I agree that class envy played a role in the reaction to the Ramseys... so, when did class envy become popular in this country? It used to be the American Dream.
When I was young, the working class all hoped to become
rich one day ('rich' being a relative term). Now you find those who were born into the upper socio-economic bracket trying to distance themselves (if not their bank accounts) from being seen as wealthy. Howard Dean/Lamont, even Bush and Frist do it.
I just don't get it ...I still want to be seriously rich and, if I ever get there, you will not hear one word of apology. Ever.
Exactly. It's very weird. I'm afraid we're not doing a good job of explaining how capitalism works to the young'uns and have not been doing so for way too long.
Pollyannaish is exactly right in his/ her assessment in my opinion. Nevermind that John Ramsey's wealth was built on his own hard work & that he started his eventually successful business in the garage of his very middle class neighborhood.
A lot of people are jumping on the media-- I think a lot more people need to look at themselves and why they were so quick to assume that these people killed their child based on the flimsy "evidence" they had.