"Well, that's just life!" A young Republican Christian's answer to

[leftyladyfrommo]

people with no insurance dying from lack of health care. Would that be Darwinian Socialism if one actually believed in Darwin? The survival of the fittest and all of that stuff.

Talk about a jaw droppingly stupid remark! Just let them all eat cake. What does it matter as long as I am insured and sheltered and have a job.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

1. If Jesus were real....

...he would bitch slap that bastard.

[11 Bravo]

9. He is .. and he will.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

35. Maybe.

I am not so convinced. There is a God. Maybe. I'm a little noncommittal at this point.

[SkyDaddy7]

49. Jesus "was" real...But like all human beings that...

lived 2000yrs ago he is dead.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

2. right wing "Christians" are just

embarrassing.

[louslobbs]

3. How utterly Christian....Jesus Christ.

Lou

[Ben Gay]

11. Well, you might think you were being sarcastic but it is in PERFECT harmony with

Christianity as it is propounded by the Christian Bible and practiced by those who adhere to it. Aren't you aware of the promise of immortality 'guaranteed' to those who accept Jesus? The religion is based on and supported by all the aspects of death which is either accepted or ignored...it is the farthest thing from life-affirming as any ology could possibly be.

[louslobbs]

20. Yeah, well I'm a recovering Roman Catholic and I say to each his/her own. Thanks

Lou

[Ben Gay]

38. I didn't mean to single out any particular religion for ridicule...

I find them all to be equally delusional and reprehensible.
:-)

[louslobbs]

41. I feel the same way about all religions where those that practice it, practice hate in its name or

try to force others to follow their beliefs. I didn't feel that you singled our any particular religion in your first reply though.
Lou

[dawg]

57. Gee, I don't know Ben.

I read some stuff in there about feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, and providing for the poor. There was also some stuff about not judging people lest I be judged myself. And loving others as much as I love myself - that was in there too.

There was also some really weird erotic love poetry in the Old Testament that I thought was cool.

If you ask me, the trouble isn't with the Bible or Christianity. The Bible is like a roarshach test. People look for things to justify their own attitudes and behaviors. Where I see God commanding me to be compassionate and generous with my fellow man, others read the same book and imagine that they see God giving them an excuse to act like dicks. Because, make no mistate, they were going to act like dicks regardless.

[Fuzz]

4. American Jesus sucks

[Solomon]

36. lol. im stealing that - american jesus

:rofl:

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[leftyladyfrommo]

12. The one's i know are pretty set in cement.

Let's face it. Most of these really right wing Christians are not very educated people. The one's I know certainly aren't. Unless you consider college at a Christian College a good education.

Some of these kids have spent their whole lives in Christian schools. They go from grade school clear through to college. And then they marry someone who thinks just like they do. And they tend to be very careful who they associate with - don't want any of the bad thoughts to rub off.

And some are homeschooled by parents who aren't much smarter than a ficus plant.

It's really a very sorry state of affairs.

[Lost-in-FL]

6. ...

:yoiks:

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. I think I may have made that up. n/t

[Initech]

7. Republican Christians are a black hole for logic.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. The lack of compassion is utterly appalling.

x(

[AsahinaKimi]

18. Its beyond appalling

These people aren't even human anymore.

[alp227]

10. "That's just life?" I bet this speaker also is "PRO-LIFE"

BUT...conservatives have fudged up the political discourse SO MUCH (thanks a lot, Frank Luntz the klutz!) that "pro-life" is reserved ONLY for the fetus, not an unemployed PERSON with no health insurance. Fuck this fool and fuck religion.

[wryter2000]

17. Life begins at conception...

and ends at birth.

[wryter2000]

13. You mean social Darwinism

That's what it is, and it has nothing to do with Charles Darwin. It predates him by quite a bit of time.

[leftyladyfrommo]

23. Maybe it came out of life in Victorian England.

Life really sucked for poor people in London at that time.

[Shandris]

15. Yes, as I recall that's EXACTLY what Jesus told the leper.

"Sorry bout yer recent run of bad luck, chief, see ya in the afterlife."

Erm...wait...no, that wasn't what he said was it. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. Oh, that's funny.

These people really aren't about religion at all. They are just kind of into group hate. Makes them feel better about their own poor selves.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. "Alms for an ex-leper"...

"There's just no pleasing some people"

"That's just what Jesus said"

[HereSince1628]

16. Research has shown conservatives are good at reconciling

social asymmetries. Regardless of it's unChristian-like tone, it fits with conservative beliefs.

[aquart]

21. Matthew 25:41-46 It matters.

This boy's gonna burn.

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. Actually, this was a young woman.

Not that it makes a huge difference - it's all the same stupid stuff.

[Brigid]

42. Try Matthew 23, too.

That one isn't too kind to folks of that mindset either. :)

[ThatsMyBarack]

24. "Well, that's just life!"

Life: What a beautiful choice. :sarcasm:

[leftyladyfrommo]

28. It's such an awful thing to say.

I couldn't believe it.

Hey, buddy. Can you spare a dime?

I really don't know what percent of the population here in the Midwest really thinks like this. Seems like i run into these people a lot.

But there are lots of really good, kind people here, too. We have a lot of pretty rigid Baptists and Holy Rollers around but we also have a lot of really nice Presbyterians and Methodists, too. They tend to be very liberal.

[stillwaiting]

25. It IS Life.

Life in America, that is.

Thanks to royal assholes like the "Christian" you spoke with.

However, it is NOT life in civilized, Enlightened countries.

[Zywiec]

26. Where did you see this? Linky? n/t

[leftyladyfrommo]

30. I didn't "see" it.

A good friend of mine - a very liberal Dem - was telling about his conversation with this person at work.

[Zywiec]

32. Okay, I didn't know this was hearsay as the source was never mentioned. Thanks.

[leftyladyfrommo]

34. Well, one degree of separation.

He's a very good source.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. They say that until something bad happens to them.

Then they sing a whole 'nother tune.

[leftyladyfrommo]

29. Exactly.

This a young woman with no life experience at all.

Kind of pitiful, really.

[hamsterjill]

54. +1

When it gets personal, that's when they change their tune. They are incapable of feeling empathy for other persons.

[southernyankeebelle]

31. funny thing if one of his family members got really sick you watch

how liberal he'll become to want to get medical care. I don't understand the republican attitude it isn't a right to have health insurance, its fine if you can afford it. So if you don't die.

[leftyladyfrommo]

33. One told me I need to join one of those pay into medical plans

The one's that aren't insurance. You just pay in each month and then they pay your bills if you get sick.

I don't know what that is all about. Kind of sounds like another ponzi scheme.

[leftyladyfrommo]

45. They just don't want to have to pay for it

out of their pockets.

I never was able to just look the other way when I saw suffering.

[BlueJazz]

37. I had a right-wing guy say that to me once. "It's survival of the fittest in all things" .

I told him..."Cool....Since I outweigh you by 80 pounds and am 6' 4", Give me your fucking wallet and the keys to your house and car."

He didn't like the scenario. :) :)

[Ben Gay]

40. Absent laws that attempt to contravene natural selection, your approach would have been

one hundred percent in accord with natural law. :-)

In our not so infinite wisdom we have attempted to legally enforce the notion that every human is exactly equal in every imaginable way. It is a fool's errand and will probably end the species if we don't abandon the failed experiment. (That is a true progressive approach to the situation, by the way) :-)

[leftyladyfrommo]

44. Well, except that Natural Law doesn't work very well for the individual.

We developed the concept of society for some really good reasons. Like so that life was worth living.

I don't think I would have survived more than a day if it weren't for the intervention of health care.

Course, we wouldn't have a population problem like we do now.

[hamsterjill]

55. I love this!!!

What a cool response!!!

[sakabatou]

43. Some Republicans have no empathy.

[OneGrassRoot]

46. “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”

Mahatma Gandhi

(If this is a quote incorrectly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, I'm sure a brilliant DUer will let me know; it's listed at several reliable sites as being his quote)

[B Calm]

47. but. . . it's not life, it's death!

[LeftishBrit]

48. No, that's just death; and the Republicans and insurance companies are the death panels.

[surrealAmerican]

50. This kid obviously thinks she qualifies as one of "the fittest" ...

... and doesn't have enough imagination to see how that could change. Humans are social creatures, part of our survival is based on our ability and willingness to take care of one another.

[area51]

51. Well, we all know...

that Jesus asked to see an insurance card before healing anyone. </sarcasm> :crazy:

[Octafish]

52. Raised on Reagan.

Thanks to the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine, we now have two generations who've been brought up to believe the conservative swill.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

53. Most suburban Republican "Christians" have no idea what Jesus actually taught

Their real religion is being an affluent suburban American, and therefore, as they see it, the highest form of humanity. Their religion is all "me-me-me," which is ironic, considering that the earliest evangelicals were quite socially conscious.

[raccoon]

56. Don't you know it's just unworthy people who are uninsured? :sarcasm: nt

[Vinca]

58. So much for that caring for the least among us baloney.

Boo, Jesus. Hiss, boo.

[leftyladyfrommo]

59. I'm not sure but I think that is kind of how you tell the real Christians from

the phony baloney ones.

If they just got arrested for feeding sandwiches and soup to the homeless you know you have the real deal.

[quaker bill]

60. Spoken in the abstract

These folks have no earthly idea what they are asking for, who and how many would be affected, and what that country they seek would look and feel like. If they get what they are asking for, almost everyone will have at least a friend or two who are dying without healthcare, many far more than that. In that world it will not be all that difficult to find children here suffering severe malnourishment without hope of aid.

The ensuing revolt that would surely arise from this would redistribute wealth in ways only Marx and Engles considered appropriate. Curiously, most of them would end up being participants.