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This is unkind and frankly untrue.

• timr 6y ago
  Quotes from OP, in this thread: > The one thing that defines fervent anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers, the "let's open for business while people are still dying" crowd, and others with bizarre beliefs is that they make their statements with absolute certainty, and with no admission that they might ever be wrong. > Meanwhile the deniers are still claiming the virus is "just a bad case of flu" and "masks don't do anything" and "lockdowns don't work" > There is no "uncertain marginal effect." The science is in, and it's clear. > The political point here is that masks - which have now been proven to be helpful - are only considered a 'politically fraught act' by people who want to politicise the Covid response. > For people who are rational about this, there is no issue. For people who are hostile to public rationality, there is. All of these are examples of black/white thinking, straw-man and red-herring logical fallacies.
  • hluska 6y ago
    And again, this is cruel and divisive. At this point, you’re not being a scientist or even being critical. You’re just being cruel because you need to be right. That’s beyond me, dude.
    • timr 6y ago
      Quoting someone is cruel?
      • hluska 6y ago
        I have never spoken to an individual with less understanding of humans or human emotion than you. That's almost amazing except that at this point, it's pathetic and dangerous for the world. Your entire tone is egotistical, overly aggressive and rude. Now no more of this, I genuinely wish that I had never engaged with you.
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