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It's truly sad that this kind of rhetoric has made its way on to HN. What are you even talking about? Numbers to purchase food? Rounding up of people? Get a gri

It's truly sad that this kind of rhetoric has made its way on to HN. What are you even talking about? Numbers to purchase food? Rounding up of people? Get a grip. We had a pandemic, like the countless others through history, and now we, the human race, are trying to fix it. You and your delusions are what stand in the way of that.

lettergram 5y ago
You’re correct, get a grip. Look at what’s in front of you. What am I standing in the way of exactly? I’m commenting on what I’m witnessing A family member lost their jobs because they refused an experimental vaccine, after having covid. Medically, this makes no sense. The doctor didn’t recommend a vaccine. It’s political. Another family friend in Minneapolis had his business partially burned down. Rioting, current administration helped bail out rioters. Vaccine passports to visit many places in New York, Oregon you can’t go out without a vaccine passport, etc. curfews been imposed all over, etc. which btw we know the vaccines don’t block transmissions (see delta variant). I wonder how trucking will work long term. The media suppressed literally any opposition the past 18 months. Including banning the acting president of the United States, senate testimony, Biden laptop, highly supported research discussions about covid, etc etc Target just closed all their stores in SF (I believe Walgreens did as well). Due to the constant looting and refusal to prosecute or enforce law. The pandemic isn’t like others in history, because this pandemic is only slightly worse than the flu. Yet we did something not done before by locking the world down. I’m sorry, but it’s crazier from my perspective to not recognize the issues here. Most of this is not about the pandemic, if it was we wouldn’t be censoring discussions around things like ivermectin (one of the safest drugs we have, and what appears to be effective). It doesn’t add up.
- IAmGraydon 5y ago
  I mean you're not even putting any efforts into your delusions. These are things that have been long debunked with very simple logic. My favorite part is how you believe that the big bad conspirators removed Trump and are pushing the vaccine, but back here in reality, Trump was the biggest champion of the vaccines. He created the program that got them into production so quickly. I don't know why I'm wasting the keystrokes here. It is clear from your blog that you are very far down the rabbit hole and are writing articles about things you have no understanding of.
  - orf 5y ago
    The answer to the question “do crazy people know they are crazy” is a firm “absolutely not” and the comment you’re replying to proves that. Don’t bother replying, it’s always the same. If they reply at all it will be with a mix of half-truth personal anecdotes, scientific-sounding nonsense, paranoid delusions and if you’re really unlucky outright antisemitism. They are far gone and they don’t know it yet, there isn’t much you can do to stop that purely online. Just feel sorry, move on, and petition your representatives to tackle the mental health crisis befalling many of us.
    - IAmGraydon 5y ago
      Agreed 100%
  - lettergram 5y ago
    The presumption I support trump is inaccurate - I do not, I think he’s incompetent. You also assume what conspiracy theories I believe possible vs which are provable conspiracies. I made minimal claims, but pointed out all feel something is wrong. I then provided some clear issues in my life. Regarding vaccines, nothing I said was a delusion. I stated a few facts and pointed out the prior post _may_ indeed be correct, given current facts (could also not). Whether you believe it or not, the fact we are having a discussion is proof something has gone terribly wrong and that is what I’m commenting on. I made no claim what was explicitly the cause. Do you not see the irony in “you are very far down the rabbit hole” and “things you have no understanding of” in the same comment. First, I debunk stuff for a living — my job is literally assessing others research for commercial ability. Regarding my blog, I consult experts, I have an education in CS & Math and bioengineering, and i read papers / government documents. In some cases recently I’ve even been talking to the authors of these papers and funders of research. I comment on them and make public predictions. I also take the feedback and incorporate it. If you read my blog you can probably see corrections. I don’t understand the hostility, frankly. I’m happy to alter my opinions, especially if evidence or debate is brought. Why am I responding? I hope in the future you’ll be open minded, but more importantly — if you feel someone is wrong, try to (on a human level) convince them they are wrong. Clearly you care enough to type some keystrokes, perhaps use that effort to help the delusional see the err of their ways.

lettergram 5y ago

You’re correct, get a grip. Look at what’s in front of you. What am I standing in the way of exactly? I’m commenting on what I’m witnessing A family member lost their jobs because they refused an experimental vaccine, after having covid. Medically, this makes no sense. The doctor didn’t recommend a vaccine. It’s political. Another family friend in Minneapolis had his business partially burned down. Rioting, current administration helped bail out rioters. Vaccine passports to visit many places in New York, Oregon you can’t go out without a vaccine passport, etc. curfews been imposed all over, etc. which btw we know the vaccines don’t block transmissions (see delta variant). I wonder how trucking will work long term. The media suppressed literally any opposition the past 18 months. Including banning the acting president of the United States, senate testimony, Biden laptop, highly supported research discussions about covid, etc etc Target just closed all their stores in SF (I believe Walgreens did as well). Due to the constant looting and refusal to prosecute or enforce law. The pandemic isn’t like others in history, because this pandemic is only slightly worse than the flu. Yet we did something not done before by locking the world down. I’m sorry, but it’s crazier from my perspective to not recognize the issues here. Most of this is not about the pandemic, if it was we wouldn’t be censoring discussions around things like ivermectin (one of the safest drugs we have, and what appears to be effective). It doesn’t add up.

IAmGraydon 5y ago
I mean you're not even putting any efforts into your delusions. These are things that have been long debunked with very simple logic. My favorite part is how you believe that the big bad conspirators removed Trump and are pushing the vaccine, but back here in reality, Trump was the biggest champion of the vaccines. He created the program that got them into production so quickly. I don't know why I'm wasting the keystrokes here. It is clear from your blog that you are very far down the rabbit hole and are writing articles about things you have no understanding of.
- orf 5y ago
  The answer to the question “do crazy people know they are crazy” is a firm “absolutely not” and the comment you’re replying to proves that. Don’t bother replying, it’s always the same. If they reply at all it will be with a mix of half-truth personal anecdotes, scientific-sounding nonsense, paranoid delusions and if you’re really unlucky outright antisemitism. They are far gone and they don’t know it yet, there isn’t much you can do to stop that purely online. Just feel sorry, move on, and petition your representatives to tackle the mental health crisis befalling many of us.
  - IAmGraydon 5y ago
    Agreed 100%
- lettergram 5y ago
  The presumption I support trump is inaccurate - I do not, I think he’s incompetent. You also assume what conspiracy theories I believe possible vs which are provable conspiracies. I made minimal claims, but pointed out all feel something is wrong. I then provided some clear issues in my life. Regarding vaccines, nothing I said was a delusion. I stated a few facts and pointed out the prior post _may_ indeed be correct, given current facts (could also not). Whether you believe it or not, the fact we are having a discussion is proof something has gone terribly wrong and that is what I’m commenting on. I made no claim what was explicitly the cause. Do you not see the irony in “you are very far down the rabbit hole” and “things you have no understanding of” in the same comment. First, I debunk stuff for a living — my job is literally assessing others research for commercial ability. Regarding my blog, I consult experts, I have an education in CS & Math and bioengineering, and i read papers / government documents. In some cases recently I’ve even been talking to the authors of these papers and funders of research. I comment on them and make public predictions. I also take the feedback and incorporate it. If you read my blog you can probably see corrections. I don’t understand the hostility, frankly. I’m happy to alter my opinions, especially if evidence or debate is brought. Why am I responding? I hope in the future you’ll be open minded, but more importantly — if you feel someone is wrong, try to (on a human level) convince them they are wrong. Clearly you care enough to type some keystrokes, perhaps use that effort to help the delusional see the err of their ways.