How the darkest impulses of the GOP have seeped into a colleague of mine-
I've worked with and known this colleague for some time, and even though we are miles apart politically he is someone I can go have a beer with and make pleasant talk with.
He floored me with an off-hand comment last week, however. We had had a few beers, and I was telling him about a very bright 63 year old friend of mine who has had difficulty holding down a steady job in the last year or so. I said that my friend is thinking about eking out a living on what he has saved until he turns 64 and starts collecting SS. My colleague, without batting an eye says, "Well, maybe he won't live too much longer." I was too stunned to speak. I mean, not only is this friend I was describing dear to me, but he has certainly paid his dues in the work world, mainly as a trucker but also as a teacher. My colleague could sense my discomfort and said, "It's just the beer talking." I just didn't know what to say, so I let it go.
Wow.
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