Dichotomies and Clown Cars

A frequent theme I see in discussions between conservatives and liberal points of view is a lack of empathy. That my circumstances are different so I still get to get mine and screw everybody else. A lack of understanding that we are all a cancer diagnosis away from complete financial ruin. The fantasy that one day we all get to be rich and so just in case I better not advocate for taxing the rich. That the past two years of fiscal disaster and bailout and rescue was not a redistribution of wealth.

Valerie and Rob Shirk corralled their 10 home-schooled children into their van for the 2 1/2-hour drive from their home in Connecticut to Boston, arriving just in time to hear Sarah Palin denounce government-run health care at the tea party movement rally on Boston Common.

I never really realized until a few years ago that most home-schooling is less about the quality of the education the kids are going to have but to ensure they are raised in an tightly-controlled ideological environment.

“The problem in this country is that too many people are looking for handouts,” said Valerie Shirk, 43, of Prospect, Conn. “I agree with the signs that say, ‘Share my father’s work ethic — not his paycheck.’ We have to do something about the whole welfare mentality in this country.” When asked why her family used state-subsidized health care when she criticized people who take handouts, Valerie Shirk said she did not want to stop having children, and that her husband’s income was not enough to cover the family with private insurance. “I know there’s a dichotomy because of what we get from the state,” she said. “But I just look at each of my children as a blessing.”

A dichotomy? A dichotomy? You’re a delusional dumb-ass hypocrite with a clown car for vagina.

The Boston Globe

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