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Offline fohat.digs

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They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« on: Thu, 16 May 2024, 17:02:43 »
I simply cannot understand what they are trying to accomplish.

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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 16 May 2024, 17:06:34 »
It's a distraction.
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 16 May 2024, 17:45:08 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Thu, 16 May 2024, 17:06:34

It's a distraction.


Alright, but FROM what TO what? It just makes no sense on any level.

Are they saying that they don't like being told to wear masks during a pandemic, but yet they want to be able to tell "other people" that they can't ever wear them?

Do they even understand that they are simply proving how stupid and duplicitous they are? Or is that somehow the point?

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"Donald Trump is the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 16 May 2024, 18:38:02 »
It's not about what they let you see. It's what they leave out.

What should be in the news, isn't in the news.

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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 00:21:05 »
this is baffling stupid, I think the only purpose is to keep the culture war going so the maga peeps can keep giving them money.
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 02:52:17 »
It's a friggin memberberry for the height of the pandemic three years ago.

"Member when woke leftist liberals wanted you to wear face-masks against a harmless flu, and you got angry. We want you to feel the same now again"
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 14:55:35 »
This one seems pretty easy to flip.  Just get 10-20 thousand people to put on masks and stand in a public spot.  Could even offer music and snacks.  Cheap and effective at showing the law means nothing and will be quickly reversed.  It's not often that peaceful protest is so easy to achieve.
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 15:12:45 »
Quote from: pixelpusher on Fri, 17 May 2024, 14:55:35
This one seems pretty easy to flip.  Just get 10-20 thousand people to put on masks and stand in a public spot.  Could even offer music and snacks.  Cheap and effective at showing the law means nothing and will be quickly reversed.  It's not often that peaceful protest is so easy to achieve.

Or, or,  or,  H5N1 2024,  2 million more people die.  Let's see how this goes.
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 16:47:48 »
People feel stronger in groups. If these politicians can make their followers feel heard or vindicated, they secure their next vote.

What hurts the most is that this actually makes people feel vindicated...
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #9 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 17:21:27 »
Quote from: _rubik on Fri, 17 May 2024, 16:47:48
People feel stronger in groups. If these politicians can make their followers feel heard or vindicated, they secure their next vote.

What hurts the most is that this actually makes people feel vindicated...

Yes, and how great would it be to see THOUSANDS of people wear masks in spite of it?  It would take all the wind out of their sails, no?
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Re: They Keep Turning Up the Crazy
« Reply #10 on: Fri, 17 May 2024, 17:31:08 »
Quote from: pixelpusher on Fri, 17 May 2024, 17:21:27
Quote from: _rubik on Fri, 17 May 2024, 16:47:48
People feel stronger in groups. If these politicians can make their followers feel heard or vindicated, they secure their next vote.

What hurts the most is that this actually makes people feel vindicated...

Yes, and how great would it be to see THOUSANDS of people wear masks in spite of it?  It would take all the wind out of their sails, no?

Unfortunately I'd say it really wouldn't, the far right would come up with the next topic to try to get their supporters fired up. Not the far left is any better, politics is in such a weird & ignorant place right now it honestly baffles me how fast we've lost the plot. No common sense whatsoever anymore, all the most debated issues are the least meaningful ones, news channels that cater to either side & actively lie to get ratings, etc., etc. I gave up on trying to figure out how we let ourselves come to this.
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