Thursday, July 10, 2008

Political Misconceptions

I just recently read some guys personal mantra regarding his seriously strong bias against "liberal democrats". It was a truly bizarre rambling, but something like this:" All liberal kooks are welfare sucking, unemployment loving, hemp wearing, granola eating hippies that support the Humane Society and tree hugging". He also mentioned that these kooks are the idiots that want the polar bear listed as "threatened'--(this is just an Alaska issue). Very weird over-generalization from my point of view. Where in the world did he meet someone on welfare or unemployment who could afford expensive hemp clothes??? Or even granola for that matter?? Obviously he's never met such a person, as he would see it is an impossibility. Why do I know this?? Well from 4 years working in social services, explaining government programs. Trust me, folks collecting their $12 a month worth of food stamps aren't wearing hemp! Most don't even give a flying rats ass about politics--or either party. Very rarely have I even met a so-called "tree hugger" in the group. This poor soul also doesn't seem to realize that people with good jobs and educations listed the polar bear as endangered (not through some sort of weird vote at the public assistance building)--did I mention it was listed under a conservative administration??Yes, weird stuff indeed. Where do these misconceptions even come from??