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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get your general point and agree that the petty drama needs to end. But this "you do you" mentality is ultimately self-serving because it doesn't help those people who don't have choices. We can do more than simply "feel bad" for them and feel thankful for our own privilege.

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It has nothing to do with me being me. I want every family to have the choice but I, like most people, have no idea how we get there. I do know that sniping at people who do have the choice for making the choices that they make does nothing to advance the conversation. All the sniping does is diminish the conversation and causes people to look for other policy areas that they might be able to affect because people are not trying to stab each other in the back because they made different choices.

Nothing in this conversation is relevant to discussing how we develop a society where everyone has that choice. Because the reality is that for people to have that choice we need to figure out how we raise wages so that people can love off of one income and fix the medical system so that services are provided for people in need and on a regular enough basis that someone doesn't have to give up a job to care for a loved one.

So yes, I am privileged because I am a place to make that choice at this moment in my life. My DH and I are working to save money so that we can continue to make choices but are not in any way guaranteed to maintain this lifestyle. But that doesn't mean that I cannot roll my eyes at the unnecessary vicious comments made by SAHP and WP. [/quote]

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