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> Now the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world Does COVID being a “plague” jibe with the talking point that COVID is

> Now the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world Does COVID being a “plague” jibe with the talking point that COVID is “no worse than a cold”

hansvm 2y ago
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- scarface_74 2y ago
  And don’t forget that TikTok should be banned and now it should be saved.
  - NeutralCrane 2y ago
    And also that drug dealers and cartels are terrorists who should be executed, except the kingpin of the largest online drug market and likely hitman client, who should be pardoned
  - dpkirchner 2y ago
    And China should be investigated for phone hacks but now that should stop.
    - bigmattystyles 2y ago
      And we should should subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson but actual no cause some of us sent unsolicited sexual threats/messages.
  - lamontcg 2y ago
    “The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
- deleted 2y ago
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- pstuart 2y ago
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  - hansvm 2y ago
    Clarifying: Many of the pardoned individuals have video evidence of assaulting police with weapons and claim to be part of organizations diametrically opposed to BLM, Antifa, and the FBI. Are they: 1. Lying, masquerading as Trump supporters in deep cover for many years (secretly a part of the organizations you're blaming, despite playing part in an attempted coup that would have opposed those organizations and despite no evidence of such multi-year subterfuge) 2. Framed (mind you, AI is wishy-washy for video even now, and it wasn't good enough then) 3. Innocent for some other reason despite their violent actions There aren't a lot of options that make tasing and trampling cops while heavily armed and overrunning the White House look good. Even republican congressmen, whose careers partially depend on not pissing off Trump, are happy to publicly decry those pardons, no matter how they feel about the rest of the executive orders. Every Trump supporter I've talked to so far (except, perhaps, you) has agreed that was a step too far (though they're all still optimistic about the presidency overall). What, exactly, about those pardons was appropriate? If I stormed your house with guns and trampled the police blocking my way, would that make me an American hero for defending the right to free speech?
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    - zmgsabst 2y ago
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      - seanmcdirmid 2y ago
        > - Democrat aligned mobs routinely invade the Capitol building without facing similar charges It’s the internet, can you link to some concrete instances where they did this? Were Congress people forced to retreat when they did it (assuming your claim is that they were roughly similar in extremity?)?
- leptons 2y ago
  “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- tootie 2y ago
  They were also agents provocateur sent by the FBI
Eextra953 2y ago
Placing rhetoric in context like you did has a way of cutting through the bs and really getting to the core of what current politicians want covid to be. A minor cold when it was running rampant, and now suddenly a plague. Why could that be? Could it be because during the pandemic it was in their best interest to downplay it while hundreds of thousands died, and now that we've passed it and the USA is facing the rise of a successful nation with a different political system, we need to paint them as the enemy? For what it's worth, the current administration is showing signs of cozying up to nations with weak or non-existent democracies. Just look at the proposed tariffs - they are NOT targeting China but rather Mexico and Canada. Why could that be? Ultimately the question should be, how can we improve our systems to better respond to future pandemics. Does it matter if it was a lab leak? What will that do for those who died? Will revenge prevent a future pandemic from happening? Viruses and bacteria do not care about their nation of origin, once its out its out.

> Now the most important thing is to make China pay for unleashing a plague on the world Does COVID being a “plague” jibe with the talking point that COVID is “no worse than a cold”

hansvm 2y ago

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scarface_74 2y ago
And don’t forget that TikTok should be banned and now it should be saved.
- NeutralCrane 2y ago
  And also that drug dealers and cartels are terrorists who should be executed, except the kingpin of the largest online drug market and likely hitman client, who should be pardoned
- dpkirchner 2y ago
  And China should be investigated for phone hacks but now that should stop.
  - bigmattystyles 2y ago
    And we should should subpoena Cassidy Hutchinson but actual no cause some of us sent unsolicited sexual threats/messages.
- lamontcg 2y ago
  “The past was alterable. The past never had been altered. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
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pstuart 2y ago
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- hansvm 2y ago
  Clarifying: Many of the pardoned individuals have video evidence of assaulting police with weapons and claim to be part of organizations diametrically opposed to BLM, Antifa, and the FBI. Are they: 1. Lying, masquerading as Trump supporters in deep cover for many years (secretly a part of the organizations you're blaming, despite playing part in an attempted coup that would have opposed those organizations and despite no evidence of such multi-year subterfuge) 2. Framed (mind you, AI is wishy-washy for video even now, and it wasn't good enough then) 3. Innocent for some other reason despite their violent actions There aren't a lot of options that make tasing and trampling cops while heavily armed and overrunning the White House look good. Even republican congressmen, whose careers partially depend on not pissing off Trump, are happy to publicly decry those pardons, no matter how they feel about the rest of the executive orders. Every Trump supporter I've talked to so far (except, perhaps, you) has agreed that was a step too far (though they're all still optimistic about the presidency overall). What, exactly, about those pardons was appropriate? If I stormed your house with guns and trampled the police blocking my way, would that make me an American hero for defending the right to free speech?
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - zmgsabst 2y ago
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    - seanmcdirmid 2y ago
      > - Democrat aligned mobs routinely invade the Capitol building without facing similar charges It’s the internet, can you link to some concrete instances where they did this? Were Congress people forced to retreat when they did it (assuming your claim is that they were roughly similar in extremity?)?
leptons 2y ago
“The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
tootie 2y ago
They were also agents provocateur sent by the FBI

Eextra953 2y ago

Placing rhetoric in context like you did has a way of cutting through the bs and really getting to the core of what current politicians want covid to be. A minor cold when it was running rampant, and now suddenly a plague. Why could that be? Could it be because during the pandemic it was in their best interest to downplay it while hundreds of thousands died, and now that we've passed it and the USA is facing the rise of a successful nation with a different political system, we need to paint them as the enemy? For what it's worth, the current administration is showing signs of cozying up to nations with weak or non-existent democracies. Just look at the proposed tariffs - they are NOT targeting China but rather Mexico and Canada. Why could that be? Ultimately the question should be, how can we improve our systems to better respond to future pandemics. Does it matter if it was a lab leak? What will that do for those who died? Will revenge prevent a future pandemic from happening? Viruses and bacteria do not care about their nation of origin, once its out its out.