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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't Fall Into The RW Framing By Calling Bundy A "Welfare" Cowboy
Rs love to demonize welfare, but lots of honest, non-hypocritical, non-moochers depend on welfare.
Using the term "welfare" to describe Bundy is just parroting the RW playbook.
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Don't Fall Into The RW Framing By Calling Bundy A "Welfare" Cowboy (Original Post)
stopbush
Apr 2014
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. "Freeloader" or "thief" would be more appropriate anyway n/t
Wounded Bear
(58,662 posts)2. I kind of like "deadbeat"...nt
unblock
(52,243 posts)3. well then we need to replace the "corporate welfare" term as well....
villager
(26,001 posts)4. Actually, it's using their framing against them
No sense letting rightwingers off the hook
http://www.amazon.com/Welfare-Ranching-Subsidized-Destruction-American/dp/1559639423/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1398442465&sr=1-1&keywords=welfare+ranching
TeamPooka
(24,228 posts)5. Thief, tax-dodger, deadbeat rancher.