With health care reform coming into full force in Congress this fall, it is unavoidable to not turn on the television and notice the media focus. This, I think, is a good thing; Finally the Nation is focused on something other than the next American Idol winner or some other bogus realty show. I’ve been paying attention. I’ve been trying to stay up-to-date and follow legislation status and I’ve found myself pouring over reports and documents just to get facts and understand the issue more clearly.
The only thing that bothers me at this moment, doesn’t even deal with actual health reform legislation. It doesn’t involve the fact that there are so many sources on the issue out there for individuals, that information could be pouring out their ears. It involves individuals, let me re-phrase, simple-minded and ignorant individuals who are somehow able to compare Obama’s domestic policy initiative for a proper health care system to the Nazi Regime.
To those individuals: I understand Your First Amendment right and freedom of speech. I can understand being passionate about an issue and wanting Your voice to be heard. I understand that there is political discourse and opportunities to get involved on the issue. What I don’t understand, is how You can easily label this important issue of health care and compare it to a movement of Nazi Regime ideology…We do not live in a Totalitarian State. Let’s just review for a second, back to civics class, where You may remember that a bill CANNOT be passed as law without a congressional passage (by yes, Congressmen and Congresswomen) who You voted for.
By comparing Obama to Hitler and going to town hall meetings and rallies with posters of him with a Hitler-esque moustache, You are not only disrespecting the generation and culture that lived through World War II, but undermining what history has taught us.
Maybe this is the one thing that I’d like the media to focus less on. On the other hand, if it wasn’t for these tid bits, we wouldn’t see how ignorant some people really are.
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