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It's always hilarious and absurd to me how people use Trump's rally size -- in 2020, during a pandemic -- as some sort of proxy objective measurement for popula

It's always hilarious and absurd to me how people use Trump's rally size -- in 2020, during a pandemic -- as some sort of proxy objective measurement for popularity. I mean, Trump held rallies to the shock and horror of local and national and international government health departments because he's an entertainer and he knew it would be good for business, and in many cases even shamed people for wearing masks so as to attract _more_ people to his rallies. ("Everything's perfectly fine here you beautiful people!") Biden followed protocol to a T, because it was necessary to protect public health.

luxuryballs 6y ago
Little bit of column A, little bit of column B. More people packed the streets for BLM than either candidate. But does anyone really believe that Joe Biden would have had popular rallies even without a pandemic to hide behind? I very much doubt he even won the election but we’ll probably never know!
- sibeliuss 6y ago
  > But does anyone really believe that Joe Biden would have had popular rallies even without a pandemic to hide behind There's a two party system in the US. Like every presidential election literally ever, both parties attract a lot of popular attention because.... there's only two parties.
  - blisterpeanuts 6y ago
    Except for the 1992 presidential election, in which 18.9% of the votes went to 3rd party candidate Ross Perot. He didn't win any Electoral votes, but he did throw the election to Bill Clinton by denying George H.W. Bush an electoral vote majority in certain key states.
- mcphage 6y ago
  > I very much doubt he even won the election Yeah, the most hated man on the planet lost the election, how completely shocking.
singhrac 6y ago
Don’t forget that Trump’s Tulsa rally killed Herman Cain.
gotoeleven 6y ago
When medical professionals gave the green light to the BLM protests last summer they lost every bit of credibility. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-letter-protests-coronavirus-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-lette... As we've seen repeatedly over the last year, the "science" follows whatever is convenient for democrats. Why should anyone listen to it?
- sibeliuss 6y ago
  I don't think some random letter signed on some random day by a bunch of random healthcare professionals upset about police brutality is in any way evidence that so-called "science" is a political tool used by democrats in order to advance particular aims. And I don't think I need to state the obvious, but maybe I do: an open letter signed by 1200 healthcare professionals does not speak for the entire medical profession, in any way whatsoever. Healthcare is one of the largest employers in the US. And it certainly doesn't speak for scientific objectivity.

luxuryballs 6y ago

Little bit of column A, little bit of column B. More people packed the streets for BLM than either candidate. But does anyone really believe that Joe Biden would have had popular rallies even without a pandemic to hide behind? I very much doubt he even won the election but we’ll probably never know!

sibeliuss 6y ago
> But does anyone really believe that Joe Biden would have had popular rallies even without a pandemic to hide behind There's a two party system in the US. Like every presidential election literally ever, both parties attract a lot of popular attention because.... there's only two parties.
- blisterpeanuts 6y ago
  Except for the 1992 presidential election, in which 18.9% of the votes went to 3rd party candidate Ross Perot. He didn't win any Electoral votes, but he did throw the election to Bill Clinton by denying George H.W. Bush an electoral vote majority in certain key states.
mcphage 6y ago
> I very much doubt he even won the election Yeah, the most hated man on the planet lost the election, how completely shocking.

singhrac 6y ago

Don’t forget that Trump’s Tulsa rally killed Herman Cain.

gotoeleven 6y ago

When medical professionals gave the green light to the BLM protests last summer they lost every bit of credibility. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-letter-protests-coronavirus-trnd/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/05/health/health-care-open-lette... As we've seen repeatedly over the last year, the "science" follows whatever is convenient for democrats. Why should anyone listen to it?

sibeliuss 6y ago
I don't think some random letter signed on some random day by a bunch of random healthcare professionals upset about police brutality is in any way evidence that so-called "science" is a political tool used by democrats in order to advance particular aims. And I don't think I need to state the obvious, but maybe I do: an open letter signed by 1200 healthcare professionals does not speak for the entire medical profession, in any way whatsoever. Healthcare is one of the largest employers in the US. And it certainly doesn't speak for scientific objectivity.