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In reply to the discussion: As a diabetic, I'm very tired of seeing diabetics compared to anti-vaxxers. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)47. Sure it's wrong and very offensive when it occurs, but keep perspective.
I didn't notice that diabetics, or alcoholics, were being smeared like anti-vaxxers. This is not common. I have noticed one or two members here adding "she was obese" comments to death reports as if that makes them more acceptable.
It is certainly reasonable to ask members to oppose the growing depravity on this forum toward the lives of others, not just on the right. The farther this community gets from believing in the rights to life (healthcare!) and pursuit of happiness for all, the less representative it becomes of the Democratic Party and of the many millions of Democrats whose values have not been corrupted by expressions of fear and anger on social media.
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As a diabetic, I'm very tired of seeing diabetics compared to anti-vaxxers. [View all]
GaYellowDawg
Sep 2021
OP
They are ZOMBIES! They are Toxic. They can spread their disease. They want to eat your brain.
Ford_Prefect
Sep 2021
#3
Antivaxxers will say that if antivaxxers shouldn't be treated for Covid at hospitals
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#14
Some posters on DU are drawing false equivalencies between unvaxxed patients and diabetic patients.
Crunchy Frog
Sep 2021
#18
I haven't seen it and I sincerely hope that nobody but DU jurors got to see it
TexasTowelie
Sep 2021
#26
I have. They say people with diabetes and certain other conditions are more likely
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#15
Nor have I, certianly not in the way a few on this thread are claiming (with no evidence).
Celerity
Sep 2021
#20
This is all about a single post in another thread? You are making a whole new thread about it
Scrivener7
Sep 2021
#40
The general question is "should people who engage in self destructive behaviors receive treatment"?
Klaralven
Sep 2021
#43
The moral principle of triage is to allocate medical resources to achieve the best survival rate
Klaralven
Sep 2021
#49