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This is my third time to the office. Im waiting for the Doctor to come in and whie waiting in the examination room, I spot this. I start flipping through it, and I am getting upset.

I wait for the doctor to come in. I immeditely ask him, hey what it this? why is it here? He blew me off and just said "oh its just an opinion piece" and I said, yeah, but who put it here, do you believe in this? And he just shrugged. I said, Im leaving, that is so wierd, thats weird to have in a doctors office. And I left. Ill never go back to that place.

I need a doctor who believes in science. You wanna be christain thats fine, but this literally says,for christain nationalism. gross.

Putnam CT, USA if anyone is curious. I want to post the photo in google maps reviews, but I am afraid to, even with my google account being a burner. Yes, it's the red pocket of an overall blue state, but, I just, was not expecting to see this.

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[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

In my experience, doctors for me have been either blue hair free healthcare for all progressives or George Bush republicans with no in between.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

“George Bush Republican” and “Christian Nationalist” are two entirely different camps in my head.

And in my experience. I have family distinctively, unquestionably in each camp and not the other.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

I’ve never seen a Christian nationalist doctor is what I’m also saying. It’s kinda wild that they wouldn’t have issues with their license; having anything like OP’s image in a waiting room is a huge professional liability.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Ah.

having anything like OP’s image in a waiting room is a huge professional liability.

Is it, though? I'm not familiar with medical licensing, but technically how would it impact their ability to practice medicine?

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

A patient can build a case against them based on discrimination. If the doctor buys that magazine, that’ll come out in court, and even if the lawsuit doesn’t stick, it’s a waste of money. With that kind of thing hanging around, they’re basically asking to be sued.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Ah, I see.

...Yes, I can vividly imagine that being used in court.

I think that says a lot; that a practicing doctor would have this and not even see it as discriminatory. It's been normalized that much, apparently.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

There's a disturbing amount of full on MAGA doctors who'd be flattered to be accused of being a Nazi in LA. The funny thing is they're not even white.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

LA has a bigger population than a majority of whole states. Even 0.5% of their population is a significant number of people 🫣

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Truth. It's a region the size of Belgium with the population of Mongolia. That's a god damn megalopolis, if not a nation-state on its own.