Posted by europerep on June 29, 2012, at 14:08:13
In reply to Re: Agreed » europerep, posted by Dinah on June 29, 2012, at 8:57:15
> Keep insulting me, and I will keep being completely indifferent to your opinion of me. I know my feelings, and I don't need to accept your stereotypes of me.
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> Keep it up against me. Wanna call me any other names? Want to think I belong to the tea party? Go right ahead. You are so far off the mark, it can't touch me.The stronger and the more often people state that they can't be touched by something, the more they actually are touched by it. But let's leave that aside.
I still invite you to actually say something substantial on the topic of this thread. No, neither the economy under Carter nor your thoughts on the nature of stereotypes are on topic.
What about this: as I said earlier, if I had been born in a country that didn't have a public healthcare system, I would not be alive anymore. And the disease I suffer from was not brought on by any fault of my own, I might add. I would like to know how you would explain to me that you would not be willing to pay your share of a public healthcare system even if it saved my life - on the condition of course that everybody else contributes to the system as well, and that you yourself would benefit from it as well if/when you need medical treatment. There are two possibilities: I either fundamentally misunderstand your position on this issue, or you will see that it is you yourself who's to blame if someone were to call you egoistic and selfish.
Lastly, while I should have used more diplomatic terms, I completely stand by my assessment that both this and previous contributions by Philippa on political issues are unqualified and show her lack of knowledge and understanding on this issue. Just because everyone has an opinion on politics doesn't make all those opinions intellectually legitimate. This is as true for politics as it is for all other subjects: if you want to participate in a debate about medical treatments, you can't just come up with some voodoo nonsense and then complain that you'll be called out for that. If Philippa is upset about my comments, then that is the price to pay for entering into a discussion without even the most basic grasp of the actual matter. Misinformation is dangerous, and I won't refrain from pointing out the spreading of misinformation just on the basis of some absurd interpretation of politeness.
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