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Post by Moose on May 29, 2017 21:49:28 GMT
Someone just told me that people don't like Trump because he's 'working class.'
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Post by juju on May 29, 2017 22:24:11 GMT
Who on earth would say that?
My guess is they think that because he's not too bright and can't articulate very well. But that is an insult to working class people everywhere.
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Post by Moose on May 29, 2017 22:33:58 GMT
Oh, it was one of his supporters who said it.
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Post by Moose on May 29, 2017 22:34:34 GMT
Their point was that people hate Trump for being working class, not for being, you know, a complete and utter wanker.
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Post by juju on May 29, 2017 23:16:13 GMT
But in what way is he working class?
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Post by Moose on May 29, 2017 23:46:54 GMT
I dunno ... they did not reply to my reply.
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Post by Moose on May 29, 2017 23:47:51 GMT
I did point out his background and upbringing - lots and lots of money, lots of privilege - but that seems to have gone over their head.
I think that the person who said it probably self identifies as working class. But to think that Trump is too is just .. bizarre.
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Post by tangent on May 30, 2017 3:23:05 GMT
In the United States, the concept of a working class is only vaguely defined but economists and pollsters generally regard “working class” adults as those lacking a college degree, rather than by their occupation or income, see Wikipedia. Since Donald Trump took an economist degree and was the founder of Trump University, calling him working class is ridiculous. Meanwhile, sociologists in the US define the class system a little differently. Either way, Trump isn't working class by any stretch of the imagination.
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Post by juju on May 30, 2017 12:15:37 GMT
As I said, my guess is that they are equating 'straight talking' (read inarticulate) with an idea of 'working class'.
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Post by Moose on May 30, 2017 22:39:36 GMT
To be honest, the person in question was amazingly inarticulate too
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Post by juju on May 30, 2017 22:48:05 GMT
Where do you find them? 😁
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Post by Moose on May 30, 2017 23:06:00 GMT
Not a friend of mine It was on a friend's feed
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