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164. The willfully blind will attack you, but it won't change the reality.

There was a thread here yesterday lamenting the negative comments about the ACA all over the web, and blaming some propaganda effort on social media for the negative attitudes. The polls show majority disapproval as well. More results of propaganda, no doubt.

The reality is that millions have been negatively affected. Plans cancelled (yes, really) despite repeated promises from the president that that would not happen. Rates up big-time for many, despite repeated promises from the president that rates would go down. Certain doctors only on costlier plans, if at all, despite repeated promises from the president that you can keep your doctors. This is the reality people see their friends and family dealing with, and that many themselves are dealing with. As millions more will when the employer mandate is finally allowed to kick in.

What some don't get is this is not some propaganda effort, this is reality. This hits home to millions upon millions. No amount of spin from the WH or the best of the best spinners in media or on DU can alleviate that reality. And that is why support is weak, and the web is full of negativity over the law. As I've said here before, you cannot spin away a reality that hits not close to home, but at home, for so many. There are no unicorns gliding in from the heavens on rainbows.