I'm sort of the same way about politics. I care deeply about them, but despise them at the same time, so I usually just lose myself in things I like. Terribly responsible? Probably not... but I just don't have the stamina to argue politics like I used to. That, and my political views are generally so at odds with the vast majority of the people in the community in which I live (i.e., most people in Mount Vernon, Ohio still get down on their knees and worship George W. Bush as some kind of god -- *vomits*), and I don't really want to be stoned to death by the Bible thumpers.
I'm registered as a Democrat, of course, but you could probably call me a socialist and not be far off the mark. (i.e., I believe we need universal health care here, and even a lot of Democrats, I think, are against that. Stuff like that. Universal health care might not be perfect, but it's better than having to spend a small fortune on private insurance if, like me, you're not insured by your place of work, or a small fortune on a doctor's visit, or a somewhat bigger fortune on an emergency room visit. Oddly, a lot of people here go to the emergency room for minor things like sore throats, rather than making an appointment with their general practitioner. I don't understand that, because the E.R. costs so much more. I guess it's because a lot of GPs won't treat patients without insurance.)
Oh, and one of McCain's supporters recently stated that all Americans do have health care. An emergency room cannot turn away a patient. This is true, but the patient will be swimming in debt afterwards. *headdesk*
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Date: 2008-08-29 07:05 pm (UTC)I'm registered as a Democrat, of course, but you could probably call me a socialist and not be far off the mark. (i.e., I believe we need universal health care here, and even a lot of Democrats, I think, are against that. Stuff like that. Universal health care might not be perfect, but it's better than having to spend a small fortune on private insurance if, like me, you're not insured by your place of work, or a small fortune on a doctor's visit, or a somewhat bigger fortune on an emergency room visit. Oddly, a lot of people here go to the emergency room for minor things like sore throats, rather than making an appointment with their general practitioner. I don't understand that, because the E.R. costs so much more. I guess it's because a lot of GPs won't treat patients without insurance.)
Oh, and one of McCain's supporters recently stated that all Americans do have health care. An emergency room cannot turn away a patient. This is true, but the patient will be swimming in debt afterwards. *headdesk*