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In reply to the discussion: People aren't celebrating. [View all]jfz9580m
(15,584 posts)61. Many people on the right are not mourning him either
I dont want to get into all this again (the ethics of grace dancing etc).
But going by the internet (well Reddit conservatives/Reddit liberals and comments on news articles anyway), it does seem to be a comment on the state of US healthcare that there is almost no sympathy for this guy.
This seems to be the one story uniting the left and the right in terms of reactions.
The shrugs are actually the most sympathetic of all the reactions out there. I gotta say I have never seen anything quite like that before..
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I can provide no data/documentation to justify the use of sympathy in this particular case.
Irish_Dem
Dec 6
#56
The bullets in him were a preexisting condition to my giving a fuck about his continued existence. He's not covered. nt
Hellbound Hellhound
Dec 5
#5
Well said. A whole lot of people have quietly died as a result of inhumane healthcare insurance decisions.
patphil
Dec 5
#8
Women who die due to being unable to get needed micarriage care are not being murdered by thrir doctors.
ShazzieB
Dec 6
#94
The only people who give a shit about his demise are his family. And I bet that half of them are only worried about
3Hotdogs
Dec 5
#29
Yes. It would be a win win. But when humanity is not on the table. It's about the $
onecaliberal
Dec 5
#24
We are horrified at the glee the Right exhibits when one of our Democratic lions dies.
summer_in_TX
Dec 6
#34