To the Editor:
"This is a rotten, stinking fish that needs to be thrown away, and I'll do everything I can to see that this piece of garbage never gets passed into law." These words were spoken by our Representative Paul Broun at one of his Town Hall meetings, evidently to anger and agitate people about the health care reform bill. If he had not intended to agitate his audience he would have used civil language to express his concerns. He would have given legitimate solutions and expressed a desire to solve the country’s problem.

“Freeloader,” “socialist,” “fascist,” “communist,” and “worthless human beings.” These words were yelled out to Democrat Patsy Harris when she tried to speak at a Kill the Bill rally, recently in Oconee County. She had not said one word to deserve this kind of treatment. She only said, “I am a Democrat and I look at this planet as my home and all human beings as my brothers and sisters." What in the world in her statement deserved this kind of poor treatment?

What is coming of our county, district, state and county? These "worthless human beings" who need health care could very well be your neighbors, some of your friends, someone who sits beside you in church. Did it ever occur to you that you do not know everything about the people with whom you come in contact? These "worthless human beings" are not just people who you think are freeloading. There are plenty of people who fall between the cracks, so to speak, and they all deserve your consideration and respect. Your anger could be directed at someone that you care about. Just think, even your situation could change any minute and you could be left without a job or insurance. You never know when you will need this “Piece of Garbage,” then you would be the freeloading worthless human being.

Barry Lurey
Madison
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