Your dad is also not the source of all knowledge in the world. All I am trying to suggest is that you research your opinions. I come from a family that also saved and worked very hard for everything we could get. Both of my parents worked for the government and so we had amazing insurance. While the problems with health care didn't affect us as it did many families, my mom spent a LOT of time in the hospital because she doesn't have a colon. I've serebel and ten the bills. I know how expensive it can get. I think god every day we were in the situation we were in, because otherwise, it is entirely likely we would have lost everything we owned and the future that I got to have just so we could save my mother. It is a sacrifice we would have gladly made. My mother is my universe. At the same time, I don't think that's the kind of choices people should have to make.
I think it's great that your family is hard-working and that you're clearly very devoted to them. But if it ever came down to one of your family members or close friends being put in the same situation as one of my family members, where a life-threatening illness and SEVERAL MONTHS in a hospital causes them to go from financial stability and security to utter ruination, maybe you will think about the world beyond your experience. I respect that you have paid attention to what your parents have had to teach you, but your father is not the source of all knowledge in the world.
Researching your opinions is wise not only because it can give direction to your opinions (including reinforcing those you currently have), but also because it can be a powerful tool of persuasion. It can also be used as a defense mechanism and rather than having to resort to calling people "fucking morons" when you can't argue your way out of something, you have facts, figures, and REALITY to back up your beliefs. I'm telling you this because when I was 15, I had a lot of opinions, too, and most of them I got from my parents. (My parents were liberals, so I guess my situation was a little different.) All the same, when I began to get into verbal battles with people about my beliefs, I realized that name calling doesn't make a substantial argument and it doesn't change any minds.
If you ever care to share your opinions with people other than your family and close friends, and actually hope to make some impact, I would sincerely hope you do your research from here on out. You're a good writer, and you could become better. If you find something to back yourself up with, you'd be difficult to argue with, and that would be impressive for someone you're age. (I'm saying that with respect, not with condescension.) My only advice is that you RESEARCH before you form those hard opinions and before you go calling people names. You may find the figures that tell you you're right...you might not. At any rate, "my daddy says..." will never be a convincing argument.
Anyhow. I realize you might not want my advice, but it's not given out of meanness. I mean it sincerely.
- Katie
Steve Poland
· 1 year ago
This girl needs to watch the movie Sicko if she ever pulls her head out of her father's ass.
BTW, what is the conservative question? Because if it's "who could we nominate that might actually die of old age before we even reach the election?", McCain is most certainly the answer.
emeskai
· 1 year ago
Like all 15 year olds, she's convinced she knows the answer to everything. Can't blame her, when I was 15 I thought I had all the answers too. In a lot of ways 15 year olds are clones of their parents political and religious views, she obviously isn't different. Frankly, you are entitled to your own opinion and the right to voice it whenever you want; but insulting people who disagree with you is not only wrong, but also adds no validity to your opinion whatsoever. It just proves you are 15, and know little about life and how some people struggle with medical bills, debt, and life overall - through little fault of their own.
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I think it's great that your family is hard-working and that you're clearly very devoted to them. But if it ever came down to one of your family members or close friends being put in the same situation as one of my family members, where a life-threatening illness and SEVERAL MONTHS in a hospital causes them to go from financial stability and security to utter ruination, maybe you will think about the world beyond your experience. I respect that you have paid attention to what your parents have had to teach you, but your father is not the source of all knowledge in the world.
Researching your opinions is wise not only because it can give direction to your opinions (including reinforcing those you currently have), but also because it can be a powerful tool of persuasion. It can also be used as a defense mechanism and rather than having to resort to calling people "fucking morons" when you can't argue your way out of something, you have facts, figures, and REALITY to back up your beliefs. I'm telling you this because when I was 15, I had a lot of opinions, too, and most of them I got from my parents. (My parents were liberals, so I guess my situation was a little different.) All the same, when I began to get into verbal battles with people about my beliefs, I realized that name calling doesn't make a substantial argument and it doesn't change any minds.
If you ever care to share your opinions with people other than your family and close friends, and actually hope to make some impact, I would sincerely hope you do your research from here on out. You're a good writer, and you could become better. If you find something to back yourself up with, you'd be difficult to argue with, and that would be impressive for someone you're age. (I'm saying that with respect, not with condescension.) My only advice is that you RESEARCH before you form those hard opinions and before you go calling people names. You may find the figures that tell you you're right...you might not. At any rate, "my daddy says..." will never be a convincing argument.
Anyhow. I realize you might not want my advice, but it's not given out of meanness. I mean it sincerely.
- Katie
BTW, what is the conservative question? Because if it's "who could we nominate that might actually die of old age before we even reach the election?", McCain is most certainly the answer.