The Conservative Psyche: How Ordinary People Come to Embrace Paul Ryan's Cruelty | Alternet
How is it people applaud death right on national TV
How people claim giving healthcare to sick children will make them weak
"How is it people applaud death right on national TV".
Let's go into that. From your link:
That attitude was on display during a GOP primary debate last fall when moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Ron Paul what fate should befall a healthy person without health insurance who finds himself suddenly facing a catastrophic illness. Congressman, Blitzer pressed after Paul sidestepped the question, are you saying that society should just let him die?" Before Paul had a chance to respond, the audience erupted in cheers, with some shouting, yeah!
I want you to notice that the author of this piece of partisan shit did not quote the actual question Blitzer asked. And you never see any of the bongwater drinkers like yourself quote it, either.
Do you know why?
Because it obliterates the narrative you want to send.
Here is the actual question Blitzer asked:
You're a physician, Ron Paul, so you're a doctor. You know something about this subject. Let me ask you this hypothetical question: A healthy 30-year-old young man has a good job, makes a good living, but decides, you know what? I'm not going to spend $200 or $300 a month for health insurance because I'm healthy, I don't need it. But something terrible happens, all of a sudden he needs it. Who's going to pay if he goes into a coma, for example? Who pays for that?
The part in bold changes everything. This is not some poor person who could not afford health insurance. Okay, asshole?
This is someone who could afford insurance and chose not to buy it.
That changes the whole dynamic of the situation.
This is a question about personal responsibility; a concept completely alien to the Left.
Everyone is willing to look at rescuing people who are in dire straits
through no fault of their own. We conservatives are a most charitable people.
But assholes like you want to rescue people who are
irresponsible and in the mess they are in because of
deliberate choices they made.
And you want the rest of us to be forced to pay for THEIR FUCKUPS.
Screw that!
One third of the uninsured are high school dropouts. A much tinier percentage are willfully uninsured like portrayed in Blitzer's scenario. People like Blitzer ignore the HUGE CAUSES of the problem and highlight those tiny things which fit into their belief system.
Solve the high school dropout problem and a shit ton of society's problems melt away. You don't solve problems by coddling the irresponsible and making the rest of us pay for their healthcare, food, clothing, and shelter. That money should be for those who are in the mess they are in through no fault of their own. And there aren't nearly that many as we are carrying now.
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