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The smug style in American liberalism

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Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by madaxe_again »

codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

Walls of flames here today. Suggest we flag political stories - HN is not the place.

And that's coming from me.

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by zardo »

codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

I guess we'll see. We were all promised something tremendously better. Maybe he actually had an awesome plan this whole time and just didn't want to give it away.

Edit: No seriously.

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by M_Grey »

gozur88 wrote: post #9
codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

Are these the same people who've seen their rates go up 85% in two years? Bloody ingrates!

Well good news! Now you won't have it at all. Wait until you try medical bankruptcy on for size.

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by douche »

madaxe_again wrote: post #11
codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

Walls of flames here today. Suggest we flag political stories - HN is not the place. And that's coming from me .

It's going to take a few days for people to calm down and blow off the steam from the fervor pitch they've been worked up to. Then we can get back to talking about functional programming and startups and shit.

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by codeonfire »

codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

Trump and the GOP could absolutely repeal Obamacare — and 22 million people would lose health insurance

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/trump-and-the-gop-...

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by M_Grey »

oldmanjay wrote: post #7
vacri wrote: post #4

Yes, liberals in America are all smug and holier-than-thou, unlike their ideological opponents, who really listen to what you have to say and never judge you ahead of time. And, of course, they never pass comment on how a person looks.

You don't get to claim the moral high ground and use the tactics of the opposition at the same time.

The only claim of a moral highground here is implicit in that shitpost of an article.

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by andars »

madaxe_again wrote: post #11
codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

Walls of flames here today. Suggest we flag political stories - HN is not the place. And that's coming from me .

Perhaps flag comments. But I think that it is essential to have political stories be visible today, so that we can try to understand why the election results are what they are.

I posted this particular story because I have seen what it criticizes on HN more than anywhere else. Perhaps the article is wrong, but I thought an external opinion would be useful.

Perhaps HN is not the place for political discussion. But it has been in the past, and will be in the future, so I think that this article is excellent to contemplate.

Re: The smug style in American liberalism

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Post by hueving »

codeonfire wrote: post #6

Well tens of millions of "stupid hicks" are about to lose their health insurance. How is that for a "good fact"? Sorry for being smug.

They effectively lost it with the implementation of Obamacare. The premiums and deductibles are so high that the plans only really protect against catastrophic loss for an obscene monthly cost.
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