US Election 2020 - Pt 2

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greg0205 said:
Also, your 'care about your survival' spin has now power here. Wear your goddamn mask.
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When I am doing my run. No.

And there is limited evidence for the effectiveness of fabric masks at protecting the person wearing it. It is there to reduce the viral load for other people. Which happens to be a major factor in mortality with just about everyone (hence why healthcare workers were getting sick because of a lack of PPE).

You can only make the case for a mask when you are in an indoors area with crowds touching things. When you are outside in the fresh air and sunlight, you don't need a mask.


Use your brain instead of outsourcing it to the state. Do you think that people should wear a seatbelt if they are reversing a caravan or launching a boat? Because that is the argument you are making.
 
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jack_spratt said:
My mistake, CNN reporting this?
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I didn't know CNN was the only media outlet in the US.

Maybe you should have rather said "and CNN will not report on this" rather than "the media".

but I guess that would not have elicited the response you wanted
 
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When I am doing my run. No.

And there is limited evidence for the effectiveness of fabric masks at protecting the person wearing it. It is there to reduce the viral load for other people. Which happens to be a major factor in mortality with just about everyone (hence why healthcare workers were getting sick because of a lack of PPE).

You can only make the case for a mask when you are in an indoors area with crowds touching things. When you are outside in the fresh air and sunlight, you don't need a mask.


Use your brain instead of outsourcing it to the state. Do you think that people should wear a seatbelt if they are reversing a caravan or launching a boat? Because that is the argument you are making.
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New Zealand called, they said you're being a deek about this. They said, if you stop being arrogant and wear your mask bruv, and everybody else also does because it is mandatory for just 3-4 weeks, then nobody needs to wear a mask anymore. Some personal sacrifice in the short term leads to greater personal freedoms in the medium term. They said that people like you that think they know better are ruining it for everyone. They also said stop shifting the goalposts yeah.

Italics to be read in a New Zealand accent.
 
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ISP cash cow said:
I didn't know CNN was the only media outlet in the US.

Maybe you should have rather said "and CNN will not report on this" rather than "the media".

but I guess that would not have elicited the response you wanted
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I just checked the CNN politics page. Not one negative Dem story. Strange....
 
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jack_spratt said:
My mistake, CNN reporting this?
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In 1977 I was nine.

Steve Biko was killed.

Elvis died and Hotel California came out.

We'd had teevee for two years and we were watching CHiPs and Bonanza and Rich Man, Poor Man and the Dingleys... Before then we'd have to listen to Springbok radio.

My favourite movies that year were Star Wars and Smokey and the Bandit.

Nico Diederichs was president and Colin Eglin started the PFP. Jimmy Carter became POTUS.


I'm 52 today, and obviously, I'm *exactly* the same person I was in '77. No changes, whatsoever... That's how humans work. We never change and learn and evolve, amirite?
 
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AlmightyBender said:
New Zealand called, they said you're being a deek about this. They said, if you stop being arrogant and wear your mask bruv, and everybody else also does because it is mandatory for just 3-4 weeks, then nobody needs to wear a mask anymore. Some personal sacrifice in the short term leads to greater personal freedoms in the medium term. They said that people like you that think they know better are ruining it for everyone. They also said stop shifting the goalposts yeah.

Italics to be read in a New Zealand accent.
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Still haven't replied to me about the meat regulations causing more damage than they solved?

And when did New Zealand make masks mandatory?

If you read their policy research (as a side note, it is nice to see a government department put its decision making policies in public, unlike here in the People's Republik of South Africa where we are subject to the whims of NDZ)

Majority of it says that you only need a mask where you cannot stay reasonably apart from other people. So as I said, when you are in a shopping center.

When you are outside in the fresh air, you don't need one.
 
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TysonRoux said:
The Greatest Generation sacrificed everything for our country. But Donald Trump wants to sacrifice them for the economy when they're in their greatest time of need.
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Do you actually believe that statement?

That statement said in another way: Can you save lives at the cost of destroying the economy?
 
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jack_spratt said:
I just checked the CNN politics page. Not one negative Dem story. Strange....
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I mean they could. What negative Dem story do you think they are missing, that is current and relevant?

How current and relevant are they in contrast to how Trump is wrecking his term? Given that Trump is currently the president and by virtue of that gets the most interest?
 
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Unhappy438 said:
BUT MUH CNN?!?!?
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It's actually a great bait and switch tactic by the Dems.

All the racism comes from their side but they successfully virtue signal and blame Trump or Republicans, because nobody can criticize BLM.
 
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jack_spratt said:
My mistake, CNN reporting this?
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Last year already, when Kamala Harris confronted him about it
www.cnn.com

Letters from Joe Biden reveal how he sought support of segregationists in fight against busing

Joe Biden's road to a third presidential bid has been lined with a series of explanations and apologies, illustrating the challenges of preparing a long record of public service for fresh scrutiny under the spotlight of the 2020 campaign.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com

And more recently in May
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/27/opinions/joe-biden-aint-black-election-love/index.html
 
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konfab said:
Why am I not shocked you are a boomer.



Except of course if you are a white person. Then you are as morally culpable for slavery as if you actually owned slaves yourself.
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How do you folk not get GenX? How?
 
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rietrot said:
It's actually a great bait and switch tactic by the Dems.

All the racism comes from their side but they successfully virtue signal and blame Trump or Republicans, because nobody can criticize BLM.
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Yes, like the Illinois Republican party member, who ran for election, who just happened to also be a member of the US Nazi party.

This was 2018.

www.wbez.org

Illinois GOP Makes A Rare Primary Endorsement To Stop A Neo-Nazi Candidate

Anti-Semite and Holocaust denier Art Jones was nominated in the 2018 3rd Congressional District race. Party leaders don’t want a repeat.
www.wbez.org www.wbez.org
 
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