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Doctor won't treat Obama supporters

post #1 of 23
4/2/10 at 4:55pm
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Apparently it is just barely legal, but it is legal as long as he doesn't question anybody. IMO, though, it's despicable and immature!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36152956?GT1=43001
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post #2 of 23
4/2/10 at 4:59pm
I think it is a bit immature but since nearly ever business here has a RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE sign up to me it is just business as usual....
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post #3 of 23
4/2/10 at 5:00pm
It may be legal, but is it moral? Isn't it a violation of the Hippocratic Oath? I could never support a doctor who took that attitude.

Of course, abortion also violates the Hippocratic Oath, so what can you say?
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post #4 of 23
4/2/10 at 5:21pm
Unfortunately, in my opinion, this doctor is making himself vulnerable to pernicious/spiteful malpractice lawsuits. If he can smell a rat from a mile away (and he probably can), then the vulnerability is greatly reduced, but it's still there. In the sad game of immaturity, people can and do "one-up" each other. Some will go to great lengths to do so. Most immature types love every toxic minute of it.
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post #5 of 23
4/2/10 at 6:50pm
The title of this thread is misleading. The doctor did not say he wouldn't treat Obama supporters.
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post #6 of 23
4/2/10 at 7:25pm
I have a real problem with mixing politics with non-political life. I don't discuss politics with most of my friends. They taught us in Navy OCS that gentlemen never discuss politics, religion, or sex, because you never know whose hero, god, or sister you're insulting. And to drag politics into daily life as this doctor is doing just bothers the heck out of me. Sure, I have opinions (some of them fairly weird, some say), but I would never let them stand in the way of my business or friendships.

Sheesh, why don't some people just grow up. To me, this is on a par with the "cooties" problem back in 3rd grade.
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post #7 of 23
4/2/10 at 7:28pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
They taught us in Navy OCS that gentlemen never discuss politics, religion, or sex, because you never know whose hero, god, or sister you're insulting.

Sheesh, why don't some people just grow up. To me, this is on a par with the "cooties" problem back in 3rd grade.
That's a pretty good motto to live by. Again, live and let live - as long as no one is physically being harmed. Easier for everyone.

And yes, he shouldn't let it mix with his business, if only for the fact that this is bad business. This may win him some supporters nationwide, but it won't bring more local business to his door.
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post #8 of 23
4/2/10 at 7:29pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
I have a real problem with mixing politics with non-political life. I don't discuss politics with most of my friends. They taught us in Navy OCS that gentlemen never discuss politics, religion, or sex, because you never know whose hero, god, or sister you're insulting. And to drag politics into daily life as this doctor is doing just bothers the heck out of me. Sure, I have opinions (some of them fairly weird, some say), but I would never let them stand in the way of my business or friendships.

Sheesh, why don't some people just grow up. To me, this is on a par with the "cooties" problem back in 3rd grade.
couldn't have said it better
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post #9 of 23
4/2/10 at 10:51pm
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Originally Posted by ckblv View Post
The title of this thread is misleading. The doctor did not say he wouldn't treat Obama supporters.
His sign sure did...tell me what part of this I'm not understanding

"If you voted for Obama, seek urologic care elsewhere"

I think that's pretty clear.
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post #10 of 23
4/3/10 at 6:59am
Yeah, but he said his sign is the equivalent of a "Beware The Dog" sign on a house without a dog. He said he wouldn't ask about who they voted for, and he wouldn't refuse treatment to anyone who actually came in the door.
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post #11 of 23
4/3/10 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
Yeah, but he said his sign is the equivalent of a "Beware The Dog" sign on a house without a dog. He said he wouldn't ask about who they voted for, and he wouldn't refuse treatment to anyone who actually came in the door.
And so what is his point? It makes me think of a junior high kid putting a sign saying "no girls with cooties allowed" on his bedroom door.
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post #12 of 23
4/3/10 at 5:41pm
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At best it's childish and petulant. No, he hasn't refused to treat anyone in his predominantly conservative community....he hasn't exactly been put to the test I would imagine. IMO, putting that sign up is as good as actually doing so, but that's just my opinion.

Frankly, I wouldn't want someone that immature with clear anger management issues, and a rather tenuous grasp of the hippocratic oath treating me anyway.
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post #13 of 23
4/3/10 at 7:25pm
I'm not sure how it slipped my mind.. But do you know what this reminds me of? There's a little shop downtown (not sure what they do/sell) that keeps putting up stuff on their sign attacking any religion that is not Christian. The tamest one being "Allah is not God".
And the town I grew up in used to have signs on each side of the town that said something like "If you're black don't let the sun set on your back". I think they finally took those down around '87?
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post #14 of 23
4/3/10 at 8:16pm
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Originally Posted by mrblanche View Post
Sheesh, why don't some people just grow up. To me, this is on a par with the "cooties" problem back in 3rd grade.
I hereby yoink this.
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post #15 of 23
4/4/10 at 6:05am
The epitome of ignorance IMO. I have no tolerance for folks like that.
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post #16 of 23
4/4/10 at 6:21am
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Originally Posted by clixpix View Post
Frankly, I wouldn't want someone that immature with clear anger management issues, and a rather tenuous grasp of the hippocratic oath treating me anyway.
No kidding. I bet when he (hopefully) loses a lot of business because of his attitude that he'll blame it on Obama.
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post #17 of 23
4/4/10 at 7:47am
According to the article, the area is mostly conservative so he won't have many Obama voting patients to lose
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post #18 of 23
4/4/10 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by clixpix View Post
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Frankly, I wouldn't want someone that immature with clear anger management issues, and a rather tenuous grasp of the hippocratic oath treating me anyway.
How do you determine that he has, "clear anger management issues?"
http://www.ask.com/bar?q=anger+manag...=1270407487940
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If you find yourself becoming angry when someone has lied to you, or cheated you or perhaps took an unfair advantage, you probably do not have anger control issues. However, if you find yourself being angry most of the time and for no apparent reason, then there may be reason for concern. Anger is a natural emotion and causes changes in your behavior both physically and emotionally. Being able to control how you react to that anger will determine if you have a management problem.
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Originally Posted by strange_wings View Post
I'm not sure how it slipped my mind.. But do you know what this reminds me of? There's a little shop downtown (not sure what they do/sell) that keeps putting up stuff on their sign attacking any religion that is not Christian. The tamest one being "Allah is not God".
And the town I grew up in used to have signs on each side of the town that said something like "If you're black don't let the sun set on your back". I think they finally took those down around '87?
1. Why don't people that put up signs like this realize they are not only NOT helping bring people to Christ but they are reflecting poorly on Christianity as a whole.

2. The racist sign, I would have done something about, I would have taken pictures of it, did a video of it also and sent it to some of the mainstream media.
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post #19 of 23
4/4/10 at 6:54pm
How is their political preference any different than their race or ethnicity?
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post #20 of 23
4/5/10 at 7:25am
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Originally Posted by icklemiss21 View Post
How is their political preference any different than their race or ethnicity?
You didn't really ask that question, did you?

You can CHOOSE your political affiliation, and the odds are good that it will change over your lifetime.

"Anyone under 30 who is not a liberal has no heart. And anyone over 30 that is not a conservative has no head."

--Winston Churchill, who started in Labor and changes to Tory.
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post #21 of 23
4/5/10 at 7:30am
I meant as far as a doctor treating them, not in general
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post #22 of 23
4/6/10 at 2:15pm
Well, politics did just insert itself into medicine in a big way...I can see how he'd want to insert his medicine into politics...he's going about it the wrong way, though, since he just makes it look like he has a stick inserted somewhere else...
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post #23 of 23
4/11/10 at 10:55pm
that kinda funny. Silly and immature but funny.
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