tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post710144578796428330..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Right Kind of AngerStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-22003825466110104572010-12-18T05:05:22.360-08:002010-12-18T05:05:22.360-08:00TO: Dr. Schneiderman
RE: Looking Back on It....
....TO: Dr. Schneiderman<br />RE: Looking Back on It....<br /><br />....August 2009, that is, and the public forums on Obamacare, I recall an angry crowd listening to a stacked—in favor—panel. <br /><br />One character on the panel told an outright lie in favor of Obamacare. Someone 'threw a tantrum', rather short on by standing up and in anger shouting, "That's a lie. You treated my mother-in-law for cancer and she had to pay for a medication you prescribed because Medicare wouldn't pay a dime for it."<br /><br />The next day, the reporter, who favored Obamacare wrote in inaccurate story about the forum. Calling the attendees the most unruly crowd she'd ever seen. <br /><br />The fact of the matter is that when you see an outrage being perpetrated, honest people tend to get 'angry' and may even have a 'tantrum'. <br /><br />From my experience in the military, we refer to every situational response as 'depends on the situation'. All the way up to the use of deadly force. And open objection to lies is perfectly 'legal'. Especially when those lies are going to impact on everyone you know and love.<br /><br />It's when something petty is blown out of all proportion that there is the 'embarrassment' you referred to earlier. However, as with that local reporter, people can twist a report to say things that didn't REALLY happen, via innuendo, e.g., 'unruly' or 'tantrum'.<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Chuck(le)<br />[Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry. -- Bruce Banner, a.k.a., the Hulk]Chuck Peltohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407516830005550495noreply@blogger.com