You’re absolutely right. The poster should not have made the inference that the woman was on ‘the public dole’. The poster should have characterized it properly and stated that the woman “was too selfish and had no respect for her own civic responsibility to be inconvenienced”. The poster might have also launched into how the woman was very willing to avail herself of the rights afforded her by our system of government but was unwilling to be personally invenienced when any of the responsibilities that goes along with those freedoms fell to her.
The woman admits that her medical appointment was just an excuse, she was just mad that it wasn’t a good enough excuse. After letting her self righteous anger overcome her she then made it painfully clear that no one had taught her that with freedoms come responsibility. She then decided that he middle of a court proceeding was the appropriate time to execrcise her right to free speech. As I taught my son early on, he has plenty of freedoms, he just needs to be sure he takes the responsibility for the outcome that goes along with them when chooses to exercise them. She actually had the nerve to act shocked when someone held her accountable for her actions. Thank goodness she wasn’t selected for the jury, her mistaken sense of entitlement with no responsibilty might have led her to make a poor decision which the rest of society would have to pay for.
Not a flame, but when the animals in the barnyard who are more equal than others share in that same responsibility that comes with freedom and take the same financial hit as the rest of us animals who are just merely equal, then I'll take the time to make an effort to serve.
Until then, society will have to be satisfied with the time I spent in the service as payment for the freedoms we enjoy.