{"product_id":"2940012845009","title":"Real race discussion #3","description":"Now the Tea Party is really picking up steam - a development that the conservatives applaud.  A conservative on the discussion list begins to crow about how Americans are starting to take back their country from big government.  Conversely, the end is in sight for the “massive intransigent, entitlement class in this country, people all over the economic spectrum from ghettos to bureaucracies to boardrooms, sucking at the trough of productive citizens in the private sector.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe goes on to say that he has no problem with government helping “ dependent seniors (although I believe their families should be helping more) and legitimately disabled or unemployed people.”  This remark sets the table for a dramatic event later in the discussion when a man whose son has Downs Syndrome takes offense at the comment about “legitimately disabled.”  He abruptly resigns from the forum, saying he might return given assurance that the conservative was gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA progressive woman takes offense at the idea that Tea Party people are “taking back their country” from government. “Where did it go?  Who took it?, “ she asks.  “Other Americans who decided by their votes that your team had been in power at the executive level for 22 of the last 30 years and you screwed up . . . You don't get it back . . . that's a consequence of your own bad public policies and bad governance. “\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe privileged white people have lost their mandate to rule in America.  It is now someone else’s turn. Don’t whine; take it like a man.  A certain segment of the progressive political community views race relations in this way.","brand":"Thistlerose Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47166548345072,"sku":"2940012845009","price":1.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012845009_p0.jpg?v=1763573461","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012845009","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}