I definitely care if my doctor is some anti-abortion, patriarchal Christian who votes Conservative, but I hardly doubt wearing a cross or not would indicate their inability to fulfill their role as a physician because of those values.

Either way, a political criticism of genocide is not the same thing as a general religious symbol, so there's no consistency between these cases in the first place. Everything your doctor subscribes to is rooted in their politics, and a watermelon pin that shows solidarity with a nation currently victimized by genocide is like, a pretty bad starting point for this enforcement against political expression.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Which doctor though? The one you see every now and then to discuss your health trends and medication needs, or the one that's straddling you on a gurney giving you CPR while you're being rushed from an ambulance to an OR?

[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

That'd be EMS.

If the argument is meant to be, "you wouldn't care if they were saving your life," then you don't seem to really understand why I wouldn't want a bigoted doctor that wants me genocided. This mentality is fundamently incompatible with empathy as it requires the selective dehumanization of particular groups for one's own material benefit; the suspension of empathy. Yes, I want my fucking paramedic to have a sense of empathy and I do believe that quality is crucial in order for them to perform their job effectively. Just like how I'd be endangered by a family physician neglecting my needs due to bigotry, I wouldn't even be a statistical anomaly if my paramedic treated me differently because of bigotry and I fucking died for no good reason.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu -1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

The radicals would not accept to remove their religious gear, that's part of the point.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

"Radicals" who? Hijabis? Orthodox Jewish men? They wouldn't be radical to refuse and it'd be difficult to write a law that applies to wearing a cross that wouldn't just overwhelmingly be enforced against groups whose religious symbols aren't optional.