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nilchanceOn insults and logic: "These factors are intertwined: the idea is, anyone informed enough to know that Obama isn’t a socialist won’t bother asking point blank, because we (where “we” includes the lying politicians) all know it’s not true. The people who don’t know that won’t ask, either, because they assume they are not being taken for a ride by the people who give them their news."
Leslie at fatshionista posts: "Now, if you want to punish the fat because you truly believe that all fat people are necessarily and irredeemably ill at all times, even though I disagree with you, we should think about that proposition. Because ultimately, if that’s what you believe, you’re talking about punishing sick people for using health insurance for the purpose for which it is intended: to pay for medical treatment."
Leslie at fatshionista posts: "Now, if you want to punish the fat because you truly believe that all fat people are necessarily and irredeemably ill at all times, even though I disagree with you, we should think about that proposition. Because ultimately, if that’s what you believe, you’re talking about punishing sick people for using health insurance for the purpose for which it is intended: to pay for medical treatment."