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mattclearing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 01:27 PM
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Is Anyone Else Sick of Hearing Dems Talk About "AVERAGE" Americans?
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Edited on Fri Mar-17-06 01:35 PM by tasteblind
What does it take to get some people to pull apart the language that our people use?

In talking about the Feingold censure, Schumer said he thought Dems would be best served to think about what "average," Americans want.

Most people don't consider themselves "average."

I'm willing to bet most Americans consider themselves well above average in one way or another.

And yet these people who are supposedly career politicians continue to call us "average," "regular," or "ordinary."

It's infuriating.

How about using words like, "hard-working," or "middle-class," or hell, even just, "voting," or just plain old "Americans?"

Do they have any idea how condescending they sound?

You'd never catch a Republican calling Americans "average," "ordinary," or "regular," because they actually have people who think about language and make sure they don't say things like that.

It's totally infuriating.

If you call people average or ordinary, they won't care if you address their concerns.

They will be too busy feeling insulted and voting Republican.

:banghead:
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