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25 arrested while protesting GOP Medicaid cuts (www.motherjones.com)

submitted 10 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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"You will kill me."

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 58 points 10 months ago (4 children)

After the initial protests, committee Chair Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.), who released the legislation on Sunday evening—Mother’s Day—threatened the protesters with arrest for disrupting the hearing, calling the outcry illegal and “a criminal offense.”

I don't understand Republicans, man, and to be honest, I don't want to. I'm just straight up not gonna meet this in the middle.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 42 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'll explain it:

"You aren't me. Your life doesn't benefit me personally. Your death doesn't hurt me personally. Therefore, die so my family can have what you had."

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, there's no meeting that halfway

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 10 months ago

I don't think I suggested that there was. The perspective I described is absolutist. Either they see you as family, or they don't register you as human.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"I absolutely fucking refuse that any of the money I pay in taxes be used for anything but my own benefit."

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 10 months ago

And by preference they'd rather pay no taxes at all (let everyone else pay though).

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 10 months ago

The Democrat sure stood strong, too!

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Your mistake is trying to understand their policies as themselves