Submitted by bostondotcom t3_z2rxxw in massachusetts
Clear_Forever_2669 t1_iy212te wrote
Reply to comment by trash_bin_84 in Here’s Gov. Baker’s plan for dealing with the influx of migrants to Mass. by bostondotcom
There's nothing wrong with manual labor.
There's something VERY wrong about uneducated manual laborers being racist pieces of shit.
trash_bin_84 t1_iy21u0j wrote
Hey, I edited my comment before I saw that you had responded. I'm actually going to school for Spanish and my dream is to be an immigration lawyer and help people get here, even if they originally came in illegally. Some people are desperate to get out of their bad situations and I believe they deserve a chance at a decent life, so I'm totally not against your opinion. You just won't help the situation by tossing insults at people. Instead, I try to show people kindness. Sometimes you just can't get through to people (lord knows that a lot of my family is racist and homophobic and hate anything other than Catholics and baptists), and it isn't worth your energy, but it just isn't productive to immediately hurl insults. I just wouldn't say anything at all at that point because you can't change their mind anyway, why waste the energy and anger?
trash_bin_84 t1_iy227hu wrote
Also, being uneducated and a manual laborer aren't inheritently negative traits. When you use them alongside other words, such as racist or "piece of shit", you make it sound like the first two are also negative things. They're certainly negative, but I don't think they're a direct reflection of someone's character. I just wouldn't lump that in with the other things you're saying, even if all of them are true
Clear_Forever_2669 t1_iy2bi78 wrote
Again, stop taking it personally when it's not addressed to you.
It's addressed to the lowlife piece of shit. This isn't about you and your hangup is with yourself.
trash_bin_84 t1_iy2c0er wrote
Okay. It wasn't personal lmao, but if you wanna psychoanalyze me and decide it's about hangups or smth then that's on you. Giving personal experiences as examples doesn't mean i took it personally but just keep doing you man
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