• MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    This is one of the biggest problems with literally everything. People see the loud assholes and assume everyone is like that.

    So many people think that there are folks out there abusing the pittance they get from welfare because they saw a few people wasting their food stamps. When in reality most people on welfare aren’t out and about to be seen, they’re at home (if they have a home) trying to stretch their dollars.

    People extrapolate and generalize far too easily.

    • Nalivai@lemmy.world
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      Anti-welfare rhetoric was a deliberate propaganda campaign. That’s extensively documented, all of that was the result of Reagans deliberate actions.
      In this, I assume, it is also very similar to a perpetual vegan bashings.