War On Benefit Claiments

[nailit]

Starting with Benefits Street, there seems to have been a string of 'poverty porn' programmes on TV (especially CH5).
Does anyone actually believe everything that these shows portray? That benefit claiments are all druggies, winos, crooks, chancers, thieves, scum etc? Not to mention that they all seem to live in council accommodation, smoke weed constantly, are single mothers with a partner in nick and don't want to work?

[Mamyalynne]

Some will always believe stereotypes , it's how some folks minds work.

[Baldric]

And some will be correct.

[nailit]

//Some will always believe stereotypes//
^^ COPY AND PASTE ALERT^^
And tv seems to endorse that stereotype, but why?

[Tabula-rasa]

More fool you..for watching this dross!

[nailit]

//And some will be correct//
The operative word being 'some'

[Mamyalynne]

I'm sorry my answer didn't suit - I can't answer why others feel the way they do.

I could speculate I guess , they've never been made redundant and struggled to find employment, they've never fallen prey to disability or mental illness.

Conversely they may just be gullible enough to believe all they see on TV.

[nailit]

//I don't believe they are all like that//
I don't know ANY that are like that DB,

[Baldric]

///The operative word being 'some'///

Glad we agree on 'some'thing

[nailit]

//I'm sorry my answer didn't suit//
wasn't looking for a reply to 'suit' mamya, apologies if I gave the impression I was :-)

[nailit]

//Glad we agree on 'some'thing //
Always good to see anothers point of view Balders ;-)

[wolf63]

From my experience most benefit customers are normal people who would much rather not be claiming.

But some, unemployed and not sick, take the mickey.

[Patsy33]

I like to see another programme at the other end of the social spectrum. How about 'Benefits Street?...

[Patsy33]

^^^^^
Sorry, should have read
'Bonus Street"!

[nailit]

//I like to see another programme at the other end of the social spectrum. How about 'Benefits Street?... //
Lost me there.
I would like to see a programme about 'Westminster Street' though, how MPs fiddle expenses etc.

[nailit]

Haha, yes. Bonus street would be a good one. Never going to happen though while the unemployed are constantly demonised tho.

[Patsy33]

Read my last post Nailit
I messed up first one!

[Everhelpful]

Same here,naillit!!

[Patsy33]

Well I suppose it takes eyes off of them!

[nailit]

we gotta stop cross posting patsy :-)