I've thrown down the facebook gauntlet.

[ezgoingrl]

I'm sick and damn tired of crap like this:

name deleted is following the leader. No one should be sober because they cannot afford a drink, and no one should go broke because they get drunk. If you agree, please post this as your status for the rest of the day.

name deleted the goverment should not be able to take my money by force in order to pay for someone else's health care. From my husband. (I do agree with him though)


So this was my response:

We already pay enough in healthcare costs to take care of every single American. Every. Single. One. If you have private insurance, keep it but how about giving those of us who are shut out of private insurance because of pre-existing conditions or for financial reasons a chance at being able to take care of ourselves when we are sick or avoid ... bankrupting our families because we get sick. Want personal stories, Nicki about people that you KNOW? I have plenty. What about Cash*? If we had single payer healthcare in this country his parents wouldn't have to worry about fundraisers.

A very good friend of mine (that you know well) had cancer and she had no insurance. Luckily she didn't die, but she darn well could have. Wanna know what saved her? Her dad died less than a year before and her mom used his life insurance policy to save her life. This kind of thing should not happen in the USA. And furthermore we should be ashamed that it did happen.

*An infant of someone who I went to high school with who is gravely ill with leukemia.


I'm just done, I'm not playing nice anymore.

[flvegan]

1. "the facebook gauntlet?"

[ezgoingrl]

2. I live in a republican state, Oklahoma.

Literally NONE of my friends are even slightly progressive. I have avoided politics until now and I've just decided to hell with it. I'm sticking up for what's right, no matter what happens.

[Toucano]

4. Good for you! eom

[flvegan]

5. I'm sorry to hear that about your friends.

That's gotta be tough.

[JPZenger]

13. "oil well on state capitol lawn so they remember who owns them"

A friend of mine lives in Oklahoma. He noted the oil derrick that has operated for years on the lawn in front of the State Capitol. He says it is valuable to continually remind the Legislature who owns them.

[Lorien]

8. ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6459581

[Toucano]

3. You actually have friends who have fundraisers to pay for an infants medical treatment

who oppose single payer?

Stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

[ezgoingrl]

6. You have to consider where I live.

I live in Enid Oklahoma. The first time I voted in a primary, the election lady actually yelled to the back of the room, "We need Democratic ballots. THEY'RE Democrats!"

[create.peace]

9. i totally understand, we are in rural kansas, and got the same thing the first time we voted here!n

[davidpdx]

11. I would have filed an election complaint immediately

Whoever it was should have had their ass thrown off the election board whether they are paid or unpaid.

[Mythsaje]

7. I made the mistake of stepping into one of those FB debates once...

Once. I won't do it again. You can't debate willful ignorance. Maybe with any luck you've turned a couple of those who were on the fence, but frankly I'm not sure anyone who's on the fence at this point has much of a brain to begin with.

[kalli007]

10. I have been doing

the same thing. I live in one of the most freeper areas of Texas (Ron Paul's district) and am surrounded! After getting into an all out fb war last night (hijacked someone's status comment) I realized that you are right - you CANNOT argue with willful ignorance. Period.

So then I made this my status: OMG! I was checking videos on the UTube and I came across a video of Barack Hussein Obama and he was talking and I paid attention to what he was actually saying for a second and I got INDOCTRINATED!

[Mythsaje]

12. Good for you...

Welcome to DU.

[JPZenger]

14. "I have good health care, but I want my friends to live long too"

That was a comment made yesterday on Facebook - "I have good health care and insurance for myself. However, I care about reform because I want my friends to live a long time too."