In-fighting ensues on r/conservative as a member is attacked for voicing concerns about their research budget cuts

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Conservative/comments/1il59ud/nih_cuts_why_no_discussion/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

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Comment: One of the things they are doing is identifying waste. I'm sure if enough researchers make a racket about this specific thing it will get attention. The problem here now however is that so many people have been throwing a fit about actual legit waste getting cleaned up that your voice might be drowned out by all those crying wolf.

OP response: I work for a private university medical school. We, my two Alma maters who are state schools, and others have sent All Faculty/All Research Staff emails about this. It’s nationwide. Every researcher knows about this as of today. We are freaking the absolute fuck out right now.

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OP comment snippet: …We do not get rich off of research. We are very educated and could make more in things like medical specialties. We do it to help others. This is not profit. This is not theft. It saves lives. It creates drugs, therapies, treatments, and cures. Do you want to cut 4B here or elsewhere? Do you know we spend TRILLIONS per year? Is it worth cementing other countries as better than us for science, tech, and medical research?

Response snippet: …Spare me the moral lecture and emotional appeal bullshit. I have an idea....let’s not pretend I'm 8 years old, and that you're a spinster gradeschool teacher that likes to manipulate children for her own power dynamic fetish.

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Comment: I don’t want to sound mean, but all the piglets squeal when the milk is cut off. Your private school can kick in the difference if they don’t want to lose to China, Europe, or India.

OP response: And what of state schools like the University of YourStateHere or even MIT? (Yes MIT isn’t public but this would affect their research work and advancements). Money doesn’t just appear out of thin air and jobs will be lost. Scientific progress will slow down regardless of this, and lives affected of people who are doing hard scientific research. I don’t do woke lbgtq studies, I work on actual medical problems. But okay then.

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Comment: $47.1 billion budget. Are we any healthier yet?

OP response: Have you been to a doctor in your lifetime to receive treatment and been given medicine or a therapy? Those come from research. Think a little.

(First time writing up one of these so please let me know how I can improve going forward)