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oselleThe problem, of course, is ignorance.
When I hear that the brainwashed zombie rioters are shouting things like "keep government hands off my Medicare!" I realize that the ignorance is both profound and irreversible. So much so that even if you showed irrefutable proof that MEDICARE IS A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, these people would not believe it.
The other flat-out, heinous LIE that's really gathering steam is this business that the government wants to impose "forced euthanasia" upon the elderly and other "non-productive" members of society. Not only is this a lie, but the people supposedly so afraid of it really do believe -- quite vocally and proudly -- that good healthcare is a PRIVILEGE, not a birthright -- a PRIVILEGE that should only be enjoyed by those who have enough money or a good enough job. People who are, in other words...PRODUCTIVE. Everyone else who isn't wealthy or doesn't have the right sort of job, all those people who aren't productive enough well...it's just their own fault that they can't get good healthcare.
There's the real euthanasia. And these right-wingers love it, this sort of euthanasia. They're all for it. So not only are they gleefully spreading the foulest of foul lies with this "forced euthanasia" crap, but they're putting on the most horrifyingly laughable act of being concerned about the very people that they do not give a shit about in the real world. And they're so goddamn ignorant they don't even know it.
Disgusting, repulsive, criminal ignorance.
When I hear that the brainwashed zombie rioters are shouting things like "keep government hands off my Medicare!" I realize that the ignorance is both profound and irreversible. So much so that even if you showed irrefutable proof that MEDICARE IS A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, these people would not believe it.
The other flat-out, heinous LIE that's really gathering steam is this business that the government wants to impose "forced euthanasia" upon the elderly and other "non-productive" members of society. Not only is this a lie, but the people supposedly so afraid of it really do believe -- quite vocally and proudly -- that good healthcare is a PRIVILEGE, not a birthright -- a PRIVILEGE that should only be enjoyed by those who have enough money or a good enough job. People who are, in other words...PRODUCTIVE. Everyone else who isn't wealthy or doesn't have the right sort of job, all those people who aren't productive enough well...it's just their own fault that they can't get good healthcare.
There's the real euthanasia. And these right-wingers love it, this sort of euthanasia. They're all for it. So not only are they gleefully spreading the foulest of foul lies with this "forced euthanasia" crap, but they're putting on the most horrifyingly laughable act of being concerned about the very people that they do not give a shit about in the real world. And they're so goddamn ignorant they don't even know it.
Disgusting, repulsive, criminal ignorance.