Ivermectin being unsafe for humans is the implication of their stupid articles but not their explicit argument. It’s just so easily disproven, even Wikipedia admits it’s been a wonder drug (for other uses). Unfortunately the people peddling this narrative and the people who believe them more or less have no clue what they’re talking about so basic arguments do little to change their minds. They’re still gonna convince themselves it’s bad because they saw a few memes about it.
Didn’t know this would be an unpopular or at least rare take here, but I’m against both contraceptives and abortions (and understand that a major cultural shift would need to occur to end both). The simple reason is that contraceptives promote fornication solely in pursuit of pleasure, and this new framework of sex as a pleasure vehicle naturally leads to abortions when those contraceptives fail. And, well, fornication is obviously condemned in the Bible.
That being said, very excited about the new law. Hopefully it is accompanied with a cultural shift towards the family.
The government is run by leftists. BLM, antifa, etc are leftist organizations. Those billionaires are leftists. But believe it or not, not every wealthy business in America is run by leftists.
You seem to be implying that a higher corporate tax rate would have prevented the BLM riots, Biden getting installed, etc. Don’t really buy it.
We left hundreds of billions of dollars of military equipment in Afghanistan for the Taliban to take. My whole point is, yeah, screw those leftist billionaires, but a common leftist misconception is that the world would be so much better if the federal government had more money.
Alright, what’s your alternative? Believing in forcibly vaccinating young people against a disease they’re not susceptible to? Believing cloth masks (and medical grade masks, worn improperly) do anything to stop the spread of a virus? Ostracizing people from society for not wanting an experimental therapy?
Covid bs isn’t even a left right issue. There are plenty of leftists (I presume) that don’t enjoy getting their freedoms trampled, and maybe you’re one of them. There are certainly the ones on twitter that beg the government to impose more restrictions for some reason, waking up each morning wishing they were forced to wear a mask, but I have a sliver of hope that that’s not everybody. Most of us just want this all over with, but evidently complying with tyranny isn’t the path to less tyranny.
I appreciate that you think you’re doing the right thing for us deluded Q followers. But I have my doubts that your alternative message is much different than “just let the government run your life and eventually if everyone does it then they’ll stop.”
We’ve been waking up every day for at least a week to more and more bad news from the Biden administration, and much worse than usual to the point that the media has turned on him. Of course, we all wished hot meant Biden getting ousted and Trump put back in, but on an objective scale of things August has been hot af.
Are you trying to convince someone? Besides masks being totally ineffective, they’re a visual reminder that the situation is dire and can cause depression/anxiety that way by being a constant reminder of fear and disease. You also get heckled/punished for not wearing them some places, which I’m sure induces some anxiety and depression at the state of human affairs. I think it’s a fairly easy link to make.
My experience is it’s even people who generally distrust the media that are falling prey. They believe that the jabs are safe and effective and can’t fathom why anyone would refuse it. They think that coercing or forcing it on people would lead to a net benefit in the long run because no one gets complications from the jab. And maybe, deep down they’re questioning why they got an experimental therapy for a virus they’re not at risk for, but to cope with that they go after other people.
At the end of the day, they just want the virus bs to be over just like we do. But they’ve been convinced into thinking that tyranny is the pathway to less tyranny.
Was just about to recommend this until I saw your comment. Mine came in last night, and while it’s not quite as good as breathing freely, it beats every other mask I own by a mile including a couple gaiters. Totally recommend
Unfortunately true. Most people are still quite comfortable voting Democrat despite the inconveniences of doing so. They think the vax is fine so they don’t mind the mandate, they think masks are virtuous, and they probably don’t make enough money to mind taxes. Things are getting progressively worse, but not bad enough that people are willing to give up the tenets of secular liberalism in exchange for prosperity.
I’m not sure if it’s that simple. I assume you’re talking about the one out of Colorado, and it starts off by saying “(name) is a baptized Catholic…” and then explains some teachings of the Church. So I’m not quite sure it could be used by a non-Catholic.
But if people start joining the Church because of this, then by all means!
Christ is a mindset and not God? I think it’s pretty simple: if Jesus resurrected after being crucified then He’s God as He claimed and Christianity is true, if not then He’s not and Christianity is false.
Anyway, if you somehow believe in the Bible and not Christianity, I’d advise you to look at Matthew 28:19 (where Jesus tells us to make disciples of all nations) and Matthew 16:24 (where Jesus explicitly calls upon us to follow him). It’s actually quite clear throughout the Gospel.
Where I do agree with you is that people do twist the word of God to fit their own needs. That doesn’t mean Christianity, the belief in and worship of the Trinitarian God, has to be false somehow.
The link you sent admits Christianity fits the definition of a religion but just talks about how it’s better than other religions… yeah, obviously, because it’s the only one that’s true. I’m a Christian too, my problem is with this weird assumption that religions are intrinsically false. Going along with that assumption and jumping through hoops about it is weird. Do religious freedoms not apply to Christians? It’s just simpler to say that Christianity is the one true religion.
True conservatism, never, but I guess I’m talking more about the libertarian types that make a god out of capitalism as if it’s a divinely ordained system. While socialism is opposed to capitalism, capitalism is indifferent to socialism, and a lot of “conservatives” treat capitalism as if it’s the only thing worth preserving when it actually allows for a lot of moral evils in society.
Basically a lot of people who identify as conservative care more about tax cuts and such than cultural issues which are the root of everything. While conservatism as we see it is more focused on traditional values, the movement hasn’t always emphasized that aspect as much.
I perhaps misspoke by saying we “deified” them, but I think we defended them way more than they deserved to be defended.
Fair point. It's good that conservatism as a whole has moved away from deifying corporations and rich people, but at the same time we shouldn't hate them enough to endorse dumb economic policies. Bezos/Amazon are particularly interesting because they're despised by people on opposite ends of the spectrum for wildly different reasons.
I’m pretty young (college age) and I agree that young people are impressionable but I’m not sure about the easier to breathe bit. I’ve always hated masks, and besides how I feel about them politically I find them very uncomfortable and annoying. I think young liberals just have an odd sense of moral superiority wearing the mask. They don’t enjoy the actual physical sensation but the idea that they’re “doing their part” for the greater good. Then again I don’t know if it’s harder on older folks—all I know is wearing a mask at the gym all those times I had to sucked.
I'm upset too, we all are, and if this is it then it would be extremely disappointing that Trump left us in this situation. But are you really going to blame the one guy that brought us all together and made this all even a possibility? We all have what we wanted the plan to look like in our heads and everyone is dropping out when their particular version of the plan isn't panning out. People really think it's as easy as Trump telling the military to save the country and then all the criminals put their hands up and go to jail. While we all would've loved for that to happen, people would've died. All I'm saying is we should wait to pass judgment until we see the end of this movie and stop counting on certain dates. If random people like us can guess at the plan, so can the enemy.
I got kind of sick of those "if this doesn't happen on the 20th I'm out!" Hey, maybe I am delusional and coping, but I believed in the damn plan and still continue to. If we're really all fucked then being delusional is the least of my worries. Like damn, I would've loved for it to go down today, but what happens happens. I'm never losing hope. Even if it's all a sham everyone will get what's coming to them.
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta.