marmar (1000+ posts) Sun Aug-24-08 03:15 PM
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The Brainwashing of America, a case study:
Advertisements [?]Two friends and I were having a discussion about universal health care yesterday at a coffee house in Ann Arbor. We were discussing which country's system we should emulate, personal health care stories Blah Blah Blah.
Then this guy from Ohio, who was visiting to help his U of Michigan student son move into an apartment, injects himself into the conversation, talks about what a disaster "socialism medicine" is, and how much better the US health care system is than anyone else's.
My friends kind of rolled their eyes with "Oh Lord, One of Those!" looks on their faces and didn't say anything. I felt the need to engage this guy, and mentioned how poorly the United States fared compared to the rest of the First World, and even some of the non-First World, when it came to health stats.
He then said those are all lies put out by liberal and socialist groups, and that U.S. health care is the best. I then offered to walk over to the UM computer lab with him and show him all the mainstream organizations that verify my facts. He got a little more agitated and said "It doesn't matter. Our health care is the best."
I told him that nearly half the country was either uninsured or under-insured, and not everyone had good insurance like he presumably does. THEN he told me he was self-employed and didn't have insurance, but it didn't matter 'CAUSE HE NEVER GETS SICK!!! "I'm not going to live off government socialism," he retorted.
At that point I wished him and his son well and gave up. Some skulls can't be penetrated.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3847070That's DU for you: they always try to elevate their station by creating scenarios that have never happened and never will: three liberals sitting around a coffee shop talking about...universal health care.
Yeah, right. I can run down how it actually happened:
"Mannnnnnnn, like, I need to see like a doctor, man, but man, like, I spent all the copay money on weeeeeeeed, mannnnn!"
"Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude."
Not even a good TRY, marmar. Marmar is the one who posts about five articles a day about the economy. He/she is holding a vigil for the collapse of the American economy. I understand the Great Pumpkin is going to bring it.