In October 2013, Linda Tirado, a 32-year-old mother of two who worked two low-paying jobs wrote a piece about poverty,  “Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts.”  It originaly was written in response to the question "Why do poor people do things that seem so self-destructive?", on a Gawker online forum.  Little did she know at the time that her post would go viral ... Her response was ...

This letter was submitted by one of our loyal, southern readers requesting it to be published.  Given the power of the writing and the message I just couldn't ignore it.  I have added the accompanying images and videos to freshen up and support her argument.  

She requested anonymity for fear of possible negative repercussions from el Loco, Gringo, el Presidente Donaldo Trumpo and his evil, extremist, ultra-Conservative, alt-right minions.  

Remember your Mom telling you to watch out for strangers and bad men? Well, they come in all shapes and sizes.  Some even wolves in sheep's clothing.  Others arrogant, insincere, superficial, thoughtless and brain dead.  Then there's the hateful, disrespectful, vulgar, sexist, disgusting ones. And lets not forget the violent, psycho, looney, misogynist thugs ...  So how did women fare in 2016?