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Rhiannon12866

(206,534 posts)
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 11:10 PM Sep 2021

Mask Mandate Clashes Show GOP Is Now A Party Of Grievance McCaskill Says - The ReidOut - MSNBC



COVID-19 mask mandates considered and implemented to fight the spread of the pandemic have sparked clashes with conservatives at local school boards. Joy Reid and her panel discuss. Aired on 09/07/2021.


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Mask Mandate Clashes Show GOP Is Now A Party Of Grievance McCaskill Says - The ReidOut - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 OP
"Grievance" is a right-wing frame that makes it sound like they have legitimate complaints unblock Sep 2021 #1
Well said. Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #2
There's a party of professional victims The Wizard Sep 2021 #3

unblock

(52,436 posts)
1. "Grievance" is a right-wing frame that makes it sound like they have legitimate complaints
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 11:19 PM
Sep 2021

Since when do we give a crap about the "grievances" about terrorists?

Mostly, they're upset about the prospect of having a more egalitarian society, or worse, not being at the top of the hierarchical society they insist on

Rhiannon12866

(206,534 posts)
2. Well said.
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 11:24 PM
Sep 2021

They are aggrieved at not being able to get their way in every instance, despite the result in harm to others.

The Wizard

(12,552 posts)
3. There's a party of professional victims
Tue Sep 7, 2021, 11:37 PM
Sep 2021

and crooks whose ultimate goal is to reinstitute slavery in a cheap disguise, and convince the slaves that someone with a darker complexion is getting over on them.
British philosopher Thomas Carlyle once mused that the South wanted to own their slaves while the North wanted to rent them by the hour.
Living wage jobs have the greatest positive effect on the vast majority . The dignity of work with rewards that provide for the average family of four to have a roof over their heads, food on the table and gas in the car with some left for modest entertainment.
Today it takes two fulltime jobs to stay above water. Mothers and fathers should be home raising families. How about two part time jobs to pay the bills. That would allow both parents to spend more time on domestic concerns.

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