Never mind that the system is rigged to perpetuate social and class differences: it's always easier to point fingers and blame those we trample instead of getting our feet off their heads.
Freedom and responsibility are important values to uphold, but the world is full of complexity and nuance. Simplistic false dilemmas and sound bites may sound good to unsophisticated ears, but they do a disservice to the kind of discourse that's necessary for our nation to move forward.
Unfortunately, things are getting so bad that, as Stephen Colbert shows, presidential hopefuls like Rick Santorum are blaming sick, poor, unemployed people who can't afford health insurance for being sick, poor and unemployed...
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Rick Santorum is a douchebag because Rick Santorum is a douchebag :)
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ReplyDeletePlease post a YouTube link - most of us outside America can't access Colbert / Daily Show online content, sadly. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, Colbert videos are seldom posted to youtube because of constant lawsuits by the parent company. So, at least in the meantime, hopefully this link from Hulu will work: http://www.hulu.com/watch/317989/the-colbert-report-tipwag-dead-people-and-papa-johns-insensitivity#s-p3-sr-i1
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