For the Sake of Science

The title of this post, if it wasn’t intended as derisive of the Tea Party, would be almost as tasteless as those vaguely organized bigots.

The footage comes from the Columbus Dispatch’s coverage of a Health Care rally outside Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy’s (D) office. In it, an elderly man holding a sign that reads “Got Parkinson’s? I DO and YOU might. Thanks for Helping. That’s [illegible]” is shouted at, mocked, and ridiculed as the anti-healthcare protesters standing over him dismissively throw money at his face.

Take a look.

This is an association of people who are horrifically selfish and ignorant. “No handouts”? It’s a handout to treat Parkinson’s? Should that man work until he can literally do no more? Why should his quality of life be determined by a (to an extent) changeable circumstance? Why shou…my apologies. I’ve forgotten that this is the Tea Party. Let me put it a way these people can understand.

Raarrrr! Rarrr? Rar? Rarrarar. Rarraaar?!?! Rarrr. Rar. Rarr!

I would translate that, but it contains no fewer than 14 racist slurs. Sorry. I had to use them so the Tea Partiers would listen.

Filed under: Politics and Social | Tagged: Health care, Mary Jo Kilroy, Parkinson's Disease, Tea Party |