I'm sorry to say, you are correct, to a point. There are many FReepers who don't comment negatively on these type threads and do reach out to help fellow FReepers who fall on hard times.
But based on many comments on threads like this, is it any wonder people wonder why "conservatives" are given such a bad name about not caring about the poor?
My experience is that most people don’t fall on hard times. They leap onto them.
I dunno, fellas.
Sure, there is an ample amount of guff delivered toward the sorry, shiftless welfare sort.
But I simply don't recall seeing much static directed at the so-called "working poor" -- aside from those who argue that the minimum wage should be a "living wage".
Fact is, a lot of folks on this board probably qualify as "working poor" -- though they may not think of themselves that way.
“...based on many comments on threads like this, is it any wonder people wonder why “conservatives” are given such a bad name about not caring about the poor?”
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You do realize, don’t you, that many of us here believe that this woman’s situation is not as she describes it to be? And many believe, or at least I do, that she is taking money from decent and compassionate folk under false pretenses? She is a “taker” and I do not believe she is poor.