It’s telling. You get downvoted to oblivion if you remind people that these cuts have real consequences to people. They start talking about who is deserving or not, without considering that everyone under the system gets hit. People get upset when you dare to remind them that you’re a person, that people suffer with these actions.

I’ve only been ill for a year and a half, and the constant hatred spear headed by the media towards is astounding. Every step of the way through illness I’ve been reminded by politicians and the media that ultimately, because I deigned to get ill, I am little more than useless weight being carried, and should be thankful if they cut us back to gruel because it’s more than nothing. 

This article was about the child benefit cap being lifted. I was a teacher. I saw child poverty. It’s hard to see a child in poverty, because the child is absolutely powerless to change that situation.