I do try to avoid agreeing with known idiots.
March 28th, 2010 | by Scott Jennings |Frank Rich - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com
That a tsunami of anger is gathering today is illogical, given that what the right calls “Obamacare” is less provocative than either the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Medicare, an epic entitlement that actually did precipitate a government takeover of a sizable chunk of American health care. But the explanation is plain: the health care bill is not the main source of this anger and never has been. It’s merely a handy excuse. The real source of the over-the-top rage of 2010 is the same kind of national existential reordering that roiled America in 1964.
Here’s the thing: I know there are intelligent people who thoughtfully oppose health care reform on principle, and while I disagree, I respect that. It’s America over here! We’ve had discussions where you express your views, I express my views, we discuss and we make each other think. I never said this new law was perfect, there are certainly parts that I’m not in love with, but on balance I believe we’re going to be better off as a nation with this new law of the land.
But if you are one of these folks who disagrees on principle, you should be aware that you’re being completely drowned out by racists and xenophobes and assholes. Just be aware of it! The most vocal opposition to this policy has been “it’s the socialism!” and “lyin’ Kenyan!” and things of this nature. And as these aforementioned assholes go further out into crazytown and continue to be hateful and dangerous, I’d probably start to think — gosh, I maybe ought to do something about this. (And hopefully not get shunned in the process!)
