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  • good..it is a pre-exsisting condition

  • Who here to help.

  • i "understand" that the health insurance industry is a trillion dollar one and they pay off politicians to get away with whats obviously unconstitutional and illegal activity. that's something that wont change.. but AT LEAST government should in place rules and regulations to insure minimal moderate "fairness" and i use that term loosely.

    but something is better than nothing, cause THIS is truly pathetic.

  • Abuse comes in all shapes and sizes, and in BOTH genders.. TO anyone whose in a toxic relationship get the fuck out NOW!! You don't deserve to be treated like shit.

  • it's good that you are informing people about this horrible criminal rule. The insurance people should actually be thrown in jail without a doctor. see how THEY like it when the shoe is on the other foot.

  • this is a plus side to men not reporting domestic violence, I guess...

  • First, dipshit, women commit violence as often as men in relationships. Second, if anyone stays in a violent situation, I don't care if they cancel their policy. They are just costing the system more money- and I am having to pay for it.

  • you wana know whats not a pre exsisting condition: domestic violence.

  • These seems like an obscure point, considering that abused husbands have no shelters to go to, especially if they need to bring their children to protect them from violence. Abused husbands have very little protection under the law due to gender profiling by police and the courts. When a man is assaulted by his wife or GF, he is generally just out of luck.

    So what was this little insurance wrinkle??? Big deal. Lets have equal rights first.

  • @proudguy you are an idiot. Plain and simple.

  • @deathoftheendless

    You want things to be plain and simple. (Man=bad, Woman=good). Otherwise you would have to think a little.

  • Just who is going to pay for this? The money has to come from somewhere, and it's going to be at the cost of other policy holders. If a woman wasn't sloppy and did what she was told, she wouldn't be a victim in the first place, and I don't feel others need to pay when the woman herself should be held responsible for her actions.

  • @TheRainbowRapist "Did what she was told"? As in she should obey her man? What are you, a Christian?

  • @TriaMaxwell Yes, women should obey their men. It's a shame it's such a novel concept to so many women out there. Anyways, give it a try some time.

  • @TheRainbowRapist Well, I am not a member of any of the oppressive male monotheisms. I am a free and equal woman yanno, because I'm a Pagan. I don't obey, and even if I wanted to, I haven't found a man worthy of my obedience. Stupid Christian.

  • @TriaMaxwell Equal? ROFLMAOcopters! You can't even vote toots! What's next, a female VP candidate? My sides are splitting with laughter right now. You made my day.

  • @TheRainbowRapist Um, I voted in every election since 2001. Women have been voting since 1920. Stupid.

  • @TriaMaxwell Uh huh. Riiiight. You don't have time to vote, due to your womanly duties of cooking and cleaning, so you're not fooling me.

  • @TheRainbowRapist Funny, I don;t do housework, I'm not married, and I'm fine with this at 29. :P You are either some fucktard from the TrueChristiansUnite board or just another stupid Christian, or just some parody jokester, we are done here.

  • @TriaMaxwell You don't do housework? No wonder you're so bitter and alone. Why not learn to compromise? If you make a man happy by doing housework, chances are he'll support you, and give you dick in return. Chances are you'll be much happier. Don't knock it til you try it.

  • @TheRainbowRapist I'd rather have a job and have my own money. I can get dick if I want it without obeying a man.

  • @TriaMaxwell

    So you live in a hovel then?

  • @ValiantVendetta Nope, I live in a relatively nice apartment.

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  • Hey "Rainbow Rapist", just because you couldn't get a prom date or a mercy fuck doesn't mean you shoul have such a sour attitude to women.

  • @Bitching4Blades You see a real man in me, but hate it don't you? Keep chugging your Hatorade.

  • @TheRainbowRapist no sweetheart, I have a man. He doesn't yell at me and respects me without losing his edge. So, cross that off. I have nothing against MEN, just those that happen to hate women so much, they may be homosexual. That would be you dear.

  • @Bitching4Blades He has the characteristics of a rapist, I'm very concerned for the safety of other women. He needs to be behind bars for the rest of his miserable existance.

  • @Bitching4Blades He has the characteristics of a rapist, I'm very concerned for the safety of other women. He needs to be behind bars for the rest of his miserable existance. Notice in a prior comment to you, he stated, "you see a real man in me, but hate it don't you?" Sounds like he's very insecure and has issues with women. There are men like him in prison for hurting women. He has problems. It's strange behavior, not to mention the username, that should be a red flag.

  • @TheRainbowRapist You are NOT a real man, you are a COWARD AND A SORRY PIECE OF CRAP! Why do you have a username such as that? It's very strange, as you are too.

  • @Bitching4Blades His username is sick. He seems strange to me. I think that he needs to be checked out. It may be nothing, but it might save a woman from being hurt by this piece of crap monster. I can't stand pieces of worthless crap like him. He makes me sick at my stomach.

  • @TheRainbowRapist Men should love the woman that they are with. Women are NOT a piece of meat or an object, and women aren't something for you to control, you piece of crap. I bet you don't even have a women, if so, I bet when she sees how you are she leaves you. You don't deserve a woman.

  • @lawstudentgirl1 You are just all fucked up. Dinner ain't gonna cook itself, the dishes ain't gonna wash themselves, yadda yadda I could on. Sometimes a sloppy woman needs a bit of a..boost, if you get my drift. If my wife left, I'd just get another one. Plenty of fish in the sea. You can think whatever you wish, but it's a woman's job to cook, clean, raise children, and please her man sexually.

  • @lawstudentgirl1 His "wife" must be a blow-up doll. I find his rebuttals and his overall life, pitiful.

  • @Bitching4Blades Oh stop it. you find me dead sexy, but won't admit it. Now shut your cake hole and make me a sammich, bitch.

  • @TheRainbowRapist righhhttt... I'd only find you attractive dead is right.. Now, I'm going to end this comment so you can continue your sick fantasies of raping your mother. try growing a pair and then talking to me, k?

  • @Bitching4Blades A necrophile are we? Anyways, you know if you dropped your attitude and started listening to men, you'd have an actual man in your life (no, your pet dog Mr Bigglesworth doesn't count). Male superiority sugartits. Learn to cope. And make me a fucking sammich already. Bitch.

  • @TheRainbowRapist male superiority my ass. You're sitting in your momma's basement collecting dust and talking shit because you never went to prom and have issues.. a "sammich?" you sound like a fourth grader trying to grow balls.. Do something about your meaningless life instead of posting your holy-joe, men-are-superior bullshit. If it weren't FOR women, you wouldn't be here, unfortunately you are here, posting your traditional child-raping bullshit. How sad..

  • @Bitching4Blades Male superiority is reality. Men on average are in fact stronger, faster and smarter (IQ-wise) than women. The fact that the only thing you can do is resort to childish insults reinforces the fact that I am intellectually superior to you. Downright pathetic really. If it wasn't for men, you wouldn't be here. The dwelling (which was built by men) you live in you wouldn't have. All the things that men can do, but women can't that you take for granted. You are inferior.

  • @TheRainbowRapist Annd if it weren't for women, you're stupid ass wouldn't be here, first of all: I pay my rent and work my ass off, and your little tirade has gone off the handle.. You call me inferior and childish when you said "sammich." It's funny how you think I "dwell" when I aspire to make a living. And since you're a Paramore/Rise Against fan, your argument is tasteless, coming from a Generation Y little basement dweller who just don't like girl "cooties." Grow up. YOU'RE the lesser one.

  • @Bitching4Blades "you're stupid ass" LOL, if you're going to call someone stupid, be grammatically correct when doing so. A dwelling in the context I used it meant what you lived in; house, apartment, cardboard box, etc. You are inferior, and have provided nothing to dispute that fact. Men built everything, and allotted you and your fellow wimmen niches in the workplace. It was handed to you. And just how does my taste in music equate me to some basement dweller who dislikes girl cooties?

  • @TheRainbowRapist bitch please, cry butt-hurt over women's rights progressing all you want, we're still here... It's kind of sad that you hold such contempt for women, assuming you never had one and built yourself this "pseudo-superiority". You're deluded and need a reality check. And read some gender studies while you're at it brokeback bitch.

  • @TheRainbowRapist this is an argument from a Twilight fan.. (one who touches themselves to Robert Pattison and glitter).. You do realize that was written by a woman and is favored by women? You effeminate little bitch.. You're kind of funny!

  • @TheRainbowRapist That username is dispicable and so are you! You are PURE EVIL! You probably don't even have a job. We are probably paying for you to sit on your'e stupid behind. I think that that the police should check you out. You seem a little strange to me. I'm going to report you to my friend, he's a chief of police, and have him to check your sorry behind out.

  • @AngryActivist45

    BTW. I don't mean you misake is "going to a counceller" per se`. I mean, deriving your social information from an industry that has been utterly marauded, by predominantly feminist interests, is a big mistake. The fog of feminism and women's studies, is by now, all pervasive in western society. It masks itself by tactical shame, whoops up female support via erroneous victimology, and male support by pre-existing chivalry exploited. And "that guy" he refers to, is, a councellor

  • @AngryActivist45

    You've gone to "counsellors". That's your first mistake right there. And right there is where the lie begins and cultivates. Do you know WHO the first head of a Women's Shelter in America was? Erin Pizzey. SHE herself openly remarks that Domestic Violence statistics are gleaned from "shelter sources", which is scientifically unempirical, as there is no "control group" to validate findings. And this lopsided "source" then passes bullshit numbers on, "out of itself".

  • @AngryActivist45

    Extracting what reality is meant by the ACTUAL statistics pertaining to domestic violence, is no simple trick. And the simpler it's said to be, the simpler the mind is, that's making the claim. From the widest accumulation of neutral, and reputable sources, women appear to be the most regularly injured by domestic violence. If you think that morcel alone is an indicator of aggression, you can say so now, to let the world know that you have faulty powers of deduction.

  • @AngryActivist45

    Everything you say, and think is either wrong, or completely anecdotal. You've "been there done that?" So, what you mean is, YOU are more likely to play fight. Female aggression is apparantly only a mystery to people who read too many feminist opiners, or get their information from 6pm soundbites. Hey, guess what. I've "been there, done that too". If you think that means more than a bean on a hill, you have as much clue as it sounds like you do.

  • That's because they all beat their wives...

  • mental illness causes violence!!!

    medicate and appreciate!!!!!!!!

  • @AngryActivist45 - Yes, let's just ignore the hundreds of studies that show women being as violent or more violent than men. Why let the facts get in the way of your opinions? It is a terrible thing that someone hurt you. It is wrong. It is sub-human. But your one particular instance, tragic though it may be, is not representative of the real domestic violence situation. Women do NOT "usually" hit only in self-defence. Live in your victim fantasy world and you achieve nothing. Except ignorance.

  • Social reformation sounds good right about now...

  • @AngryActivist45 Its true. I saw a video on youtube and the guy quoted a university study which was done. The study gathered evidence from over 100 other studies which had been done into domestic violence.

  • @AngryActivist45 In 73% of domestic abuse cases in the US it is the woman attacking the man.

  • women act out domestic violence against men aswell

  • Why do TYT think D/V only means a 'husband beating his wife'..? Ignoring half the victims of D/V won't solve the problem... Are all Turks this ignorant and sexist or is it just this fat fool in the above video?

  • "The system is broken, and somebody's got to stand up to this." You said it all right there, Cenk. Perfectly stated.

  • "they allow insurance companies to treat domestic violence as a pre existing condition"

    Whenever the insurance rates are increased, the difference can be payed by leftist, liberal feminist groups

    It's a light price to pay for their Constitutional violation of presumed guilt

  • Many arrests, jailings, employment lost, dollars extracted, expulsions from home, resultant dark legal history & destroyed reputations. In addition to astronomical insurance premiums... all due to presumed guilt. I can't wait to experience the completed version of this fantastic matriarchal society

  • Everyone always knew it would be much better when the merely imagined patriarchal society would be replaced with the real matriarchal one

    Male dominance of society was never contrived. Simply hold worldwide male/female arm wrestling competitions and you'll discover its 100% natural development

    If all females disappeared tomorrow, mattresses would still make it to the 2nd floor. If all males disappeared all 2nd floors would be vacant. Actually, there wouldn't exist any floors

  • Thus, its reasonable that men should build them & women should preside in the dominant places of power, determining building codes... according to Deludocrats

    If only men sat in the Capitol Building, they'd sit within that which men have built. If only women were in such positions, the proceedings would commence atop blankets at an outdoor grassy knoll

    This is not Misogyny... this is "REALITY"!

    Don't like it? Complain to Gaia

  • If there is any factual accuracy to this (and truly I do not know)... let's not lose sight of a sordid reality: that DV/IPV (Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence) is NOT a gender issue, it's a SOCIAL issue.

    Women batter men also (the difference is battered men do not have a tax payer funded industry to turn to for help).

  • Its true, It was in the Huffington post and several other major publications. And you are right it is a social problem, but I think women get more attention as victims because they are more likely to be the victim and in our society it is not acceptable for a man to admit he is being abused by a woman. Which is also a social problem.

  • This is truly ridiculous that insurance companies can say this is a pre-existing condition. Oh, Meaow, just be healthy and that way you can get insured. This must change.

  • @DarkangelOO909 The democrats seem just as intent on sucking up to the insurance companies and keeping this sick status quo as they are.

  • The world needs help! It seems more like thease people on youtube could run this country better then the people in Washington D.C can.

  • so should the insurance companies in those 8 states be enablers of the situation by paying for the result of someones choice to stay in a "relationship" that causes physical harm?

    it seems a little asinine to make an argument for "cheaper abuse"

  • If anyone believes that an unregulated 'free market' ensures competition are you watching this on a computer that was supplied with (or if you built it yourself; had to buy) a piss poor, bug riddled operating system from Microsoft? I bet not many are using Linux.

  • I think Cenk's is WAY to positive about the idea of capitalism.

    He's constantly saying he's a capitalist, yet constantly saying that what's happening is not 'his kind' of capitalism.

    Fact is, what's happening IS capitalism.

    Capitalism is a failed economic system, but I think people won't realize that till the inevitable second bank crash.

  • I am told constantly that ER will not turn you away for no insurance but I got turned away today by two ERs with shingles near my eye and a fractured foot. I have not sought medical attention in two years and my body is falling apart. How am i supposed to work like this and provide for my 3 kids. If repubs hate welfare they should support healthcare

  • LMAO Yet again another stupid fucking right wing loser who can't spell.

  • How can anyone possibly defend this health care sytem? It seems like the worse off you are (health wise), the more you are puished.

  • dudeguy137 - How can anyone possibly defend this health care sytem?

    I'm especially amazed that con-servative, faith over fact, Christians are against reform. They seem to care a great deal about money and little to nothing for the poor and sick who need help. The con-christians were also silent or even supportive of war. Why did they refrain from opposing a preemptive, immoral, and costly invasion? Christlike or Satanic?

  • These "christians" believe in the "sanctity of life" so strongly that they fight to preserve a system that denies people life saving medical treatment. Apparently, the stock values of insurance companies is more important than an individuals pain, suffering , and life. These people believe if you are on the RIGHT side of God you wont even get sick. If you do (because of sin) you just have to pray it away. If you die then it is merely God's will that you do so.

  • I can only think that because they tick a few 'boxes' as far as religion goes- bumper stickers...turning up to church every so often- being suspicious of 'other' religions, they think they are 'fixed' so don't need to bother with stuff like actually understanding or caring about any of the principles of Christ's teaching.

  • Its not about Christianity. Republicans are motivated by GREED. Do not blame christianity as a whole because there are plenty christian democrats fighting for health care reform

  • RedNymph - That is why I said 'Con' christians and emphasized the word 'right'. I was pointing out the intense hypocrisy that is the right wing 'christian' so-called 'family values' party that cares more for profit than anything else, including the well-being of fellow humans. Apparently, to them, cooperating with and helping out your fellows is socialism and is therefore condemnable. Yet I haven't seen left wing christian groups speak out against the lies and greed of their right wing partners.

  • when you'll have health care, you'll wonder why it toke such a long time to get it, believe me.

  • doesn't the fact that the us is the only western country without universal health care tell u something?

    Honestly, what are the chances that u are right. U are all alone in your beliefs. if every other country has it, and hasn't it abolished it, don't u think ur probably wrong.

  • tehant1liberal,

    they are actually communist places, not socialist, and he's not asking for the us to become like north korea, he's asking for some compassion, and a health care system which doesn't have the incentive to deny people care. also, a public option for poor people who can't afford health care in order to save their lives. are you saying that this is an invasion of your freedoms and that your against it?

  • i don't mean to step on your toes, but to be honest, north korea is not really communist.

    communism is pretty much the very left and the very right is fascist

    north korea is imo, a dictatorship. They don't even belong on the political spectrum

  • you have a problem with the free market cenk? go live in one of those free and wonderful places that already have obamas socialist policies, north korea, or cuba. it may sound bad, but the pursuit of profits is all that matters, and anyone who wants to regulate it is saying "im against freedom, im against god, and im going to run your life and give you no choice in how you do anything" which is obamas message

  • or Canada, or Europe or many other civilized countries. All of them have those "socialist policies" of caring for your neighbor and other citizens. What you promote is a nation of selfish people being assholes to each other and the rest of the world doesn't care, because their families are not drowning in debt for health troubles.

    For the US gov to finally demand some responsibility from its citizens to plan ahead a little bit further than the next weeks has nothing to do with be against freedom

  • first of all, north korea is not even close to socialist. It seems you don't understand the terms very well

    second of all, call it socialist medicine if u want, but i don't see how anyone with a brain is against healthcare reform that takes care of everyone...

    unless you are a selfish prick

  • Yes, tell them!

    I want to be able to sell my kids so they can start working the coal mines at 5 but those bastard commies won't let me.

    Where are my freedoms?

    You Americans are so lucky, you had a President like GWB that defended your libertyes. You are the only first world country where kids as young as 15 can go in the army.

  • I wonder if Canada will accept 50 million uninsured people of America as new citizens. lol. Good God, help us. Absolute insanity. I don't think there is anyone to stand up for us anymore. America is in a state of comatose from the mainstream media. The Dems have sold out, the elections are controlled. Equal press is not given to 3rd parties. America has in fact, become a full blown corporate fascist country;whether we want to face it or not.

  • the repugs and their lords and masters are simply evil in any definition, begin to send our bills to the rich fucks in the repug party and the republican national party to pay our bills we cant afford, send them to "i dont know how many houses" mccain, or the rich tool of humana mcconnel of krntucky have them pay our bill, also send the info to the news station, let's show these fuckers we want option now, not a fuckin fine for being unable to afford insurance

  • where are the elected leaders that are suppose to fight for and protect the citizens of this country.If you can't find them look in the pockets of big bussiness.Will you vote for these guys again or will you convince yourself that, they are only weak on healthcare but are strong on everythingelse that is important to you. That may be true until they're REAL BOSSES (remember, they DO NOT WORK FOR YOU, corp. owns them) instructs them to abandon a worthy cause because no profits are made.

  • So basically insurance companies are encouraging men/women to say nothing when they are in an abusive relationship so that there is nothing reported that these companies can use against you to deny or double your healthcare.

    You say that "somebody" needs to stand up for us? I think it starts with American standing up for themselves...the government are few but the citizens of this country are many...just like the movie Ants with the grasshoppers (yes I realize, bad example haha).

  • y dosnt obamma do someting about this

  • ...While the wonderful Insurance Companies are Burning in HELL for Eternity, they will be suffering far worse than Domestic Violence from their Father Satan, a fate far worse that Death! Maybe THEN a little Fairness for the People??

  • I don't Fear Man/Woman, I only Fear my Creator, the Creator of ALL Life! I feel sorry for You & The Insurance companies tho, PEACE.

  • They don't even know you let alone love you. Shouldn't a woman w/ a history of domestic violence be called a dominatrix, not a creatrix? politically correct fart

  • Proverbs 9:10

    "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding." & I am Proud to fear God who is the only one who can destroy the universe! (and your internet too by the way) :P To those who are angry at this...i suppose I (a woman) must fear Satan? or Men? or  pissed off YouTubers who hate GOD? *LOL* PEACE & have a nice life!

  • @MrsD7777 So random xD

  • "THE FEAR OD THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM" You can hate me, hate GOD, it does not matter...Every knee shall BOW in the end. Have Fun being angry at the TRUTH! :D PEACE!

  • @MrsD7777 lol what a nutjob

  • The insurance companies must get some kind of pleasure in victimizing the victims.

  • I didn't realize that getting your ass beat was a pre-existing condition.

  • getting raped is one too

  • The Conservatives are like a fucking hypocritical leech spouting religious babble and bullshit while at the same time doing crystal meth fucking little boys and excepting bribes I hope every last conservative in this country drops dead right this second. Just remember you can't spell conservative without CON these people are parasites living off of peoples fear and ignorance their breeding ground is in the minds of the religious and the racists of this country. Spouting ignorance, lies & hatred.

  • i just read up on a blog earlier, and from what im hearing, rape can be a pre-existing condition too. i believe the article said Wisconsin........but if a woman has been raped and gets PTSD or something similar and the insurance company or doctor proves that the disorder is directly related to the rape, then she can be denied coverage............nice to know that you can get raped twice.

  • So now the health insurance agency is telling women: "Caught in an abusive relationship & afraid to leave because you know the guy will track you down & kill you? Just finding out that the man of your heart has no problem with dislocating your jaw? Well, you better suck it up, cuz we aren't helpin' ya!" She has to deal with a lunatic screwing her physically and a judas health insurance company screwing her financially. Great. Thanks free market.

  • I'm sure having a vagina will count as a pre-existing condition by next year.

  • I'm now accepting preexisting conditions.

  • that's sick

  • New low.

  • Why is there a debate about people staying with abusive spouses? Being hit the first time is domestic violence. Whether the victim leaves or not, they have domestic violence in their background and therefore qualify as having a pre-existing condition.

  • Well the issue may infact not be best suited to staying... of course with the psychological side I understand why they stay. But a lot of the time the first hit is quickly followed by a "get over here bitch" and a raping and a beating. The fact that it's considered a pre-existing condition at all defies both logic and it's definition.

  • i wonder having period pains is a pre-existing condition

  • There are safe houses in every state, almost in every county. Contact social services.

  • I wonder if living in a *rough* neighborhood is a preexisting condition.

  • There are no moderate Republicans. They're all right-wing extremists.

    America's only real enemies are Republicans.

  • That's not really true. Many, arguably most of the Republicans especially in congress are radical. But there is a lot of moderate people who consider themselves Republicans. Colin Powell, is in my opinion one of te only true moderate Republican left in government.

  • if ur husband hits u the first time...LEAVE

  • easier said than done.

  • agree with Cenk but!................

    If the women gets beat the fist time the spouse is a fucking asshole!!

    If the women gets beat a second time Hmmm? spouse still and asshole but now Im starting to wonder....

    If the woman gets beat the third time its HER FUCKING PROBLEM because she doesnt want to leave the asshole!

    I understand that there are times where a women can't go but that's why you call the Police and HE WILL!! Straight to JAIL!

  • I agree with Cenk but I have one counter point.

    Person A is beaten by their spouse. Person A gets treatment. Person A stays with said spouse and gets beaten again. Person A gets treatment. Person A gets beaten again. Person A gets treatment again and again. At what point is it too much?

    That said, I don't think this is the actual scenario that the HC companies were worried about. They were just cheap.

  • The scenario you put forth and the argument behind it is idiotic and exactly the bloodless thinking that insurance companies do to create ridiculous profits for themselves.

    You might as well just say that it is Person B's fault for being beaten by their spouse. Disgusting.

  • Well, not the first time. The 5th time? Yes. If you are too stupid to leave someone after they beat you, you deserve it.

  • what about all those who try to get out of abusive relationships and end up dead . . .

    i think people stay because they feel (and are made to believe) that they are alone and they have no options . . .

  • To me it makes more sense to try and get out of an abusive relationship than to stay in one. You always have options.

  • you never been in an abusive relationship have you?

  • You are still in one and can't leave cause you know they can change aren't you?

  • it does make more sense to get out . . but if someone says "i'll kill you if you leave me" . . . that's a game changer. people in abusive relationships know what the abuser is capable of . . . and if he's capable of killing you or those you love, you may be more inclined to stay in the relationship.

    . . . and that's good that you know you have options . . . everyone doesn't know that . . . or they can't see it.

  • If they might kill you if you leave, they might kill you if you stay. Thus you have no real reason to stay. You should get help but you shouldn't stay.

  • kathicll, read "Why Does He Do That?" to get a taste of what abusive relationships are like and why abused women stay.

    Otherwise, you are just talking out of your ass.

  • They stay cause they are stupid. Just like women who like men who treat them like shit are stupid. When it comes to psychology, everyone talks out of their ass. Even the author of your book.

  • kathicll, wow, with your logic, why read anything by anybody? Just refuse to reconsider anything because you don't want to consider anything else! People like you are the real stupid people.

  • I never said I wasn't willing to reconsider. I said psychology is bull. Which it is. Math, science, geography, and to some extent social science aren't bull. Why? Cause they aren't assumptions based on assumptions about what is going on in someone's head.

  • What you just said is 100% bull. You haven't even read anything of the book and you automatically have made a verdict about it. At the same time, you are doing EXACTLY what you criticize psychology for doing: you are making assumptions about what is going on in the minds of women who are abused.

  • I have made a verdict on psychology. What I said may be bull, but at least I don't lie or charge for it like your psychology book.

  • Fuck this country! Norway here I come...

  • norway wtf?

  • wow

  • I cant believe it is happening in america....

  • See, I can wrap my head around republicans wanting to get paid, and stay in office, and yada yada yada. However, what I simply can't get behind, is the notion that, in this day and age, where we're supposed to be getting better as a society, as a country, as a PEOPLE, there are still some who would look at domestic abuse and say, "Yeah, that sucks a bit, and, oh, you're going to have to pay more for insurance, because of it."

    Talk about kicking a person when they're down, he said with irony.

  • There are many partially psychotic people out there. There is alway the possibilty they are testing your loyaty with a death threat of one kind or another. It all has to do with power and status. When they threaten or falsely accuse, you are working with a dangerous status psycho, and it is like time to put on your walking boots if you're not inclined to send them to where they are sending you..

  • Being sucked in by a violent person is difficult. Basically what violent people are looking for is some kind of violence rush. It is like a drug addiction. All they want to do is resolve their feelings by violence (hurting you). It's a fix, they are pleasuring themselves. i don't know how to resolve this. If you have ever known a violent status person, all you have to do is just watch for the signs. Pretty soon they are going to have to try to do some damage with a vase, knife, or lamp.

  • This story makes me so angry, I want to beat my wife.

  • If you have a "beater" or even "an arm waveing exited lunatic" in the house, you will be in far greater danger of being injured in some crazed demonstration of madness. You cannot really stop a crazy person acting out. It is just too much of a wild card and overall danger. i hate to say it, but if you have a "beater" in the family or in the house, or on the loose it's risky, and can be absurdly risky.

  • So is living in a dangerous neighborhood a preexisting condition?

  • Angered fueled violence is such a "train wreck". A person who does not regard you being as valuable and wants to subjugate you with violence could be called a preexisting condition. If you no longer lived with this dynamic then it would be a different story. Most people are status people so they are "kind of crazy" and will act out "crazy". Very crazy people are dangerous even if they are just "acting out", but they might not have anything better to do than hurt you. Same as driving drunk.

  • I'm not saying we shouldn't stop profit motive for mega-corps. Talk about nonhuman entities...they're more like fanged fire breathing monstrous behemoths; attack of the multi-billion dollar creature from the infernal depths of the USA economy. They buy law to crush humans and we're all in the path of their slaughter. Let people enjoy profit motive. Let mega-nonhuman entities serve people, not the other way around. People are being served to them as dinner; snatched up by "corporation claws".

  • I can't believe we even have to have a conversation about whether or not corporations have first amendment rights. How more obviously corrupt and evil could they be? Say what you want, they are as evil as terrorists.

  • You are above law when you can buy law.

  • Politicians, in general, do not care about the people.

    The majority of people know this, we need to reform our polical systems worldwide.

  • The US should do something really really simple. Find the universal healthcare of any Western country, they can take their pick, and then copy and paste. No need to reinvent the wheel.

  • I actually dont have much of a problem with this.

    Calling it a preexisting condition, & if she came 2 the hospital 4 the 1st time cause she got beat up by her spouse & they dont cover her or they raise her rate, its wrong, but if she continually gets beat up & has 2 go 2 the hospital if I were an insurance company I would jack the price up too.

    She needs 2 leave that person & some girls just wont They will continue 2 get beat & its not the insurance companies problem if she wont leave the guy

  • SO..... one of the principles you support is that if you are subject to a repeat avoidable occurrence then your insurance shouldn't operate because you should know better? So if you fall off a bike once your covered BUT fall off it again and "you should have known better.....no insurance???". Driving to work is the most dangerous thing we do all day, we know it's dangerous and yet we still do it. So....no insurance.

    In matters like this the principle is the issue, not a particular instance.

  • Nobody is going to stand up for us, Cenk.

  • The system IS broken indeed. In USA and In UK. It's so frustraing because people know what to do, and how to do it. But instead of saying 'we will...' they instead keep saying ' we should...'. IE I don't want to hear statements like, 'we should change these policies, but rather, We WILL change these policies...'.

  • Hip hooray for the free market. Why is it, that I keep wishing, that the wingnut's scare tactic of calling Obama a socialist was actually true?

  • I wonder if those are southern states lol

  • What an insane country.

  • why am i not surprised

  • I honestly believe that these corporate lobbyists love money so much, that they routinely jack-off into wads of $100 dollar-bills.