community, there are a number of groups and organizations	niyad	Nov 2016	#96
So I'm curious?	cwydro	Nov 2016	#25
I was shocked...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#27
He lives just a few doors down from you, but is poor?	cwydro	Nov 2016	#28
so because he lives in a house	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#29
And these folks picked him at random to give him food?	cwydro	Nov 2016	#33
You are a real piece of work	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#34
I don't have an ignore list.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#36
What should I do?	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#39
Lmao.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#42
Unlike You I don't know my neighbors that well	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#46
Why so angry?	cwydro	Nov 2016	#108
Get off my damn back	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#112
Yes ,ma'am.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#113
You called me a liar...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#116
I did not call you a liar.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#118
YOU called me a LIAR..would you like me to post what you said?	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#120
Ok hon.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#122
oh poor you, now....	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#124
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 2016	#127
And I would suggest you not call people you don't know on the internet "Hon"	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#128
Um. that's a southern thing. It's a friendly thing	cwydro	Nov 2016	#129
No, it's passive aggressive and condescending.	LeftyMom	Nov 2016	#137
Oh you.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#140
I believe your story. You still can do something about it.	Mariana	Nov 2016	#87
Thank you.	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#88
Usually churches keep a list of their needier congregants	Warpy	Nov 2016	#37
Uh huh.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#38
HER condescension?	kag	Nov 2016	#98
You're a real piece of work. nt	awoke_in_2003	Nov 2016	#100
Aww.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#105
calling out another du'er is a no-no, remember?	niyad	Nov 2016	#97
It must be nice to live on your street	whopis01	Nov 2016	#85
you want I should kick your frozen ass, yuiyoshida?	Skittles	Nov 2016	#53
I love you skittles...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#56
Perhaps you can share a story of when you spoke up...	hay rick	Nov 2016	#44
Ah, because we should not intervene?	cwydro	Nov 2016	#47
Ugh.	hay rick	Nov 2016	#54
Okay, I'll intervene.	hunter	Nov 2016	#86
Thank you!!!!!	kag	Nov 2016	#99
1	tallahasseedem	Nov 2016	#130
Well, I'll speak up.	TDale313	Nov 2016	#61
So will I.	athena	Nov 2016	#75
A vile human being.	sarcasmo	Nov 2016	#30
Your self-proclaimed deplorables at work.	Initech	Nov 2016	#31
charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up	keithbvadu2	Nov 2016	#32
I got euchred into going out to deliver food boxes when I was a kid	Warpy	Nov 2016	#35
But see, the OP did nothing.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#41
Is it now? I've seen enough of her postings to have formed...	TreasonousBastard	Nov 2016	#48
I did so in my last post.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#50
When you encourage someone to do something different next time,	athena	Nov 2016	#76
You must be awfully high	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#49
I hope your elderly neighbor is doing ok tonight.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#51
You clearly have never	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#55
Yeah, humiliate him further	athena	Nov 2016	#77
I don't know him that well but i could ask.	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#43
There ya go.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#52
I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#57
...	cwydro	Nov 2016	#67
Small people needing to puff themselves up on message boards....	Thor_MN	Nov 2016	#69
Aww, Thor.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#106
He might be a bit embarrassed but it's worth a try.	Warpy	Nov 2016	#65
I don't understand	Lotusflower70	Nov 2016	#58
If you don't understand it's probably because you are a good Democrat. nt	hay rick	Nov 2016	#59
That woman could use a little schooling in the 8 levels of giving.	3catwoman3	Nov 2016	#63
I don't like that eighth point.	athena	Nov 2016	#79
I used to have a copy of this when I was in high school, eons ago.and I...	3catwoman3	Nov 2016	#83
There's nothing "Republican"about the eighth notion	calendargirl	Nov 2016	#84
I think it reeks of control.	athena	Nov 2016	#90
Arrogance...	calendargirl	Nov 2016	#92
When you give, you shouldn't expect something in return.	athena	Nov 2016	#121
Painting with a broad brush.	calendargirl	Nov 2016	#131
I'm the one painting with a broad brush?	athena	Nov 2016	#139
Any chance she's from Prunedale?	miyazaki	Nov 2016	#64
You get mail delivered on Thanksgiving?	cwydro	Nov 2016	#68
Maybe she didn't have time to check her mailbox the day before.	athena	Nov 2016	#80
No actually...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#89
I'll await your next story.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#107
You must enjoy harassing people on the internet	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#111
Oooh. I like that last!	cwydro	Nov 2016	#115
Don't give me that crap about being your favorite posters here...	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#117
Oh wow.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#119
That's odd, because your incessant posts in this thread seem to be extremely hate filled, suge.	Mc Mike	Nov 2016	#136
I also checked my mail on Thursday while I was waiting for my cranberries to cook.	demmiblue	Nov 2016	#123
Oh yeah so now if we don't check our mail every day	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#125
Rec. Thanks, yui.	Mc Mike	Nov 2016	#70
If there is a God, this woman will burn in Hell. Disturbing is not the word...	Raster	Nov 2016	#74
She is probably a very unhappy person.	athena	Nov 2016	#81
I suspect Christ might want us to give the woman the benefit of the doubt	calendargirl	Nov 2016	#132
I suspect Christ would want us to give the woman the benefit of the doubt...	Raster	Nov 2016	#134
Sounds incredibly ignorant and insensitive...	whathehell	Nov 2016	#78
Agreed 100% nt	calendargirl	Nov 2016	#133
Sounds like a Trump voter...	Moostache	Nov 2016	#82
Raising Deplorables	bucolic_frolic	Nov 2016	#91
Then they go home to hear even more at the dinner table in private	lunasun	Nov 2016	#101
Rich people do a little once a year and think they are charitable. Self-innoculation.	Bernardo de La Paz	Nov 2016	#93
On a related note - its rough out there for seniors - really rough.	Dr. Mullion Blasto	Nov 2016	#94
A lot of right wingers claim they help people	treestar	Nov 2016	#95
But its part of the America's going IGNORANT	rladdi	Nov 2016	#102
Many years ago we got our Thanksgiving dinner from a Church Food Pantry	HockeyMom	Nov 2016	#103
Kids these days can be hard to reach.	AtheistCrusader	Nov 2016	#109
Well said.	guillaumeb	Nov 2016	#126
ummm	rtracey	Nov 2016	#110
Be careful here.	cwydro	Nov 2016	#114
well	rtracey	Nov 2016	#141
Speaking up may further the man's embarrassment	jcboon	Nov 2016	#135
I am going to go by an ask	yuiyoshida	Nov 2016	#138

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