There is a quotation from and F Scott Fitzgerald story that effectively says the very rich are different than you and me.
Its not just because they have more money either, its more about an expectation of entitlement.
Its not just the rich though.
I you grew up in a rural farm community you develop a certain view of life while those growing up on the streets of a big city develop an entirely different one.
One is not better than the other and there are clearly others, such as growing up black or ethnic where those outside that group will never really understand certain aspects of their worldview.
Much of who we are is dictated by our early upbringing and while clearly later in life we can add conflicting layers,the early foundation is always there.
There is significant overlap, especially since the advent of TV and now the Internet, which can greatly influence early development, but fundamentally we are who we were then.
This is one of the reasons nostalgia is so prevalent, it reminds us of those, generally care free times, when our needs were taken care of and every day was its own learning adventure.
However it also creates certain biases and beliefs that are hard to dispel.
Which brings me to the situation with Roseanne.
She started out her career portraying who she was, which was pretty much the persona on her TV show with some minor differences.
She resonated with a great number of people who struggle to get by but do their best to survive and raise their family. One characteristic though is a certain disdain for suits and the college educated.
More so when those people are minorities.
So in a moment of total honesty, possibly induced by Ambien, she sent out a terribly racist and indefensible tweet about a women who as far as I can tell had no real interaction with her.
The public comment unfortunately reflect more private views than we might like to admit.
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