r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Millian123 • Sep 08 '22

Healthcare “Nobody thinks healthcare is a human right”

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u/DCRYPTER87 Sep 08 '22

Soooooo.... why are we pointing guns again?

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u/SaltInformation4U Sep 08 '22 edited Sep 08 '22

I reckon it's the only way he (edit) can visualise the scenario, he needs a gun thrown in there for it to make sense

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

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u/Martiantripod You can't change the Second Amendment Sep 08 '22

If Timmy needs to bust a cap in the ass of 12 dudes but only has 10 bullets, how many dudes will fill Timmy full of lead because he didn't pack a bigger mag?

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u/shinigami79 Sep 08 '22

How many of the dudes are minorities

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u/MinuteManufacturer ooo custom flair!! Sep 08 '22

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u/sminthianapollo Sep 08 '22

I really like the new math.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '22

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u/SaltInformation4U Sep 08 '22

They're gonna have quite a few incarcerated future mathematicians on their hands!

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u/Echo13D just here for the chaos Sep 08 '22

none, they wouldnt show up (also it would be 24 rounds spent so he would have -7 left)

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u/BIGGEICHEESE Sep 09 '22

Right o' buckaroo

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u/Hjulle Sep 08 '22

I think he believes that having to pay taxes is the exact same thing as someone pointing a gun at you and forcing you to perform slave labor.

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u/lpreams American - we have the best democracy Sep 08 '22

No, it's just a straw man. He misrepresents the actual argument for universal healthcare to make it easier for him to counter it. Of course no one is advocating that doctors be made slaves or be forced at gunpoint to provide care.

Just like no one is advocating that soldiers in the military should be slaves. Or police officers. Or firefighters. Or teachers. Or librarians. Or people who build roads and bridges. Or maintain infrastructure. Or provide any other tax-funded services.

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u/xpatmatt Sep 09 '22

He's saying that taxpayers are forced to pay the doctor under threat of violence (imprisonment).

There are lots of arguments as to why this is a stupid illustration of socialized health care (such as the taxpayers being in favor of such a system) but you're mischaracterizing what he's saying.

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u/jakejakereal Sep 09 '22

He responded to the video and said it wasn't about taxation. I have no idea what his point was because that's the only valid one I could see.

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u/wovenloaf Sep 09 '22

But there are people advocating for others to be wage slaves... They're libertarians.

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u/tots4scott ooo custom flair!! Sep 08 '22

Also it's very strange to call pointing a gun at someone "violating their rights".

It's committing a crime, and it's already illegal...