tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293164206716405987.post6890824155660549440..comments2020-12-29T10:45:28.459-06:00Comments on amfortas the hippie: The Search for the Elusive Welfare Queen.amfortas the hippiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10538848556265014020noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293164206716405987.post-83384632689474564322012-07-20T07:31:07.237-05:002012-07-20T07:31:07.237-05:00I agree...to a point.(vittoin). Even I, in my grea...I agree...to a point.(vittoin). Even I, in my great distance from anything resembling "Fashion"....even I know that there's a rather large black market for knockoffs.(Law and Order,SVU,lol). Unknown variable, there.<br />The Point, in this little tangent, is that we have no idea, the circumstances...we make Assumptions, based on appearance. Period.<br />The Buddy who's repetition of the Meme drove me to this exercise, always(every time) misses this essential consideration...the Foundational Unexamined Assumptions, that shore up his Belief/Argument.The whole list of Logical Fallacies...we are automatic Experts.<br />We are Beset by such Assumptions...and they are constantly reinforced by media, and by our fellow citizens...this is a Big Problem, re; everything from Peak Oil, to the Moral/ Ethical stances we use to conceive of, and sometimes implement, Policy.amfortas the hippiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10538848556265014020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293164206716405987.post-3938029601138858122012-07-18T16:08:48.662-05:002012-07-18T16:08:48.662-05:00Also, I want to add, since there's the stereot...Also, I want to add, since there's the stereotype of women abusing the system, the majority of those trying to bounce checks or use stolen cards were men. So there. While it's always the norm to paint the lower class people (women, in this case) of any society as thieves and criminals always trying to take from the upper class, the theory is dead in the water. The only thing alive and well is the paranoid sexism of those in higher social standing.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311962495254789144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5293164206716405987.post-44941934336290738742012-07-18T16:04:54.282-05:002012-07-18T16:04:54.282-05:00Ok, I'll bite.
I worked at a grocery store, ...Ok, I'll bite. <br /><br />I worked at a grocery store, the biggest national chain of 'em, and we had a few welfare abusers. If you're carrying a Louis Vuitton purse, have perfect hair and nails, and are using a Lone Star card, you're an abuser. Simple as that. Those purses cost as much as my current entire month's worth of expenses and twice as much as my monthly pay working at said grocery story.<br /><br />But we had SO MANY MORE people trying to bounce checks or use stolen debit cards than chicks with bling using food stamps. And I hated when I had to tell a woman using WIC or a family using food stamps that they had items that weren't covered. :( It was really sad to feel like I was taking food from them.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311962495254789144noreply@blogger.com