Today I made an unfortunate choice of responding to an article about health care and insurance reform. I won't mention the name of the paper's website, but it, like many others, encourage reader feedback. Unfortunately, civil discourse is trumphed by personal attacks. I try to stay away from even reading feedback about this subject, because I get so mad when people try to argue we don't need any reform. Unfortunately, today I did read and respond to an article. I told of my own experience with health care and insurance and my belief that those who are against reform either have no personal experience with critial disease, or do not know anyone personally who has experienced a critical disease. With my personal experience, it is clear that reform is needed because the system is broken badly.
I should have expected a personal response. It came within 30 seconds of my post, and it made me angry. I responded in kind; personal, angry. The kind of response I try to avoid and the kind of response that makes reader feedback a pointless exercise.
I can't take back what I said because there is no 'unpublish' filter. I wish I hadn't responded that way. I wish I had not wrote in the heat of anger. I wrote the editor in charge of the site and asked my comment to be removed because it was written in anger. I hope it is removed, and I hope to remember to stay away from those types of blogs that make me respond emotionally rather then logically.
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