As if real socialism would be bad compared to this...I mean, entitlements? How is that bad...that's how everyone in this country acts anyway: entitled! Instead it's an obligation. I self-insure, because I can afford it, and I'm not interested in an insurance company making a profit now. And, it's not like any of you will ever pay for this bill, it's going to be people like me--that actually make more than a million a year--paying for this.

You people need to stop being scared of this word--that you haven't even looked up--and start being scared of people that propagandize like this douchebag author, or anyone: obama, or bush, republican or democrat. These trolls really think that we're all so stupid that they can use these...

What's amazing is how many people will regurgitate a soundbite without the slightest meaning of the word socialist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

I stayed up reading all of the healthcare bill--all of it...I know even our politicians can't bother themselves to do this...But. Our country isn't going to become socialist because of a requirement that we purchase health insurance: which to me actually seems unconstitutional, and if it weren't for our direct benefit, borderline fascist. Which is why I'm against it. So insurance companies get to make more money? This is the same crap as we got from Republicans during Bush, and why I left the party. How is forcing people to give money to insurance companies...

All I ever hear about is how Obama, and this bill is socialism: turn on Fox News right now, and wait 5 minutes. If you don't see or hear the word socialism, and it isn't a commercial break, then I'm a liar. So what the F%$K is this guy talking about. Someone calls him socialist on the news every few minutes. This whole article is preposterous, and Douglas MacKinnon is a serious tool.

Socialism has become the new pejorative. It must be a bad thing...because we're screaming the word, repeatedly. The Berlin wall fell, and the USSR disbanded, and McCarthyism is over...that is unless tools like Doug here can someone ignite us into a rhetorical debate that none of us are actually qualified to have.