The Medicare-For-All Bill does not conflict with defending the ACA.

[NurseJackie]

96. Ok, so here's the deal... anchovies suck!

92. nobody's forcing you to have anchovies.

So stop offering them.

It's not as if posting things forcibly imposes them on the party or onto you.

Well, it's not as if my continually refuting them and reminding you that they've been rejected by millions and millions of voters "imposes" anything on you, either. (Well, maybe, other than imposing the facts on you.) I'm just saying: the numbers speak for themselves. The results speak for themselves. The historical facts speak for themselves.

Discussion is simply discussion.

Wow man, that's deep. Profound. Intense man, super-intense. Mind blown. I'm going to get that engraved on a plaque, dude.

And it's not as though you have to read every post of everyone you disagree with. You have the option of not reading them.

It's not as though you have to take every reply of disagreement so personally. You have the option of responding in a more adult way when someone "shoots-down" outdated and unrealistic ideas.

And no one needed to give you permission,

Duh! Of course. Wasn't my cheeky sarcasm obvious enough to you? If not, I'll spell it out for you. I-don't-need-your-permission.

because you've never been at a disadvantage to anyone else on this board and you've never had to fight to make yourself heard here or anything.

Neither have you. ("Or anything" huh?)

There isn't a power relationship between us...

LOL! Relationship? I wouldn't use that word at all.

we are simply two equal human beings

Equal? Then why try to bully me off the board by making veiled innuendos and false accusations about me being a crazy stalker. Is that how you treat someone who you consider to be "equal"? (I think not.) Your previous behavior and lack of respect toward me are in complete contrast to those words.

expressing somewhat different opinions.

That's an understatement. No, views are not "somewhat" different. They are VERY different. EXCEEDINGLY different. MONUMENTALLY different.

And the fact that you don't like ideas doesn't mean you are entitled to declare them rejected.

I've claimed no such entitlement. I have made no such declaration. (Straw man argument.) I am, however, simply reminding you that the voters rejected them in the same way that the originator rejected the Democratic party.

Many years ago, I had a boyfriend who rejected me. We flirted and dated for a brief period, but eventually he decided once and for all that didn't want to be a couple. He wanted to be able to do his own thing and live an independent life without me.

Yet, for some reason, he still felt obligated to tell me how to run my life. He wanted to tell me where I should live, how I should dress, who my friends should be. He criticized my job and ridiculed my family. He accused me of being dumb. He told me I was ugly, a tramp, and worthless. He insulted and denigrated me. He treated me like dirt. He didn't want to be with me, but still he wanted to CONTROL me and control my life. He had the nerve to tell me it was for my own good and that he knew best what I needed. He felt ENTITLED to it.

But, you know what? I wouldn't accept things like that back then (all those many years ago) and I won't accept it now. Do you get my meaning? Does any of that make sense to you?

You are just one poster here. You are not the Voice of DU.

I never claimed to be. (Straw man argument.)

You are simply one poster among many.

I never claimed differently. (Straw man argument.)

And we agree much more than not on the issues. There's no massive divergence here.

Nice try.

(Still waving!)