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Originally Posted by Ryanderman
And Conservatives aren't all, "The poor and the sick suck! Let 'em rot!" They're actually all, "It's not the government's place to take care of the poor and the sick, because that would give the government too much power! The poor and the sick should be taken care of through private enterprise and charity!"
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I guess the term bleeding-heart coined itself.
Like SMB says, the end result actually does matter a little bit more than what one very particular, presentable facet of the nebula of "Conservative" rethoric offers up as a rationale for why the poor, in reality, will rot.
Oh yeah, Dog forbid that the government have the power to help people. Everybody knows that just the right amount of power for the government to have is the power to kill and imprison!