Tyrannous rex?

The historical facts support the notion that being a kulak wasn't anything like being a modern American white male, so there was no need for you to show off your bigotry.

While I will admit to being guilty of using rhetorical hyperbole to jolt complacent liberals into awareness of the FACT that white American males are aggressively discriminated against, I am not sure how that makes me a bigot.

Perhaps, you could enlighten me...

(and it's also probably a great way to get a thread locked...)


^ Just noting that.

Awww... Jon always knows just the right thing to say.

:sniff-sniff:

He should really be writing for Hallmark.

Has anyone seen Thomas Friedman's facile analysis about employment in today's Times? It's risible. But the comments are bodacious.

Since so many internships are unpaid these days, added Sedlet, there is a real danger that only “rich kids” can afford them, which will only widen our income gaps. The key, if you get one, he added, is to remember “that companies don’t want generalists to help them think big; they want people who can help them execute” and “add value.”

But what, they were often asked, does “add value” mean? It means, they said, show that you have some creative flair — particularly in design, innovation, entrepreneurship, sales or marketing, skills that can’t be easily replaced by a piece of software, a machine or a cheaper worker in India.

HireArt heard from many people, as did I, who have been out of work for six months or more and can’t get an employer to even look at their résumé. That is no coincidence. No employer will say this out loud for legal reasons, but if you’ve been out of work for six months or more, they won’t even look at you because they assume nobody else wanted to hire you. This is a tragedy that may need a public policy fix. In the meantime, what to do?