“Yes. And it’s like beating your head against a wall to try to reason with them.”
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I tried to explain the drawbacs of socialized medicine to one of those believers...using myseelf as an example. I said that under this so-called health care, if I need a new pacemaker (which I will need in a year or two), some panel of bureaucrats may be decide that I can be put on a waiting list or that I don’t need a new pacemaker at all. I said that if I don’t get a new pacemaker and the one I have fails, I will be dead. This person then accused me of being “welfish” and not caring about “the poor.”
The sad thing is that this person and I used to be very good friends. She’s now mad at me for being so uncaring. Sigh!
Not “welfish” — “selfish”
Geez! Spell check is my friend.
It’s interesting that you should say that. I have a very good friend as well, who said the same thing to me. I’ve known this person since we were in junior high. Before the election we were talking about the candidates and she said, “I guess you don’t care about people.” This is a very bright woman (otherwise!). But she didn’t want to hear anything questionable about obama, and, in her mind, those who tried to spread the word were just trying to scare everyone. Good grief!