• thedruid@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    Dude I grew up dirt poor on govt cheese in the 70s and 8os. Homeless at times, hunted and fished more for food than bought it

    Sheltered? Nah.

    Saddened… Dismayed? Yes

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      20 hours ago

      Maybe sheltered isn’t the right word.

      You grew up in a nurturing home.

      Everyone didn’t have that luxury, and many grew up to be assholes.

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        9 hours ago

        I watched my father try to kill my mother and was on the streets at 16. Nice try

        I don’t say that in a mean way. I will not pretend to know your story. I can’t. Especially those who are poc( I don’t know yours and am not trying to be personal so I’m not asking )

        What I’m saying is I can’t understand a poc’s full experience. I’ll never have to tell my kid to watch out for cops because of his skin color.

        I can, however, understand how others sink into the anger despair and rage. I know what it’s like to wake in a jail cell, I know what hardship really is.

        I also know that it is never overcome through cruelty. In fact that puts everyone, including the perpetrator, in a worse place.

        So again. We don’t have to be this shitty to each other.