From what I have observed lately, Americans have quite a way with words – especially regarding topics they don’t know much about. Social media sites are flooded with opinions about the Affordable Care Act that are simultaneously uninformed and adamant.
The expression of uninformed plus adamant never equates to a favorable situation.
This tug-of-war mentality shared between both sides of the political spectrum needs a little revamping. If one knows what he or she is talking about, go ahead and feel free to blab until the cows come home – but please (for your own sake) know what it is you are blabbing about.
Last week, Jimmy Kimmel, a late night talk show host, conducted a survey along Hollywood Boulevard asking random passerby’s opinions about which proposed health care program they agree with: Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act.
The results were evenly divided according to the specific people they chose to feature in the video, but one common trait between all of the interviewees was that they were definitely against the title of the program they didn’t prefer. Though one lady’s reasoning was “I just don’t agree with it” –a strong point if I may add –every single person who answered the question did not encompass any traces of indifference in their answers toward the subject.
It was so funny.
It was funny because Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing. These people were getting hot and bothered about their opinion being right against a side that was the exact same as theirs.
That is like a football player tackling his own player in the red zone or a cat person sporting a dog shirt–it’s just stupid.
Aside from laughing, I couldn’t help but cringe in embarrassment and pure awkwardness as they forcefully made their uninformed opinions known. Not one person even slightly mentioned the fact that they did not know much – or anything as they so clearly displayed – about the topic.
“So do you think that Affordable Care Act is better?”
“Better, but I’m still not happy with that one either.”
Though the survey was supposed to be done in a joking matter, it is sad that those Americans thought that way, and only represent a minuscule part of the population. I can only imagine how many people would answer the same way as the Hollywood Boulevard victims if this survey was done all across the country.
Personally, I am no better at understanding all that is occurring in the government now –do not think that my comments are that of an elitist. But notice I have not formulated an opinion in this column about the Affordable Care Act and that is simply because I do not know enough about it. I feel as though nothing that I type into a search bar will fully inform me because sadly most of the results will probably be an uninformed opinion. So my mouth is staying shut about this topic – but if I had to make a choice, after much internal deliberation, I would most definitely think that the Affordable Care Act is a much better choice than Obamacare.
