I'm sure you haven't had 99% of the illnesses or conditions that a medical professional has to deal with. But to understand and have compassion, understanding, even appreciation, for the truly heroic effort required to overcome a debilitating and often deadly addiction should be high on the list of those things a medical professional should understand and know about. And also why certain substances should not be prescribed so as not to regenerate the dependency.
Blah, blah, blah. Spare me the medical ethics lecture, especially after telling me that you hoped I failed out of medical school because I dared speak out against Baby Huey.
You don't have to tell me about addiction.
I know it's a sad disease, and I am glad for anyone that is in recovery for it.
Regardless of if an addict gets the help they receive or don't, they are always an addict and that fact speaks to a lack of willpower, discipline, and a personal shortcoming that calls into question their "fitness" to be a leader. Lest you think that is harsh, the military has the exact same opinion.
It also calls into question the person's neurophysiology and how much permanent damage has been done to it and how that effects their ability to reason and handle stress and emotion.
When Beck cries like a little baby on T.V., I think he is sincere. I just think he is behaving in a manner he would not have had he not fried a significant number of neurons in his frontal and temporal lobe.
My previous comment about hoping you flunk out of medical school when you describe Beck's addiction as you did was only due to my belief that given epidemic proportions of addictions these days, any medical professional who does not understand that will not be able to either diagnose nor effectively treat his patients.
Here's a news flash for you: I am at a state medical school. My hospital serves an urban under-served population that is entirely on medicaid. We don't ******* treat the Glen Beck's of the world here who can afford to go to designer rehab programs. These are the very same people Beck, and his like-minded nitwits want to ensure have no or inadequate coverage. I could regale you with the multitude of patient's who are addicts I've dealt with in my very short time as a medical student, but I'll spare you. On the same note, you can spare me the notion that you really give a damn about these people. I could have gone to medical school elsewhere. I chose to come here to work with this patient base.
And you should learn the definition of slander.
Yep. That sounds like Beck.
Great. You have your opinion, and I have mine. I don't wish personal ill on you for a differing opinion.
And this is clearly not the context of the word that I was using to describe Beck.
Finally, will one describe all those hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens who went to the rally, most of them people just trying to lead a decent life and support themselves and their families as demogogues? People who do understand unalienable rights, who do love their country, and who do want to restore traditional values and virtues that made it the country it is? Do you honestly think they are demogogues?
Are you dense? No, I don't think they are demagogues. Did I say they were demagogues? I said they were being led by the nose by a demagogue. Reading comprehension is your friend.
If not, why would you describe the person who speaks their language, who inspires them, and encourages them as a demogogue?
Because he is a classic demAgogue.