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In reply to the discussion: Why are you so *angry*, Manny? [View all]QC
(26,371 posts)Shipping jobs out of the country, back when those jobs were blue-collar, was all a matter of capitalism's creative destruction and other such Fortune Magazine crap, and those guys who used to work at the lawnmower factory needed to upgrade their skills or be left behind in our newly competitive world.
Then, of course, when white collar professional jobs started getting shipped out, outsourcing was suddenly a crime against humanity and needed to stop right fucking now.
Of course, the same applies to LGBT issues. Back before the president evolved, DU was full of helpful straight people advising LGBT types to shut up and quite demanding their "fabulous pink pony" (in the words of one tombstoned and recently returned poster). Out "little pet issues" (in another popular phrase of the time) were just not that important in the bigger scheme of things, according to people with all the legal rights of free Americans.
Truth is, most people don't think something is important unless and until it touches them personally. That sucks, but it doesn't mean that the situation in this country is any less dire for the 99%.