Paying back the cost of Covid-19

[Bantamzen]

It is trendy to hate public sector workers, even if it is irrational. I think it comes from the idea that they get gold plated pensions (i.e. envy).

I am one, and frankly its not all totally irrational I'm sorry to tell you.

 

[al78]

I am one, and frankly its not all totally irrational I'm sorry to tell you.

It is if the reason you hate someone is purely because they belong to a particular group, when you know nothing about them, and if having traits that make someone unpleasant or dangerous is not highly correlated with belonging to that group (it isn't with public sector workers). It is classic Daily Mail primitive tribal mentality.

 

[Bantamzen]

It is if the reason you hate someone is purely because they belong to a particular group, when you know nothing about them, and if having traits that make someone unpleasant or dangerous is not highly correlated with belonging to that group (it isn't with public sector workers). It is classic Daily Mail primitive tribal mentality.

When I say I am one, I mean I am a public sector worker and have been for more than three decades. And with various jobs that have had me in contact with decision makers, I stand by my words. I do understand why the public sector has such a bad reputation. Its not hate, its experience.