Willful Ignorance

This was posted by a friend on Facebook:

TRUE STORY: I ran into an acquaintance at the grocery story today that I hadn't seen in several years. Somehow she got onto the subject of politcs and said, "President Obama just wants to make everything in this country Socialist, example: that Obamacare." I looked at her and asked, "Didn't you move into that Senior Federally funded low-rent housing a few years ago, aren't you on Medicare (she's 74), and you just used your food stamp card to pay for groceries – those are all "Socialist programs." She replied, "That's different!" I asked her how is that different, and she just looked at me, huffed and said, "You're just a liberal!" and walked away. Hmmmmm.

This is the image that immediately came to mind:


"Does not compute…DOES NOT COMPUTE!!!"

One Reply to “Willful Ignorance”

  1. Oh yes. I used to get into arguments like this all the time… until I realized that I can never change anybody's mind using logic. Public schools, libraries, and a number of other public services and programs can be boiled down to "socialist" comparisons, but the people railing against "socialist helath care" simply don't want to hear it.

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