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This is the obvious smear campaign that GP was talking about. RFK actually responded to these claims directly, though everyone seems to be conveniently ignorin

by Dig1t 3y ago

This is the obvious smear campaign that GP was talking about. RFK actually responded to these claims directly, though everyone seems to be conveniently ignoring him. https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1680227322509635595 https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/16802273225096355... >I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews. I accurately pointed out — during an off-the-record conversation — that the U.S. and other governments are developing ethnically targeted bioweapons and that a 2021 study of the COVID-19 virus shows that COVID-19 appears to disproportionately affect certain races since the furin cleave docking site is most compatible with Blacks and Caucasians and least compatible with ethnic Chinese, Finns, and Ashkenazi Jews. Reading that quote from RFK I cannot take the NYT headline seriously at all, such a far cry from "bigoted conspiracy theory".

lisasays 3y ago
I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews. And yet, in his taped comments he said exactly that: “There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. Covid-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Mr. Kennedy said at a private gathering in New York that was captured on videotape by The New York Post. “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” Of course then he got "caught" and tried to pretend not to have said what he just got caught saying. But there's no wiggling out of it. Try as he may to do so.
- lowkey 3y ago
  He was referencing this study [0] by the Cleveland Clinic (the second most prestigious medical research institution in the US) which states exactly that. He didn't get "caught", nor did he try to pretend not to have said it. That is pure dis-information. Why do most if not all criticisms of RFK Jr, resort to such easily debunked ad-hominem attacks instead of genuine attempts to refute his arguments? Is it simply that ad-hominem attacks are the last bastion of one with no valid arguments to make? [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32664879/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32664879/
  - lisasays 3y ago
    The thing is he doesn't just "reference" the paper - he takes it out of context to suggest that it "serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons" (something the paper doesn't say at all, and which no researcher in the field would support). Alongside unsupported claims that the US and other governments are developing such weapons. Of course he's also hedging, and talking out of both side of his mouth. It's a classic innuendo technique, and you fell for it.
    - lowkey 3y ago
      "Alongside unsupported claims that the US and other governments are developing such weapons." Although not widely reported in the media, I would stop short at arguing these claims of ethnically targeted bio-weapons are unsupported. See my comment further down where I provide multiple sources to back the claims of US funded bioweapons labs that Russia brought to the UN in 2022 - and which the US denied at the time - only to sheepishly admit to earlier this year, that the US was funding 46 Bio (weapons) labs in the Ukraine, many along Russia's border. Again, the first casualty of war is the truth - applies to both sides. Tell me you understand that the US government - the one that lied to America and the world to justify their invasion of Iraq not once but twice (Iraq1: killing babies in incubators, Iraq2: Weapons of Mass Destruction), might not be telling the whole truth to justify this war either. The technology for DNA targeted bio-weapons is widely known to be in the wild. Our own intelligence community has already highlighted the risks to Americans [0] I would say it is rather naive to think that neither we nor our adversaries would be developing them just in case the other side does. Also, we now know that despite the Obama-era ban on bio-weapons research, Anthony Fauci was secretly funding gain-of-function research on COVID viruses with the covert knowledge of the US military up until, checks notes, YESTERDAY. [1] Just because you didn't hear about it on CNN, doesn't mean it didn't happen. "You fell for it." Who fell for what, now? [0] https://www.foxnews.com/us/intelligence-committee-members-warn-bioweapons-targeting-dna-individual-americans https://www.foxnews.com/us/intelligence-committee-members-wa... [1] https://www.outkick.com/wuhan-lab-defunded-after-failing-to-provide-documents-on-safety-and-security/ https://www.outkick.com/wuhan-lab-defunded-after-failing-to-...
- Dig1t 3y ago
  Chinese military officials have stated outright that ethnically targeted bioweapons are important for the future of China's military development. Kennedy is saying that countries around the world are working on this technology and that "there is an argument" for what you said. These all seem like factual claims to me that can be verified by citing papers and speeches. If any of this is wrong why not just fact check him? Here's a video talking about China's genetic bioweapon program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biNxl7tiVSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biNxl7tiVSY There are more speeches available online of Chinese officials talking about these kinds of weapons, I'm happy to dig more up. A: he also said Chinese people were more resistant, but the only part you care about is the jewish part, why? B: It is obvious that his intent is not hateful, there is nothing in that sentence that denotes hatefulness. The vehemency with which he is being attacked makes it kind of obvious that he poses a real threat to the political establishment and that attaching the classic pejorative labels "antisemite", "bigot", "racist", etc are a tactic to stop him. The more you try to obviously censor people like this, the more obvious it becomes how authoritarian the left has become.
- Dig1t 3y ago
  https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Directors-Select-Articles/Nanatechnology/ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Dir... "Colonel Guo Ji-wei, The People’s Liberation Army, China" "If we acquire a target’s genome and proteome information, including those of ethnic groups or individuals, we could design a vulnerating agent that attacks only key enemies without doing any harm to ordinary people."

by Dig1t 3y ago

lisasays 3y ago

I have never, ever suggested that the COVID-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews. And yet, in his taped comments he said exactly that: “There is an argument that it is ethnically targeted. Covid-19 attacks certain races disproportionately,” Mr. Kennedy said at a private gathering in New York that was captured on videotape by The New York Post. “Covid-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.” Of course then he got "caught" and tried to pretend not to have said what he just got caught saying. But there's no wiggling out of it. Try as he may to do so.

lowkey 3y ago
He was referencing this study [0] by the Cleveland Clinic (the second most prestigious medical research institution in the US) which states exactly that. He didn't get "caught", nor did he try to pretend not to have said it. That is pure dis-information. Why do most if not all criticisms of RFK Jr, resort to such easily debunked ad-hominem attacks instead of genuine attempts to refute his arguments? Is it simply that ad-hominem attacks are the last bastion of one with no valid arguments to make? [0] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32664879/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32664879/
- lisasays 3y ago
  The thing is he doesn't just "reference" the paper - he takes it out of context to suggest that it "serves as a kind of proof of concept for ethnically targeted bioweapons" (something the paper doesn't say at all, and which no researcher in the field would support). Alongside unsupported claims that the US and other governments are developing such weapons. Of course he's also hedging, and talking out of both side of his mouth. It's a classic innuendo technique, and you fell for it.
  - lowkey 3y ago
    "Alongside unsupported claims that the US and other governments are developing such weapons." Although not widely reported in the media, I would stop short at arguing these claims of ethnically targeted bio-weapons are unsupported. See my comment further down where I provide multiple sources to back the claims of US funded bioweapons labs that Russia brought to the UN in 2022 - and which the US denied at the time - only to sheepishly admit to earlier this year, that the US was funding 46 Bio (weapons) labs in the Ukraine, many along Russia's border. Again, the first casualty of war is the truth - applies to both sides. Tell me you understand that the US government - the one that lied to America and the world to justify their invasion of Iraq not once but twice (Iraq1: killing babies in incubators, Iraq2: Weapons of Mass Destruction), might not be telling the whole truth to justify this war either. The technology for DNA targeted bio-weapons is widely known to be in the wild. Our own intelligence community has already highlighted the risks to Americans [0] I would say it is rather naive to think that neither we nor our adversaries would be developing them just in case the other side does. Also, we now know that despite the Obama-era ban on bio-weapons research, Anthony Fauci was secretly funding gain-of-function research on COVID viruses with the covert knowledge of the US military up until, checks notes, YESTERDAY. [1] Just because you didn't hear about it on CNN, doesn't mean it didn't happen. "You fell for it." Who fell for what, now? [0] https://www.foxnews.com/us/intelligence-committee-members-warn-bioweapons-targeting-dna-individual-americans https://www.foxnews.com/us/intelligence-committee-members-wa... [1] https://www.outkick.com/wuhan-lab-defunded-after-failing-to-provide-documents-on-safety-and-security/ https://www.outkick.com/wuhan-lab-defunded-after-failing-to-...
Dig1t 3y ago
Chinese military officials have stated outright that ethnically targeted bioweapons are important for the future of China's military development. Kennedy is saying that countries around the world are working on this technology and that "there is an argument" for what you said. These all seem like factual claims to me that can be verified by citing papers and speeches. If any of this is wrong why not just fact check him? Here's a video talking about China's genetic bioweapon program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biNxl7tiVSY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biNxl7tiVSY There are more speeches available online of Chinese officials talking about these kinds of weapons, I'm happy to dig more up. A: he also said Chinese people were more resistant, but the only part you care about is the jewish part, why? B: It is obvious that his intent is not hateful, there is nothing in that sentence that denotes hatefulness. The vehemency with which he is being attacked makes it kind of obvious that he poses a real threat to the political establishment and that attaching the classic pejorative labels "antisemite", "bigot", "racist", etc are a tactic to stop him. The more you try to obviously censor people like this, the more obvious it becomes how authoritarian the left has become.
Dig1t 3y ago
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Directors-Select-Articles/Nanatechnology/ https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/Dir... "Colonel Guo Ji-wei, The People’s Liberation Army, China" "If we acquire a target’s genome and proteome information, including those of ethnic groups or individuals, we could design a vulnerating agent that attacks only key enemies without doing any harm to ordinary people."