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In reply to the discussion: So I'm in line at the grocery store, and the lady in front of me used Food stamps and the guy in [View all]Hulk
(6,699 posts)118. God bless you for your courage!!!
This is what good Americans need to be doing around the world today and in our future. Stand up to these ignorant, selfish bastards who disgrace the land we fought to bleed for.
Fuck him, and ALL like him.
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So I'm in line at the grocery store, and the lady in front of me used Food stamps and the guy in [View all]
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
OP
I also said, "You don't think it's you...you don't think you're the problem. It's you! It's you!"
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#6
As someone who was ridiculed using food stamps once - I know what the ridicule is like.
nini
Dec 2016
#14
I AM armed-- I carry a purse that many have suggested be registered as a lethal weapon, and
niyad
Dec 2016
#150
+10000! Can't wait until the situations presents itself to me as I will not hold my tongue nt
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#71
Everyone - Yes You too - need to stand up for what is right and not let people get away
List left
Dec 2016
#27
I have one and it's not easy to identify. It looks and works like a debit card.
Kaleva
Dec 2016
#226
Do you usually drop by DU for the express purpose of accusing DU'ers of lying?
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2016
#80
IF the poster made it up that definitely wouldn't be the way to "make someone feel good about
Raine
Dec 2016
#168
In Pennsylvania, there is no way to mistake the Access card for a credit/debit card
Orrex
Dec 2016
#113
Good on you Laydee. We appear to be entering another Reagan age. Me! Me! Me!
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2016
#39
Yep. He eagle eye spotted her card because I was reaching into my cart and putting my things on the
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#47
I did no such thing.."..calling her a liar.."...I said I'm not buying it.
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#176
If I said you were lying I would say you are lying...exactly like that...no grey, I'd say it.
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#268
Sorry. You don't get to have it both ways. Saying you don't buy it is the same
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#271
I NEVER said what you've put in quotation marks, and you can't show I have...
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#278
Or..you provide a link to your claim...I typed my posts....I know what they say.
Uggwearingdad
Jan 2017
#283
Who decided we are at war with Russia or called them enemies? Besides Romeny in '12?
Uggwearingdad
Jan 2017
#294
They decided we are at war with them when THEY committed an act of war against the USA
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#301
Awwww, and yet, it *still* happened, and by now, I think that makes you upset
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#273
Not buying it...if you worked for social services you'd know they changed the design
SticksnStones
Dec 2016
#241
...but...but...they said, "Shall we compare cards?" Royal *we* and everything.
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#259
Some of the conversations here at DU seem to be unnecessarily hostile of late.
SticksnStones
Dec 2016
#260
I think many of us are feeling all kind of raw nerves, right on the edge...
SticksnStones
Dec 2016
#262
That's the new card.....new applicants started getting these in the 4th qrtr..
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#269
Not wrong....I quoted the linked material...which is included in our work literature.
Uggwearingdad
Jan 2017
#284
Absolutely wrong, since you are trying to tell me what happened didn't happen
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#286
Wild guess...but these parts it's a pretty safe bet. Truth is, I didn't know
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#106
Those assholes THINK they are in the majority. They have to be shown they are not. n/t
Binkie The Clown
Dec 2016
#60
I'm not on public assistance, but I would have been horribly embarrassed had it been me.
cwydro
Dec 2016
#155
My son and his girlfriend received SNAP benefits before and after their child was born.
kickitup
Dec 2016
#167
good for you, LB!!! we cannot allow these bigoted jerks to go unchallenged in their arrogance.
niyad
Dec 2016
#149
That's so funny! My bestie's initals are LB, and I call her this all the time
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#157
As stated below in post 231, EBT cards can be used for fast food in 4 states
Packerowner741
Jan 2017
#296
They are available in FL only for some who are disabled, elderly, or homeless.
DLevine
Jan 2017
#298
People who use EBT cards know *Exactly* what it can be used for - and it's NOT fast food
nadine_mn
Dec 2016
#192
PA Access cards are a solid blue-green background with ACCESS written in bold,
DLevine
Dec 2016
#232
I would have joined in with you my friend. I would be pointing my finger directly at him
YOHABLO
Dec 2016
#186
I wish it were Luke - more than what we usually get from them: a Leviticus mentality.
calimary
Dec 2016
#265
They should really ask whether they follow the Old Testament or the New one.
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#266
I feel like I am watching " Invasion of the body snatchers " as I come in contact with
geretogo
Dec 2016
#212
Wow! Good for you for leveling a clear-eyed response he couldn't miss!
FailureToCommunicate
Dec 2016
#213
I am so glad people like you are out there. Big hugs to you, ladeebug!
AgadorSparticus
Dec 2016
#218
It was the bright orange card...I don't know what they're called. We call 'em food stamps.
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#228
I am not sure what a safety pin moment is, but am shocked at the response here
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#242
wearing a safety pin to indicate that one is "safe haven" if someone is being bullied or
niyad
Dec 2016
#250
the safety pin idea started in britain after the insane brexit vote. and I would guess that
niyad
Dec 2016
#252
I asked you in another thread what you meant (in a practical sense) by 'fighting back'
FiveGoodMen
Dec 2016
#243
My one and only issue with food stamps is that it perpetuates Medicaid expenditures.f
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#255