Treating people differently because of their beliefs? I'm not even that conservative, but you sound like the real bigots.

I also treat racists differently because of their beliefs, as well as sexists. I guess I'm the real bigot here.

Well, no, that's perfectly understandable, since those people are impacting other people.

But not everyone who has conservative opinions is a racist and a sexist alt-right weirdo.

.... do you think that conservative positions don't impact other people?

My guy, I can rattle off at least half a dozen conservative bugaboos without which I would be quite literally dead. Don't give me the "Well, it's just their opinion!" bullshit.

There is no type of politics that doesn't affect somebody.

Literally dead? That seems like you're being dramatic, my guy.

I'm a mentally ill cripple with multiple chronic illnesses and severe social anxiety. I've been in spots in my life before where government assistance of multiple kinds has been the difference between life and death. Don't give me the 'You're being dramatic' bullshit unless you've vomited blood to the point of near exsanguination, had to ration life-saving medication, had breakdowns on the side of a freeway, shattered a thigh, went quite literally without food for days for lack of means, etc etc etc etc. In all of those cases, government programs have, at least once and often multiple times, been the difference between life and death for me.

Go fuck yourself.

Isn’t it amazing how detached people can be from the real-world effects of their thoughts and beliefs, so long as they don’t get to personally experience their impact?

I've personally experienced a universal healthcare system and its effects. It killed a family member and almost killed me.

Sorry for that guy's experiences, but the sort of things he went through are systems and programmes you'd get in most governments throughout the whole political landscape.

Is the view that this wouldn’t have happened under private healthcare predicated on something in particular? It’s not like private healthcare is somehow fundamentally immune to malpractice.

In the UK where there's universal healthcare, we had Dr. Harold Shipman who murdered a lot, and a current court case with Lucy Letby who killed 8 newborns. Malpractice happens in every system regardless of how it's funded.

Probably not the place for a discussion about healthcare systems on a meme shitpost thread, but I do think there's better alternatives to universal healthcare where standards usually drop for everybody. Obviously, there's some godawful private systems too, just look at America.