No matter which side of the health care argument one is on, THIS behavior by the tea baggers is just WRONG. I so wish there was a way to determine who the individuals are expressing such dehumanizing behavior. Perhaps we shall see them on Rush Limbaugh's program in the near future (~50 seconds into program individual with Parkinson's sits down holding his sign)
(this rally took place in my state, Ohio--shheesh. when did people become so mean?)

http://www.progressohio.org/page/com...veharding/CXlF

Madlyn - this moves me to tears and anger. I just posted it on Facebook; I hope lots of people take the time to look.

It actually has very little to do with the fact that this poor soul has PD. It speaks more to the sad state of the world where some people lack any semblance of compassion and empathy, blinded by their selfishness and arrogance.

I am actually old enough to remember a time when well meaning and sincere people could debate political differences with passion, good humor and civility. Occasionally one even changed another's position with a well reasoned argument. It was long ago and far away.

This clip illustrates the worst side of human nature and we can only hope that when those cruel and heartless demonstrators saw themselves they were mortified by their behavior.

One wonders if any of those men has a living mother, surely they would not have carried on in that manner if they did.

Ugly, ugly, ugly, where is compassion in all of this

I, too, was moved to tears when I saw this display of inhumanity. I am not the one with PD...I am the care partner, and after the tears, came the rage and anger. I realize that many of these people are gullible, uneducated people who "soak up"the visciousness of those who would lie and deceive...but, where is their own sense of decency and compassion? Have they been so indocrinated that they are devoid of their own sense of decency? Were they once decent people who have literally been so brain washed that they have forgotton who they once were? I have been watching and listening to all the vile rhetoric...lies...misinformation being spewed by those who have no interest in real Health Care Reform...whose only "platform" is greed...receiving millions from the Pharmaceutical and Insurance companies in an attempt to stop ANY kind of reform...lining their pockets with those millions. For months, now, I have been raising my voice here at home...even shouting at the television...and my pwp has not understood my almost "violent behavior"...UNTIL this evening when she saw what happened to that poor man with PD. She actually couldn't believe her eyes. I called her to come see and hear what I've been attempting to tell her for such a long time. If nothing else, she now understands, and she, too, was brought to tears...and I ask as I did in my title..."What has happened to our country?"

I haven't posted here in a very long time, but I felt compelled to be part of your "anger" and sadness, too.

Virginia (aka Therese)

Being from Ohio and living about 50 miles away from Columbus where this display of inhumanity took place, I am appalled that the people of this state (who are usually warm caring people) could be so cruel and insensitive.

GregD

Therese - your words echo my thoughts exactly - what and how has happened to our country? These are the same people who accused Obama of promoting "death panels" to decide if the disabled or elderly should live. The hypocrisy and lack of thoughtful, critical thinking is profound. We are doomed if we allow mediocrity and ignorance to become the norm. We are better than this.

GregD - no worries! The people in that video represent a slice of America across the nation - that's the problem!

I will remember not to wear my illness on my sleeve?
to you all...

It was stupid mob mentality.
People get together and egg each other on to do dumb stuff.

I'll bet most protesters { on both sides} haven't even read /studied up on the bill,, they are just going by general word of mouth and what they think might be best for them.

I don't think it was aimed at that man because of because of his PD.
They probably would have done the same to someone with any other illness.