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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:44 PM Original message |
Just the term "working class" is elitist |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Working class" means those who actually do the work |
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Yurovsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And even more worthless than the middlemen... |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I use it all the time and I'm also a card-carrying member of the working class |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Working class USED to also mean "middle class" |
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PaulaFarrell (840 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. No, it didn't |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I'm not sure about that |
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zalinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, of course, and we don't have a voice today |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. They co-opted "Work Ethics" to "Owner Mentality" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Where's the pride? Dunno. Ask Coca-Cola, Target, or the cast of F*R*I*E*N*D*S. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. America's blind spot. |
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PoliticalAmazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. This faux political correctness is absurd. The term describes the people. n/t |
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margotb822 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't think so |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, God forbid we offend the "ownership class" with such elitism. |
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noel711 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
13. Are you kidding? Get out and talk to some working guys.. |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
14. Well said. Here's your fifth R. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. A working class hero |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. The service sector isn't unionized like the manufacturing sector is |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. I have to work to survive. I am working class. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-12-08 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Classes |
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