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User ID: 44553387 United States 11/30/2013 11:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fucking digusting! "That Viral "Poverty Thoughts" Essay Is Totally Ridiculous" [ link to blogs.houstonpress.com] The essay, which is being touted as a poignant look at the "terrible" decision-making processes of the poor, is the product of writer Linda Walther Tirado's personal experience with poverty. Linda, a married mother of two, speaks of having to live in seedy motels, where there are roaches that she stabs with toothpicks. She can't cook for her family because she lacks a kitchen, and she's afraid of attracting more roaches, so they survive on junk food in said seedy motel.
Oh, and not only does Linda say she's living in seedy motels and stabbing roaches, but she's also working two jobs, taking a full load of college courses, and is banished to a life as a cook in the "back of the house" at a restaurant, as she is deemed too unsightly as a waitress -- or apparently a legal secretary -- due to an unfortunate set of teeth. She's in desperate need of dental work, and her body is full of infection, but she can't afford to spend the money on medical or dental care. It's a tragic, tragic story.
It's also tragically fictional.[snip] You're not moving this person out of seedy quarters by donating money that you earmarked to help a person in need. You're financing a book written on a bunch of fictional musings about what Linda Walther Tirado thinks it would be like to be poor. It's basically poverty fan-fiction, by way of a person who has three years of freelance writing on their LinkedIn profile.Everyone is worth knowing. Everything is worth learning. You're never too good. You're never not good enough. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 32821271 United States 11/30/2013 11:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Fucking digusting! "That Viral "Poverty Thoughts" Essay Is Totally Ridiculous" Wait so you're saying the story is disgusting for being false or the story is disgusting for assuming the story is false?\
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 17851386 United States 11/30/2013 12:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Fucking digusting! "That Viral "Poverty Thoughts" Essay Is Totally Ridiculous" Poor people are poor for one thing and one thing only and that's poor life choices. I'm sure there are some poor people out there due to catastrophic health conditions but I assure You they are by far the minority. The only thing that separates the poor from the middle class is ethics and hard work and that's simple as that. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 48570525 United States 11/30/2013 12:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Fucking digusting! "That Viral "Poverty Thoughts" Essay Is Totally Ridiculous" Looks like another actor. |
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User ID: 1716157 11/30/2013 02:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Fucking digusting! "That Viral "Poverty Thoughts" Essay Is Totally Ridiculous" Wait so you're saying the story is disgusting for being false or the story is disgusting for assuming the story is false?\
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Quoting: Anonymous Coward 32821271 It's disgusting because it's false. This essay went viral and people donated lots of money to give this "poor" mother a hand up. She's not poor, not living in poverty and not needing any help. Her stereotyping of the poor through her fictitious account doesn't help either. Everyone is worth knowing. Everything is worth learning. You're never too good. You're never not good enough. |