Obamacare

And thus the close of this ordeal grows nearer. Reader, I am deeply sorry if you are still reading this. My opponent has ceased to read anything--clearly he didn't read my last response, as I have not put forward any arguments why people need to take care of me, and rebutting CitizenL's absurd comments was the predominant focus of my last reply. In response to CitizenL's instructions that I stop using the term racist, and that I, in fact, am the racist, let me reply: CitizenL is a racist. In fact, CitizenL is the worst kind of racist. CitizenL is the kind of racist who, when confronted with evidence of racism, says, "there is no racism...and, behold, my genius flash of insight, YOU are the racist for talking about racism." He says, "You need to leave race out of the picture. It has nothing to do with anything." Nevertheless, when it's time for him to make false representations about the cost and beneficiaries of Obamacare, what does CitizenL do? That's right, he posts a demeaning caricature of an illiterate, flashy, black man. And he follows it up by claiming that's just the picture that was easiest to get ahold of. In what circles, I wonder? Yes, when CitizenL thinks he can drive home a point about the kind of person he claims benefits from Obamacare, he sees race and plenty of it. But if someone else points it out, that person's the racist for seeing race. What absurdity. CitizenL is a racist. CitizenL says that he has a problem with people who take advantage of the system, not hard workers. I am about to commit the horrible crime of using internet sources to support my argument, because this is the internet where one can provide links to evidence. Brace yourselves.The vast majority of individuals without insurance (or who end up on Medicaid) are from working families. http://kff.org... majority of Medicaid spending is on 5% of the Medicaid population, those who need extensive long-term or acute care, which likely includes a number of the individuals CitizenL claims he has no problem supporting. http://kff.org...;And, of course, Obamacare isn't just about the Medicaid expansion or subsidies for hard-working people who just don't earn enough. It's about insuring people with pre-existing conditions, assuring that insurance packages meet basic quality standards, and so forth. In fact, most people like Obamacare if they don't know its name, suggesting that the real opposition comes from misinformation spread by people like CitizenL. http://www.alternet.org...'s_really_in_it .Anyway, I need to go do that work that CitizenL doesn't think I do, at a job with long hours that CitizenL doesn't think I work, and so forth. I'd like to point out in closing that, while CitizenL has based virtually all of his "arguments" on attacks on my character, I have based none of my arguments on attacks against his. For, pointing out that his arguments are in fact racist, or that his claims about himself (even if they are true) actually fit understood models of psychology and self-justification, is not a character attack. It's simply a discussion of the evidence that has been provided, on a subject that CitizenL wished to discuss--his original post and my reply.CitizenL is a racist, and his depiction of the beneficiaries of Obamacare is racist.His claim that Obamacare results in a $200 premium increase is false.CitizenL's description of who benefits from Obamacare is not accurate and complete.CitizenL doesn't appear to understand basic things like sarcasm, how fact-based opinions are derived, etc.I could go on, but won't. If anyone is reading this, I feel sorry for you. I should not have cast pearls before swine.