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Re: My Afternoon In The ER.

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On Jul 2, 2025 at 7:02:13 PM MST, ""Sgt. Joe Friday"" wrote
<xn0p7tvly3n3adh000@usnews.blocknews.net>:

> Itamar Lichtman wrote:
> 
>> So I live in Boston MA and suffer from AFIB so I am on blood
>> thinners, Plavix and Xarelto.
>> This means when I get a cut or nose bleed it can sometimes be
>> difficult to stop due to my blood not clotting due to the blood
>> thinners.
>> 
>> So this afternoon out of the blue I started bleeding from my nose.
>> I've had this before and was taught how to stop the bleeding with
>> pressure and a spray I have.
>> This time was different as there was a LOT of blood and nothing was
>> working.
>> So my wife took me to the local ER before I bled out.
>> 
>> I could not believe what I saw.
>> It was like a fucking third world nation.
>> No place to sit because migrants with seemingly endless numbers of
>> kids were taking up all of the seats.
>> And then they were yapping away in Spanish, I think, but none of them
>> actually looked sick to me.
>> 
>> So fortunately triage worked and I was taken in quickly, blood soaked
>> towel and all. I was treated and the doctor was able to cauterize the
>> wound and stop the bleeding.
>> 
>> So once I calmed down I asked the nurse wtf was going on with the
>> waiting room and people seemingly not needing ER type care?
>> She gave me this look and unloaded on me.
>> 
>> Turns out, while I had to prove insurance, ID cards, coverage,
>> deductible and such, the majority of the people in the ER waiting
>> room did not.
>> 
>> And the final blow was when I learned that these people use the ER as
>> their PC for sniffles and so forth !!!
>> 
>> So WTF is going on with this country?
>> 
>> You tell me.
> 
> Be thankful you don't live in the welfare state California.
> Our schools, medical facilities, homeless shelters and streets are
> flooded with these parasites and as soon as I retire from the PD I'm
> outta here.
> My wife is a teacher and she tells me everyday about students enrolling
> in the school who cannot speak English and require special ed. And
> while this has always been the case, the current numbers are far larger
> than in the past and the multitude of various different native
> languages is great and makes it even more difficult to assist these
> students.
> 
> I'm sick of this shit and so are many others here in CA.
> I pay 1000's into health insurance each year and even though I rarely
> make claims, when I or my wife do it's always the same run around with
> the insurance company trying to deny claims.
> Yet people who climbed across the fence get it all for free, at least
> in CA.
> This is disgusting.
> The system here in the US is not designed to handle millions of illegal
> border jumpers that Biden welcomed into the country.

Wow. There's a lot to unpack in this stew of resentment, misinformation, and
outright dehumanization. Let's start with the language: calling human beings
"parasites" is not just vile -- it's the kind of rhetoric used to justify
cruelty, neglect, and worse. If you're that comfortable dehumanizing kids and
families trying to survive, you might want to take a long look in the mirror
before ranting about "what's disgusting."

You complain about California being a "welfare state" while ignoring that it's
also the fifth largest economy in the world -- in no small part because of
immigrant labor and a diverse population. The state subsidizes many of the red
states that love to bash it while cashing the federal checks its economy helps
fund.

Now about those kids your wife teaches: she's helping children who are
multilingual and navigating a foreign culture and system. That's not a burden
-- that's a remarkable opportunity to build global citizens. If you think it's
"disgusting" that a public school is serving all children regardless of
background or language, maybe public service isn't the right career path for
either of you.

You whine about paying into health insurance and not getting good coverage --
welcome to the private, profit-driven system conservatives have fought to
protect for decades. Liberals have been the ones trying to fix it, expand
coverage, regulate insurance companies, and make healthcare a human right. If
you're mad that a working immigrant gets basic care while you're stuck with a
$5,000 deductible, maybe your anger is pointed in the wrong direction. Try
aiming it at the insurers and the politicians they bankroll -- not the folks
trying to keep their kids healthy.

And as for the tired "Biden welcomed millions of illegals" nonsense: no, he
didn't. Immigration numbers are influenced by global instability, legal
backlogs, and years of Congress (both parties but more the Republicans than
the Democrats) refusing to pass meaningful immigration reform. And let's not
pretend people "jumping the fence" are getting golden tickets. They're often
stuck in bureaucratic hell, exploited for cheap labor, or living in fear of
deportation -- while doing jobs most Americans won't touch.

So yeah -- if you're "sick of this shit," maybe it's not California you should
be fleeing. Maybe it's your own lack of empathy and unwillingness to see the
bigger picture. California isn't perfect, but it's still better off than a
place that writes off entire groups of people as parasites.


-- 
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.

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