What a big meanie!

[lissafay]

Michigan woman limits her treats to McCain supporters only

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081101/koddities/oddity_halloween_politics

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. - A suburban Detroit woman decided to scare up the vote among neighbourhood children by just offering treats to John McCain supporters.

Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan,

Comments

[raencloud]

Ugh, I am ashamed to be a Michigander after reading things like this. Does voting for McCain also mean you have a black heart and can make children cry? Sheesh.

The area she lives in is one of the new-money-mcmansion neighborhoods in the Detroit metro area so it doesn't surprise me a bit to know that's where she lives.

[lissafay]

I'm used to hearing people blame parents for their children's actions, so this is quite a weird turnabout.

Isn't it interesting that one's socioeconomic background often plays a large role in developing one's prejudices? It's amazing to me that here in Canada so many people from more affluent backgrounds blindly support the Conservative party (for the sake of "tradition), no less), shutting their eyes to social injustice altogether. This candy-hoarding woman is perpetrating her own form of wealth-based social injustice, in my opinion.

[raencloud]

Very true, I hadn't thought about the contrary way this plays out.

I own that one of my own biases is the affluent; I have very little patience for injustice when perpetrated by someone who is wealthy whereas I sometimes give a wider berth to those who struggle financially. I know this isn't fair, but it's mine to deal with. It just so often goes hand-in-hand that wealthy (or trying to appear so) usually means that political stance is conservative. I can't say I've ever known it to be otherwise but I wonder if I would've known/noticed.

You're exactly right, though, that is a form of wealth-based social injustice.

[thepastperfect]

I'm used to hearing people blame parents for their children's actions, so this is quite a weird turnabout.
Yeah, I agree. But still -- ugh. I wonder about people often, I really do.

[springbound]

:-o