The COVID Cult (Read 1792661 times)

punaperson

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2120 on: February 26, 2021, 07:45:36 AM »
I hope someone is compiling the "arguments" and "reasoning" being posted here for the irrational mitigation measures, etc.

There are probably enough of them to be compiled into an entire chapter of a logic textbook as examples of gross reasoning errors.

Or a textbook on "Examples of Stupid".

changemyoil66

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2121 on: February 26, 2021, 09:07:16 AM »
I hope someone is compiling the "arguments" and "reasoning" being posted here for the irrational mitigation measures, etc.

There are probably enough of them to be compiled into an entire chapter of a logic textbook as examples of gross reasoning errors.

Or a textbook on "Examples of Stupid".

No matter what date is presented, it will not change the political nature of COVID because the left is making it political.

robtmc

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2122 on: February 26, 2021, 10:03:03 AM »
No matter what date is presented, it will not change the political nature of COVID because the left is making it political.
Democrats make that mistake over and over:  Adopting some issue as theirs with a religious fervor.

They are too stupid to realize they just killed any hope of getting anything done.

changemyoil66

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2123 on: February 26, 2021, 01:25:22 PM »
Democrats make that mistake over and over:  Adopting some issue as theirs with a religious fervor.

They are too stupid to realize they just killed any hope of getting anything done.

But is it really stupid?  They have a bunch of voters who believe in them.  So playing on emotion for the simple minded is a very good plan.

On a side note, CPAC in Fl.  Flecca's and DC Draino both kicked out for not wearing a mask. Draino took his off for pictures. Flecca's wasn't wearing one at all.

aieahound

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2124 on: February 26, 2021, 06:19:02 PM »
Democrats make that mistake over and over:  Adopting some issue as theirs with a religious fervor.

They are too stupid to realize they just killed any hope of getting anything done.

But is it really stupid?  They have a bunch of voters who believe in them.  So playing on emotion for the simple minded is a very good plan.

Exactly.
It’s not about getting anything done, or Public Health or any of that.
It’s about who gets power and to control the agenda and the fine print.

Democrats stupid?
Apparently smart enough to gain the Presidency and have control of the House and Senate. (Pretty much the Senate.)
Welcome to populace Government.

I hope someone is compiling the "arguments" and "reasoning" being posted here for the irrational mitigation measures, etc.

There are probably enough of them to be compiled into an entire chapter of a logic textbook as examples of gross reasoning errors.

Or a textbook on "Examples of Stupid".

The problem is that COVID (along with a crap load of other current events) will never go into the history books with two sides told.

punaperson

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2125 on: February 27, 2021, 02:51:24 PM »


From an amusing (if you think the CCP controlling American politics is amusing) 3:35 animated sequence opening today's InfoWars.

https://banned.video/watch?id=603acff0d83ee8210fb79b79


robtmc

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2126 on: February 27, 2021, 03:32:26 PM »
But is it really stupid?  They have a bunch of voters who believe in them.  So playing on emotion for the simple minded is a very good plan.
But, they automatically alienate half the country.   No support from their political enemies when they turn everything into a them vs. us cult.

robtmc

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2127 on: February 27, 2021, 03:34:02 PM »
Well, a certain subculture is going to be very excited about getting tested, just saying.

Inspector

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2128 on: February 27, 2021, 03:36:49 PM »


From an amusing (if you think the CCP controlling American politics is amusing) 3:35 animated sequence opening today's InfoWars.

https://banned.video/watch?id=603acff0d83ee8210fb79b79
If someone told me they were going to swab my anus I would tell them to shove it up their ass. But they probably already had it shoved up their ass and loved it. So......
SCIENCE THAT CAN’T BE QUESTIONED IS PROPAGANDA!!!

changemyoil66

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2129 on: February 27, 2021, 04:11:33 PM »


From an amusing (if you think the CCP controlling American politics is amusing) 3:35 animated sequence opening today's InfoWars.

https://banned.video/watch?id=603acff0d83ee8210fb79b79
Some would argue the anal swab is better.

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changemyoil66

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2130 on: February 27, 2021, 04:13:08 PM »
But, they automatically alienate half the country.   No support from their political enemies when they turn everything into a them vs. us cult.
Getting that many by not doing much is a win for them. All they gotta do is say blm and pronoun this, lqbtrdjfjdhsiskfjffk that and they will get votes. Even if doing zero. Thats how stupid these groups are.

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macsak

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2131 on: February 27, 2021, 09:20:30 PM »

punaperson

Flapp_Jackson

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2133 on: February 28, 2021, 01:16:23 PM »
How many kids do not have phones because their parents can't afford them or prefer to not have their kids staring at a screen 24x7?

Will the schools be subsidizing phones and cell service for the parents who don't want their kids' phones used for the schools' purposes?  What right does the school have to require an app loaded on anyones' phones?

My kid having a phone is not an invitation for a government agency to require an app be loaded on it -- an app that may do much more than what they are advertising.

I think the people mandating the app make a huge assumption regarding their rights to force phone owners to install applications, as well as assuming all kids will possess a working phone at all, much less have a working phone at school every day.

More justification for taking kids out of public school and choosing home schooling or private schools.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

omnigun

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2134 on: February 28, 2021, 03:33:00 PM »
How many kids do not have phones because their parents can't afford them or prefer to not have their kids staring at a screen 24x7?

Will the schools be subsidizing phones and cell service for the parents who don't want their kids' phones used for the schools' purposes?  What right does the school have to require an app loaded on anyones' phones?

My kid having a phone is not an invitation for a government agency to require an app be loaded on it -- an app that may do much more than what they are advertising.

I think the people mandating the app make a huge assumption regarding their rights to force phone owners to install applications, as well as assuming all kids will possess a working phone at all, much less have a working phone at school every day.

More justification for taking kids out of public school and choosing home schooling or private schools.

There's not a single person I know young or old who does not have a phone....made up issues.  Also you can restrict app permissions very easily.  Again try find a young person who doesn't use a phone is also a non issue.

Flapp_Jackson

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2135 on: February 28, 2021, 03:40:31 PM »
There's not a single person I know young or old who does not have a phone....made up issues.  Also you can restrict app permissions very easily.  Again try find a young person who doesn't use a phone is also a non issue.

So, in your mind, the whole world revolves around the "people you know?"

Science.   :rofl:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

omnigun

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2136 on: February 28, 2021, 04:24:49 PM »
So, in your mind, the whole world revolves around the "people you know?"

Science.   :rofl:

Do you know anyone without a phone?

Flapp_Jackson

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2137 on: February 28, 2021, 04:30:11 PM »
There's not a single person I know young or old who does not have a phone....made up issues.  Also you can restrict app permissions very easily.  Again try find a young person who doesn't use a phone is also a non issue.

Quote
Just over half of children in the United States — 53 percent — now own a smartphone by
the age of 11. And 84 percent of teenagers now have their own phones
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/31/774838891/its-a-smartphone-life-more-than-half-of-u-s-children-now-have-one

In another survey:
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Smartphones have become a ubiquitous tool for many K-12 students today. A nationally-representative
survey, released in 2015 by Pearson, found that 53 percent of 4th and 5th graders, 66 percent of middle
schoolers, and 82 percent of high school students regularly used a smartphone. In addition, 41 percent
of polled students reported using a smartphone at least twice a week to complete schoolwork, according
to the survey, conducted of about 2,300 elementary, middle, and high-school students.
https://www.edweek.org/technology/as-cell-phones-proliferate-in-k-12-schools-search-for-smart-policies/2018/02

53% of 4th & 5th graders
66% of middle schoolers
82% of high schoolers

That's a huge number of kids without phones.


So, I guess your sample size of "everyone I know" is lacking in statistical accuracy.   :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

Flapp_Jackson

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2138 on: February 28, 2021, 04:32:09 PM »
Do you know anyone without a phone?

Once again ..... SCIENCE!!

Can you list something other than anecdotal evidence to support your claim that 100% of people own phones?

That's the conclusion based on your comment that "There's not a single person I know young or old who does not have a phone."  Must equal 100% ownership.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-- George Bernard Shaw

macsak

Re: The COVID Cult
« Reply #2139 on: February 28, 2021, 04:33:00 PM »
Do you know anyone without a phone?

my assistant doesn't have a phone, nor does her husband
i have been passing out flyers on my street, trying to set up a text thread for emergency purposes
36 houses, contacted 25, two don't have cell phones...

but you belive what you want to belive...