Annoying/infuriating news re healthcare reform (USA).....

[aureantes]

Just in via headline-sampler in my Yahell Mail...

Conservatives shop sex ops ban to GOP

The federal government would be banned from funding sex change operations and other services for transgender individuals if social conservative activists get their way.

There’s no sponsor yet for an amendment to the health care overhaul - and it may remain in the

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[snugglebitch]

... funding illegals...

There is no such thing as an illegal human being.

[montrealais]

¡Ningún ser humano es ilegal! I first encountered that slogan in 1997 and it keeps being true...

MOD WARNING:

[lisaquestions]

Referring to human beings as illegals is racist. Find another way to make your point.

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[lisaquestions]

Further, the ablism in the comment about people with BMWs on medicaid isn't acceptable.

It is possible to criticize the unwillingness to help trans people without attacking people for their race, citizenship, or disability.