Karens Using COVID to Take Over Society - Don't Let Them

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  1. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They weren't told to be concerned about that, in their defense.
     
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    And one last time for those not paying attention.

    The flu is a known quantity. We know its seasonal and hospitals and medical personal are used to dealing with it.

    Covid-19 is still relative unknown. We're not sure if it is seasonal, and we don't know all the long term impacts to
    it's survivors, such as kidney damage and blood clots. As Covid-19 becomes more understood, our reaction
    will be more predictable.

    It's like seeing a snake on the path in front of you, your reaction is always going to be to treat it with extreme caution until
    you can identify what type of snake it is.

    It ain't rocket science.
     
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    ~ " When people are forced to do dumb things - dumb people will lead the way..."

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    Like the other times we've shut down the country for other novel viruses and diseases.

    You know, like H1N1 when the WHO projected 2 billion infections worldwide.

    It's like when we banned sex and shut down clubs and bars as the AIDS death toll mounted 25-35 million and mandated testing and contact tracing.
     
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    Swine flu (H1N1) was a known entity, it had been circulating in pigs for ten years prior to jumping to humans. 17,000 deaths world-wide.

    We knew that AIDS was sexually transmitted, again, a known quantity with a known prevention.

    We still don't know the origin of Covid-19 and we don't know the long term complications nor if it's seasonal. Over 300,000 deaths worldwide. And growing.

    Try again.
     
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    Antifa are some of the biggest fascists around. Total posers.
     
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    Should have outlawed gay butt sex until AIDS was treatable.

    If it saves one life, then it is worth it.

    I mean, you don't want gay men to die in agony, do you?
     
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    Yeah, a known quantity that kills hundreds of thousands of people every single year.

    Yet nobody thinks we should respond to that with inane "social distancing" and societal lockdown.

    I guess those deaths don't matter as much as COVID deaths. Or is there some magic number of deaths that must be exceeded before they start to matter?
     
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    It's true. They're just mindlessly parroting corporate and government propaganda. It's just an excuse for them to feel like they're part of something larger than themselves, to feel powerful and important. It's basically a religious movement at this point. It has nothing to do with science. It never did.
     
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    Again, what part of "known" vs. "unknown" are you having problems with?
     
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    Hundreds of thousands of deaths every year is acceptable because the flu is known and COVID is not? That's your argument?
     
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    Contact tracing for AIDS was "discrimination".
     
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    When it comes to the human psyche, yes. A known fear/reaction is predictable. An unknown fear/reaction is unpredictable.

    We drive in cars even though we know there will be 10s of thousands of deaths from accidents every year.
    At the same time, if a car model suddenly develops a defect that causes an extra 100 deaths, we shut that production line down until we get a handle on the cause.

    Again, what part of "known" vs "unknown" are you having problems with?
     
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    Heath departments traced contacts of every AIDS case. They still do. What are you talking about?
     
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    Except viruses aren't unknowns. We've been living with them forever. We know that they infect people, make them sick, and cause some of them to die. We know that viruses spread mostly through intimate contact. We know that immune strength is the best defense against viruses. COVID is just one more virus in a world full of viruses. There was never any compelling reason to treat COVID fundamentally different than any other virus. It was just a big fear-mongering campaign based on nothing but pure hysteria and speculation.
     
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    But they never outlawed gay butt sex, which was the number one mode of transmitting the deadly disease.

    It's not like gay butt sex is essential or anything. Should have prohibited it until an effective treatment for AIDS was developed.
     
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    Well for all the Karens out there, it's summer and for all the establishments that require a mask, mine is now one thin layer of a partial bandana that was once a Gadsden flag.
     
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    For 100 years, businesses in America have required shirts and shoes to enter their premise. They do this for health, safety and
    public decorum issues. Right wingers have always backed these requirements.

    Suddenly, after businesses extend these health, safety and public decorum requirements to include face masks, right wingers set their hair on fire and run around screaming, "UnConstitutional!" and "Deep State Conspiracy!".

    Relax. Ain't the end of the world.
     
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    It’s just a shameless attempt to be seen as part of the wing-nut “in” crowd.

    They’re memes: “Karens”, “Chads”, “Stacys”. At least he’s not bringing the latter to the board.

    Search the terms for the definitions and usage if you feel like sliding down into the rabbit hole.
     
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    Life is scary.
    Blink and it's over.
    Stop wasting the precious time you have fretting about scary stuff.
     
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    Love it. Thanks, I needed that. :)
     
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    Thank you Capt. Obvious.
     
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    I shouldn't have to remind you about the obvious stuff.....
     
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    Your sarcasm meter is broken.
     

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