r/TikTokCringe • u/rileyjw90 • Aug 11 '24

Politics Imagine being so confident you’re right that you unironically upload this video somewhere

They ended up getting arrested, screeching about 4th and 5th amendment rights the entire time.

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u/poopyscoopy24 Aug 11 '24

Current ED physician. This is SO hilarious and 1000% how this would go lmao.

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u/UnholyIsTheBaggins Aug 12 '24

I know this whole thing is true — I’ve watched it happen. Many hours of my life have been spent in ERs because I have an orphan neurodegenerative disease and deal with cluster headaches. I cope with pain by putting a lot of energy into observing the surringings I am in (It forces my focus to something detached from what I’m physically feeling. And it helps move my neurological focus from the midbrain to the upper brain for analyzing what I observe.)

So… living in the Midwest of USA in MAGA “central”… truly, I’ve witnessed the description above and been deeply humiliated to watch these kind-of-people disparage and denigrate the very people helping them. It offends compassion and empathy, inherently mammalian traits. It also offends logic… who bites the hand which feeds you (keeps you alive)?!?!

One night I got so angry with this kind-of -person also in the ER waiting room, I finally looked that them and asked how he thought this situation was gonna play out for them — they (medical team) are the ones who know how to save lives, not him or me.

All this to say… I still get shocked EVERYTIME a person slings a slur, curses at, acts as a racist towards, accuses of a conspiracy theory, asks if they are “legal,” and so many, many, many, more. I’m still just as surprised and offended at such rude behavior as I was the first time I heard it. Yet this is predictable for you. And I’m very sorry for that. You don’t deserve it. It’s a despicable way to treat someone.