Regarding Healthcare Town-Hall Protesters
Of all issues in politics, this one is probably most dear to me. No I’m not talking about healthcare, though that may be a close second, I’m talking about maintaining and improving the quality of our political dialogue. For those who don’t know, healthcare town hall meetings have been held over the last week all across the country, and small groups of radical protesters have shown up at many of them with the express goal of “shouting down” their elected leaders.
To be clear, I have absolutely no problem with somebody being against the current healthcare bills being developed in congress. If they’ve researched the issues thoroughly and have cut through the mists of misinformation and still come out thinking its not the best idea for America then more power to them. I would welcome those people at a healthcare town hall and I would encourage them to go and speak their mind, even forcefully if they feel its appropriate. But that’s not what this is. This is just mobs of people screaming slogans and platitudes. It’s people who are clearly unfamiliar with the content of the healthcare bill chanting things like “read this bill” for half an hour while their elected leader tries in vain to explain to them that they actually have read each and every iteration of the bill. This news article, after the jump, will give you a picture of what’s going on: Continue reading
