Covid-19

[xu82]

Fair. I don’t know people’s motivations and am always skeptical of Gov’t mandates (I quickly grew tired of the terror color codes post 911). There’s risk in a free society and frankly the Gov’t doesn’t have a good track record of relinquishing emergency powers (Patriot Act).

Soon enough it won’t be just the government telling you. I’m watching Olympics with my wife and her niece. My wife’s employer wants people back in the office, and you have to be vaccinated with few exceptions. The niece needs to prove vaccination to get back to class at Vanderbilt. It’s not just the big bad government, it’s organizations with common sense. The NFL has already let a couple high level, 7 figure earning coaches go for declining vaccinations. That would NOT be a hill I would want to die on without a better reason than “I don’t want to, and you can’t make me.”

[bjf123]

Interesting take on being hesitant to get the vaccine. FWIW.

https://notthebee.com/article/if-you...read-right-now


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[boozehound]

Interesting take on being hesitant to get the vaccine. FWIW.

https://notthebee.com/article/if-you...read-right-now


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What on earth is interesting about that take? It's just a website I've never heard of filled with screenshots of some guy on twitter babbling about the media being wrong and working in literally talking point and bogeyman that conservative outrage porn is based on. Trump. Russia. Brexit. Transgender people. Masks. Riots. The only think missed was immigrants, and honestly I didn't read it that closely so it might be in there somewhere. It's like a game of mad libs for conservative rage-filled talking points.

Also - just in case anyone out there was wondering if this was a biased conservative media source hoping to make money by whipping older middle class white men into a frenzy, this pops up on your screen.



All in all it seems like a pretty bald-faced example of people being marketed to.

[xu82]

What on earth is interesting about that take? It's just a website I've never heard of filled with screenshots of some guy on twitter babbling about the media being wrong and working in literally talking point and bogeyman that conservative outrage porn is based on. Trump. Russia. Brexit. Transgender people. Masks. Riots. The only think missed was immigrants, and honestly I didn't read it that closely so it might be in there somewhere. It's like a game of mad libs for conservative rage-filled talking points.

Also - just in case anyone out there was wondering if this was a biased conservative media source hoping to make money by whipping older middle class white men into a frenzy, this pops up on your screen.



All in all it seems like a pretty bald-faced example of people being marketed to.

So, did you join for free??? :-)

I saw nothing but a bunch of tweets I had zero interest in. Sometimes it’s better to think than to read. I’ve been exposed to more than enough on both sides to know that I feel more comfortable in between.

[boozehound]

So, did you join for free??? :-)

I saw nothing but a bunch of tweets I had zero interest in. Sometimes it’s better to think than to read. I’ve been exposed to more than enough on both sides to know that I feel more comfortable in between.

Thank God I did! I was in danger of becoming 'woke'. I'm glad I was able to "comment, like, and share with like-minded people". I guess I give them credit for not even trying to hide the fact that they are an echo chamber.

[XU_Lou]

Thank God I did! I was in danger of becoming 'woke'. I'm glad I was able to "comment, like, and share with like-minded people". I guess I give them credit for not even trying to hide the fact that they are an echo chamber.

This is pretty funny....coming from the guy who only believes the propaganda from his own echo chambers....

[xu82]

This is pretty funny....coming from the guy who only believes the propaganda from his own echo chambers....

Why do you assume that everyone who doesn’t fully agree with you is an extremist at the opposite end of the spectrum?

[XU_Lou]

Why do you assume that everyone who doesn’t fully agree with you is an extremist at the opposite end of the spectrum?

Aren't you making a big assumption??? Did you happen to read his comments?

Oh yea, you NPR libs kill me. You yourself think I'm an extremist because I don't think exactly like you. Look in the mirror and have some self-awareness for crying out loud!

[xu82]

Aren't you making a big assumption??? Did you happen to read his comments?

Oh yea, you NPR libs kill me. You yourself think I'm an extremist because I don't think exactly like you. Look in the mirror and have some self-awareness for crying out loud!

There you go again. Most people have views somewhere between yourself and the “NPR libs”, but if they don’t see the world as you do you leap to use that label. It’s not just one or the other, there is a spectrum. Believe it or not, there are almost certainly people right of yourself.

[XU_Lou]

There you go again. Most people have views somewhere between yourself and the “NPR libs”, but if they don’t see the world as you do you leap to use that label. It’s not just one or the other, there is a spectrum. Believe it or not, there are almost certainly people right of yourself.

Look in the mirror clown - you're the one who thinks they own the truth...