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Nothing that you have said in this thread identifies you as a conservative.
So now a conservative is defined by their complete inability to have sympathy for the imperfect? I was raised by conservative parents but I witnessed them constantly helping the less fortunate or the disabled. I love when I see my big strong conservative husband of 22 yrs go into the poor section of town and mentor the people who have made horrible decisions but he still loves them. Actually when I read this article I pictured my husband on this flight and without a doubt he would have been popping the meal into the microwave for the little girl when he witnessed the flight attendant deny it several times.
I’m not speaking of you, but there’s A LOT of heartlessness in this thread that I don’t want to be associated with as a conservative either. Like calling handicapped children “defective” or “incapable of being out in public.”
Any one of us could have a traumatic brain injury tomorrow which would render us “defective.” I think we’d all like to be treated a little bit better than this girl was, just out of basic human kindness.
Did the flight attendant HAVE TO do anything? No.
Should the Mom have had one of those Stouffer’s room temp heat-up meals or something? Yes
Do I question whether the flight attendant who refused to heat up a sandwich (when United’s own website says there will be sandwiches avail on a flight of this length) is lacking in basic human decency? Absolutely.
As a conservative, I believe there’s a wide divide between what I think the government or business should be REQUIRED do and what a person of any basic morality SHOULD REQUIRE THEMSELVES to do. And by that standard, the flight attendant failed.