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FT.com / Comment / Opinion - Healthcare paranoia is part of America’s culture war by Decius at 8:57 am EDT, Aug 17, 2009 |
Obama administration is faced with a full-scale culture war over healthcare which has very little to do with arguments and everything to do with identity. The largest chunk [of protestors] know little about the proposed reforms and have no intention of rectifying their ignorance. For all their impact, reasonable people may as well be living on Venus.
This editorial, although a bit histrionic at points, echos many of the sentiments that have been expressed on MemeStreams. |
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RE: FT.com / Comment / Opinion - Healthcare paranoia is part of America’s culture war by flynn23 at 10:11 am EDT, Aug 17, 2009 |
Decius wrote: Obama administration is faced with a full-scale culture war over healthcare which has very little to do with arguments and everything to do with identity. The largest chunk [of protestors] know little about the proposed reforms and have no intention of rectifying their ignorance. For all their impact, reasonable people may as well be living on Venus.
This editorial, although a bit histrionic at points, echos many of the sentiments that have been expressed on MemeStreams.
For better or for worse, no more histrionic than my posts on the subjects. But I think he makes a good point when he says the real American value is a predilection for conspiracy theories. Where does this come from? Seems fairly modern to me. Unless you were gay in the 20s I suppose. |
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