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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
You are right, but wasting your time here. People here hear ONE story about an employee that supporters their position that government employees are lazy and get away with whatever, and that confirms their views. So, it becomes a mantra to be repeated. The same as the claim that people are buying lobster with food stamps - sure one or even a few did, the other 38 million people didn't, but that doesn't stop the hair fire about all the people doing it. It's a thing - find ONE case of something bad, and rant about how the entire thing is bad.
Liberals are guilty of this too - look at Jan 6th - not all Republicans supported that, but liberals tend to blame them all.
It's like high school pep rallies, screaming and ranting on the other school. I thought by the time people retired they could grow up.
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Tribalism was an anthropological strength many eons ago. Primitive man was wary of any NOT of their small tribe. It was a survival skill then. Now, it is STILL hardwired into our brains (the base reptilian area). Consciously, today, we overcome those primitive impulses because of the greater benefits of trade, technology spread, and ease of travel. Apparently, there is human variability in the quality of the human conscious brain.