Seriously what is up with whining about people bringing their kids shopping. I get that they hate poor people I just would expect them to have more than one thing to talk about

Edit: Even though I enjoy conflict, I guess I'll add some context here anyway. The usual line I hear as smalltalk is "You don't have to bring the whole family shopping," which if you don't shut it down immediately, will be followed up with some of the most racist and/or classist statements you can imagine, typically involving birth rates

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    What the hell is wrong with bringing kids with to the grocery store? Hell here in South Africa some of the shopping carts even have full on baby car seats attached to them, and most of the larger carts/trolleys have a fold out kids seat. It's perfectly normal to bring your kids with. Do people really moan about that?

    Are people really so atomised in the USA that seeing kids exist in the real world freaks them out?

    • 187_Invitation [he/him]
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      8 months ago

      We have those carts too in the US. There are certain people who hate kids and parents so much they lose their shit on anything that helps them at all like universal childcare. The weird child free types.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      8 months ago

      Are people really so atomised in the USA that seeing kids exist in the real world freaks them out?

      Absolutely. Where do you think those antinatalist freaks come from?