See, nuh uh. This is fucked up.

[Bernadine]

I'm going to start responding to every dumb fucking fb post I see with a link to this story.

[Deleted]

Fuck.

[alzi]

This is awful.

[Deleted]

Oct 2, 2013 10:55:25 GMT -5 toledo said:

But Sean Hannity laughed and said there would be no effects from the shutdown! I feel confused.

[insert ironic, sad laughter here]


FUCK THEM.

[silva]

Oct 2, 2013 10:55:25 GMT -5 toledo said:

But Sean Hannity laughed and said there would be no effects from the shutdown! I feel confused.

I know right?

[silva]

Oct 2, 2013 10:56:46 GMT -5 romymichele said:

But hey, Michele Bachmann got what she wanted, right?

That's all that matters.

[MixedBerryJam]

I get beyond pissed when I hear people say "Let them shut down. They don't do squat for me anyway." Yeah, kids going hungry, losing the roofs over their heads, cancer patients not getting into potentially life saving clinical trials. Makes me sick to my stomach. Effing Tea Partiers are effing GIDDY about it.

[eddy]

[mrsjuleshs]

GOD!!!! This is infuriating. Sadly, a lot of people do believe the republicans are in the right here. I gave up on even trying to explain that this does not mean we are now paying for other people's benefits when we have been all along, because they would just use the ER as their primary care.

[Deleted]

I just posted this on my FB. I have a feeling I'm going to have to defriend some people.

[Marle]

Yeah I'll have to retreat from FB today. Look at this asshole. Though who posted it is just as pissed as I am.



m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/09/boehner-advises-americans-to-delay-getting-cancer-for-a-year.html

[joshlyman]

Oct 2, 2013 11:17:31 GMT -5 Marle said:

Yeah I'll have to retreat from FB today. Look at this asshole. Though who posted it is just as pissed as I am.



m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/09/boehner-advises-americans-to-delay-getting-cancer-for-a-year.html

Borowitz is satire, just in case people don't know

[Cheerio]

I actually know a kid that was waiting on bloodwork from the NIH that would decide his treament plan. It is now not happening because of the shutdown. To say his mom is pissed is an understatement.

[ohiowan]

I guess at least those already enrolled will get treatment. That really sucks for everyone else though.

[Deleted]

Oct 2, 2013 12:44:09 GMT -5 toledo said:

Oct 2, 2013 11:09:57 GMT -5 @kimberhenry said:

I just posted this on my FB. I have a feeling I'm going to have to defriend some people.

I made the mistake of posting it as well.  I generally avoid politics on FB, because of my far-right-wing brothers, and their tendency to go crazy in comments.

And one of them responded true to form already.  sigh.

The are a few repubs on my FB but not many. If they can't handle it, then I don't need them on their anyway.

[WOT?*]

I'm apparently the only leftist/centrist left in my family so I avoid political posts like the plague. Except for this and the WIC ones. I just posted a request to donate to the food banks on my FB (not that I have a lot of friends or connections but at least my far-right relatives can't see the harm in a generic "donate to your food bank because WIC is shut down or low on funds" plea.

[Wrath0fKuus]

But the good news is, the NSA is still spying on us at full capacity.

[Deleted]

Are you fucking kidding me? I can't believe this is worth it to our government.
What in the actual fuck is wrong with people when they think making kids with cancer go without treatment is okay because "fuck you, particular piece of legislation!"

In addition to WIC, people on disability will eventually get their benefits cut too, as well as social security beneficiaries.

[picaflora]

You know, I was trying to keep off of fb since I've discovered I have a good bit of extreme right-wing nuts on my feed (and in the town I live). But... I couldn't handle anymore of the "shutdown won't affect me" comments. I would say almost all of them are or have family members that depend on social security, WIC, and disbility. We'll see how they respond... seems like good timing to clean out the friends list anyways.

[snickers]

How freaking awful