Why is this ok?

[Vahlnir]

If they mentioned raiding then it seems like they have the idea that healers are required to heal as little as possible and dps as much as possible. At the same time using a GCD for something that isn't dps makes you a terrible healer based on what I read on these forums.

Sounds like they are only doing what people say they should do.

Well, yeah, but a dead dps does nothing for the party, let alone 4 of them. If a healer can multitask, which means dpsing AND healing, without letting anyone die due to negligence on their part then more power to them. Sadly, there's a certain portion of healers lately that can't do both. In those cases, I wish they would focus solely on healing instead of dpsing. There has always been healers like this, but I've noticed there has been a lot more recently (anecdotical evidence, not hard facts) focused on doing more damage than actually keeping people alive. That is not okay.