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> Then throw in the malcontents who will just expose people for whatever irrational reason they want. I've heard some younger folks saying they want to spread
by wayoutthere 7y ago
> Then throw in the malcontents who will just expose people for whatever irrational reason they want.
I've heard some younger folks saying they want to spread coronavirus because it will kill off some of the old people who vote republican. So yeah, even if it's not happening some people do feel this way.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 7y agoJust curious - where have you heard this? In real life or online? If irl, would you mind sharing your locale? If only so that older folk can avoid it...
- zaarn 7y agoMight be in a somewhat jokey fashion, at work I've already heard some jokes in the region of "corona will take care of the last-time voters" (Letztwähler, German word that inverts 'first-time voter')
- grimjack00 7y agohttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/candi-cdebaca-tweet-coronavirus/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/candi-cdebaca-tweet-corona...
- lukev 7y agoSounds like you are mistaking gallows humor for sincere intent. I've heard the same jokes but I'm 100% sure none of the people making them actually intend to spread disease.
- Natsu 7y agoI have heard the same things. I want to believe it's all internet bluster, but when I hear an angry group on r/politics talking about how they hope certain people will die, it doesn't sound very much like a joke, especially when you can go into the comment history of some of the people and find out that they have a long history of angry political comments.
- TheAdamAndChe 7y agoWhat worries me is that there is always a population of people that buys into the rhetoric. Nazis on 4chan was just a meme, then it became a thing. /r/thedonald started as a really funny troll community laughing at the absurdity of Trump becoming president, then it became a thing too. Social contagions do affect people.
- leggomylibro 7y agoYou might be overreacting to dark humor from kids who are ironically parroting what they keep hearing about their generation from their elders: "play stupid games, win stupid prizes." Don't worry, they're young enough that they won't vote either :P
- madengr 7y agoYep, stands in their way of implementing socialism. Of course, AFTER they get any inheritance.