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Bluetus

(578 posts)
28. I somewhat disagree with the MD and do not accept anybody's guilt trip
Sat Dec 7, 2024, 11:59 AM
Dec 7

if I don't display a sufficient amount of compassion for the dead CEO. The doctor is right that having 400 million guns in circulation is part of the problem. And our HC system, especially the funding/insurance part of it, is not just ineffective and harmful, it is deliberately designed to enrich the few at the expense of the many by taking advantage of people at their most vulnerable.

But that is only part of the story. None of this would have happened if the media, the AMA , our politicians and other responsible parties had been doing their jobs all along.

There is a national indifference to this CEO's death, and that is sad, as it reflects on where we are as a society. But spare me the guilt trips. I take no responsibility of this, and I place the responsibility squarely on the people who created, sustain, and enable this wicked system to exist. Nobody should have to die because of this. Not the CEO, Not the millions of people that CEO's company killed through denial of service. The media's rule is "if it bleeds, it leads" so this was increasingly inevitable. We may never know the entire story here because the gunman will eventually be identified and will probably take his own life before capture. Clearly he felt that his most important purpose was to bring this issue to the forefront. That, along with the CEO's death, is equally sad in my book. All of this was preventable. All of this is the direct result of large, powerful organizations in pursuit of unimaginable levels of wealth. There never should be an overriding profit motive in our education, our water and air, our food supply, or our health care. You want to invent the next computer, car, or robot to get rich? Have at it. But health care must be considered a basic human right. That is the real story here.

I have no joy in seeing any CEO shot dead, even one in charge of a company so villainous as UHC. But I do take some satisfaction is seeing the media baffled and surprised as to why the American people care about this more than they care whether Hunter Biden failed to check a box on a gun permit for a gun he owned a week and never used.

Dear media, welcome to the real world, if only for a day. And if it is only for a day, then I'm afraid this won't be the last such case we see. This is on you, not me.

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I wonder if this doctor ever wrote about compassion... Think. Again. Dec 7 #1
Or died because they were denied care? Arazi Dec 7 #2
Or the thousands who die from insurance policies biophile Dec 7 #3
I agree... Think. Again. Dec 7 #12
Be wary Aussie105 Dec 7 #4
F'in A Right johnnyfins Dec 7 #9
THIS. yardwork Dec 7 #17
Am sure TSF will hop right on the MD's concerns about guns and medical care. allegorical oracle Dec 7 #5
Gun violence? SledDriver Dec 7 #6
Gun violence is gun violence. intheflow Dec 7 #8
I agree, we shouldn't dance on stranger's graves. intheflow Dec 7 #7
The problem is that this incident does johnnyfins Dec 7 #10
That's yet to be seen. Think. Again. Dec 7 #13
Kiss BeerBarrelPolka Dec 7 #11
Wrong focus, Doc. Icanthinkformyself Dec 7 #14
Unless change is forced on them NJCher Dec 8 #35
Spare us the sermons, doc. (nt) Paladin Dec 7 #15
Mr Thompson.... Mustellus Dec 7 #16
"but meeting violence with indifference undermines our shared humanity." WhiskeyGrinder Dec 7 #18
Lots of blather. Ursus Rex Dec 7 #19
The doctor is part of the problem. infullview Dec 7 #20
Our shared humanity has already been undermined Mr.WeRP Dec 7 #21
Gun violence and health insurance abuses: I don't expect improvement in either for the next 3Hotdogs Dec 7 #22
Don't tell me; let me guess: these doctors sit on the boards of directors Aristus Dec 7 #23
Would he have written this same commentary over the death of Al Capone? Random Boomer Dec 7 #24
Wtf did they expect? For DECADES EllieBC Dec 7 #25
"meeting violence with indifference undermines our shared humanity. " bucolic_frolic Dec 7 #26
Murder is murder. All forms are wrong. Kill or condemn to suffering and death usonian Dec 7 #27
Many people do not consider war murder Bluetus Dec 7 #30
I'm a pacifist and neither is acceptable to me. usonian Dec 7 #31
I somewhat disagree with the MD and do not accept anybody's guilt trip Bluetus Dec 7 #28
As ny niece (the daughter of two MDs) said last night in a family chat Jilly_in_VA Dec 7 #29
.. jfz9580m Dec 8 #34
Fuck the murdering gunfucker. Fuck Brian Thompson. Iggo Dec 7 #32
Oh give me a fucking break jfz9580m Dec 8 #33
I'm too busy grieving for Assad right now. nt Crunchy Frog Dec 8 #36
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