Well, then, doc - why don't you just do like all the other liberals do and ignore the existence of the former type of person and just feel good about yourself for caring about(without actually doing anything to help) the latter group?
Where is this? Is there a link?
Take the money currently being paid to people who refuse to work and use it to supplement the working poor.
A close relative of mine works at “community clinics” in NY City. Deals with a lot of poor, diabetic/obese, drug addict, HIV-gay, etc... nearly all are on Welfare and Medicaid.
She will often see some things clearly - blame the individual for stupid behavior, - throwing away or selling medicines (and then asking for more free), not following treatment plans, continued risky behavior. Or, she will note the cycle of ignorance and government hand-outs these folks are trapped in.
Yet somehow, in the big-picture, its still “the system’s” fault. Neo-cons, Bush, the 1%, the Koch Brothers - whatever the slogan of the day is, they are to blame
Liberalism is a mental disorder. The writer has it. I see it all the time.
“I’m a socialist. I see the idiocy of government control and yet I still want government control! See what morons us socialists are? we’re crraaaAAAAZyyyy”
Last Saturday, my 30 year old son, choking back tears, thanked me for the tough love that I guided him with when he was younger. He gets it.
I learned a long time ago that the easy way is usually not the best way. There are way too many stupid, gutless parents out there. The Bible is correct: we are born hopelessly selfish brats and we have to be taught to understand that and shown a better way. That is what a REAL parent does. Most of these people, including the socialist doctor, have never been taught that.
Well, Dr. Socialist, behold what thou hath wrought.
Look at his outlook on life. Entirely from his perspective, with intolerance for those with different perspectives.
He thinks he is somehow noble for helping others, but the helping is not about them. Just reinforcing his beliefs about himself. Note how the “more disadvantaged” are more deserving in his eyes? Not those that just needed medical help. That wasn’t good enough. He had to feel superior to them.
Did he demand that the junkie quit when they first met? No, he waited two years. Then suddenly he decided that the junkie should quit, and he threatened the junkie to coerce him into quitting.
The truth is that if you probed this doctor you would quickly discover he had tremendous feeling of inadequacy, which he masked with a superiority complex. This is very common among socialists.
A good cue is that if you introduce such people by their first name, they will correct you and say they are “Doctor” so-and-so, “M.D.”, despite it being redundant.
I met one such, who pointed out to me three times that he had a medical degree from Harvard. This annoyed me enough so that in a low tone I assured him that I would not hold it against him. Which probably tripled his systolic blood pressure for a time.
I have seen on several occasions people in the check out line in the wine and spirits department of a large grocery use an EBT card to buy a 50 cent bottle of soda and then pay cash for a bottle of whiskey.