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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
23. That's not the point ...
Mon Feb 1, 2016, 01:40 AM
Feb 2016

... and again, you KNOW it's not.

You did NOT apologize to me in the thread where you accused me of "sarcastically" responding to your lack of healthcare with the phrase "I know your pain" - which was a comment I made to you in a completely different thread, an OP of yours about HRC's electability and NOT about healthcare.

You did NOT apologize about misleading fellow posters here into believing that I had "bragged" about the fact that I had healthcare that you did not.

You did NOT apologize for attributing statements to me that we BOTH know I never made.

"If Sanders beats Clinton and I say to you "I feel your pain" will it make you feel better or worse?"

WTF does that have to do with outright LYING about what I have said on this board about healthcare coverage?

I invite you - YET AGAIN - to link to anything I've said here about healthcare coverage that even remotely constitutes "bragging", or "sarcasm" towards people who don't have what I have.

Stop deflecting with comments about Clinton beating Bernie, or vice versa. This is about your lying - and neither Hillary nor Bernie are responsible for that. YOU ARE.

I note the title of your OP: "I feel your pain" Nice thing to say to someone or not?"

Given the circumstances, wouldn't the more appropriate title have been: "Lying about someone responding to your child's death with the phrase 'I feel your pain' - nice thing to do or not?"

No. I could not imagine saying it non-sarcastically Sanity Claws Jan 2016 #1
Used by a friend it may mean something. Used by a politician it's a crock of shit platitude. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #2
It usually means I understand. But if Bill is trying to tell jwirr Jan 2016 #3
Considering the source (the 1992 source that is), at best it's insincere tularetom Jan 2016 #4
It is a statement of empathy. Agnosticsherbet Jan 2016 #5
On the contrary SheenaR Feb 2016 #29
Is yelling I feel your pain at an AIDS activist really an expression of empathy from a Presidential merrily Feb 2016 #37
I only use it when I can relate it to mine own personal experience. SamKnause Jan 2016 #6
I know there are no words.. Fumesucker Jan 2016 #12
I agree with your point . TheFarS1de Feb 2016 #34
Mark of a good politician HassleCat Jan 2016 #7
How long will it be before Hillary says it? Fumesucker Jan 2016 #13
I don't think she will HassleCat Jan 2016 #15
I have never said it to anyone, but I don't find it offensive Glorfindel Jan 2016 #8
It's a sign of human empathy. Tho there are other tones of voice, I'm going with empathy... Hekate Jan 2016 #9
I'm personally convinced that universal health care would have saved my child Fumesucker Jan 2016 #11
As I already said, I go by personal history and other interactions. In your case... Hekate Feb 2016 #39
Most other times it is glib and insincere unless you have suffered the same thing. snagglepuss Jan 2016 #10
It's called having empathy. Beaverhausen Jan 2016 #14
Actually, that was sympathy and compassion loyalsister Feb 2016 #25
Context is everything. It can be cruel or empathetic Arazi Jan 2016 #16
Thank you.. Fumesucker Jan 2016 #17
It's better than saying that having to work 3 jobs is "fantastic" DefenseLawyer Feb 2016 #18
A high bar indeed Fumesucker Feb 2016 #19
THIS is your apology? NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #20
You might recall I apologized to you in the earlier thread, you continued to insult me Fumesucker Feb 2016 #22
That's not the point ... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #23
I really didn't want to drag this all up again Fumesucker Feb 2016 #28
Fine. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #31
Here is your hero proving your old opinion of her Fumesucker Feb 2016 #32
So you have no link ... NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #35
That is a response to said post. sheshe2 Feb 2016 #36
Fumesucker.... Hekate Feb 2016 #43
Maybe you shouldn't have started it, if you can't finish? Cary Feb 2016 #40
Nance... Hekate Feb 2016 #42
Thanks, Hekate. NanceGreggs Feb 2016 #44
If they would actually take my pain, that would be a nice thing. Live and Learn Feb 2016 #21
For the most part, I wouldn't trust anyone who said that. SMC22307 Feb 2016 #24
It depends aswanson Feb 2016 #26
Or experience Fumesucker Feb 2016 #33
I might say it over trivial matters. "My boss is such an asshole. He's making me work this weekend Ed Suspicious Feb 2016 #27
It would be offensive to me, jen63 Feb 2016 #30
Jury results. merrily Feb 2016 #38
I don't understand the obsession with personalities Cary Feb 2016 #41
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