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   From: MeanDog@stonewall.Dash   
      
   On 29 Nov 2025 02:51:02 GMT, Brock McNuggets   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Nov 28, 2025 at 4:20:45?PM MST, "Collectivists_Always_Fail" wrote   
   >:   
   >   
   >> On 28 Nov 2025 23:00:20 GMT, Brock McNuggets   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Collectivists_Always_Fail  wrote:   
   >>>> On 28 Nov 2025 20:51:20 GMT, Brock McNuggets   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Nov 28, 2025 at 1:49:14?PM MST, "Collectivists_Always_Fail" wrote   
   >>>>> :   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 28 Nov 2025 19:41:05 GMT, Brock McNuggets   
   >>>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>> ...   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> In other words, Dummy, it's shrinking partly because many are moving   
   >>>>>>>> up....   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Too bad that you missed that train.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Oh, I see -- so if you squint really hard at the top 19%, you can call   
   the   
   >>>>>>> middle class "shrinking" a sign of progress. Brilliant logic, LOL!   
   Meanwhile,   
   >>>>>>> the rest of us are still stuck in that 81% that didn't quite make the   
   magical   
   >>>>>>> "upper income" leap. Congrats to the lucky few --everyone else, keep   
   missing   
   >>>>>>> that train.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> According to that Pew poll, 70% of USAians are like me, either upper   
   >>>>>> or middle income. Like I said before, I have no concerns. Life is good   
   >>>>>> in my neighborhood.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That is very standard conservative thinking -- I and people who I   
   identify   
   >>>>> with are OK, so who cares about the rest. Liberals tend to want equal   
   rights   
   >>>>> for everyone, where conservatives promote special entitlements for   
   themselves.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nobody has infringed on your rights,   
   >>>   
   >>> I said nothing of MY rights.   
   >>   
   >> You're not included when you say "everyone?"   
   >   
   >I want everyone to get equal rights. That's it. You. Me. Blacks. Whites.   
   >Asians. Jews. Atheists. Gays. Heterosexuals. Cis. Trans. EVERYONE.   
      
   That's how it is for citizens in these fine United States.   
      
   >But I am liberal. I want what is best for everyone. You are conservative. You   
   >want special entitlements for yourself, those you identify with, and the very   
   >rich. It is pretty much the defining characteristics.   
      
   That's nonsense. If you had any evidence that I get or that I want any   
   entitlements that are not available to you and everybody else you'd   
   have shown it.   
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   People who engage in activities they call "civil disobedience   
   are doing the exact opposite of disobedience. They are trying   
   to make other people obey their demands.   
      
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