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by aaomidi 1648 days ago
Is it? That sentiment is

1. Delaying real solutions to a huge international health crisis

2. Mentally harming people who are in that situation and self-hate for having binge eating disorders, or other various conditions causing weight gain and excessive carb consumption.

3. Giving a pass to insurance companies to under cover, or not cover, diabetes 2 patients.

So, yeah, that sentiment is at least harming people, and at most killing people. I don't consider that over the top of a response and it's something an individual can think critically about and change their opinion on.

1 comments

> delaying real solutions

Why is the solution in healthcare? Go after the food that’s actually killing us.

> mentally harming people

This type of thinking fares much better on Twitter. Good luck.

> give a pass to insurance companies

Sure let’s continue to further subsidize the ill-effects of processed food. Save money on cheap food today, spend it on healthcare later. Makes sense.

> Go after the food that’s actually killing us.

Did I say anything that was in contradiction to this? Actual solutions isn't exclusive to medical remedies.

> This type of thinking fares much better on Twitter. Good luck.

Maybe you should care more about the mental wellbeing of people.

> Sure let’s continue to further subsidize the ill-effects of processed food. Save money on cheap food today, spend it on healthcare later. Makes sense.

Again. You're assuming that I said we shouldn't do full solutions to this problem. However, there are also people who are sick and need help right now.

Maybe you don't care about people, I do.