This article was originally published at The Christian Post in September 2009. What I find most interesting, and disturbing, about the current health care debate is the way that advocates of a public option in health care are marginalized with the accusation that they harbor a “socialist” or even “communist” agenda. Rhetorically it is very […]
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On socialists like you
Snardiff wrote: “That’s the thing that always amazes me about socialists like you” (to Jag, apparently). Note the us vs. them dichotomy. Snardiff places him/herself on the “us” side and “socialists” on the “them” side. Unfortunately it isn’t so easy to marginalize other voices. Here’s the central question: are there any societal institutions which should […]