@bob_the_fisherman Said
Only in these kind of general terms though. What are some specific things he has done? I am asking because I do not know. Is there a Bill or Bills or something similar that you could point me to? The only thing you have said is that the GOP passed a Bill that allows a doctor to discriminate against people for their sexuality - and yes, that is wrong.
The point I make and that people seem not to notice is not that I support Trump on everything - I don't. But I do not support anyone on everything, and anyone who does blindly follow a political leader (be it Trump or anyone else) is a dangerous muppet. It leads to things like genocides and holocausts (and just to clarify - this is not aimed at you. I am not calling you a muppet or saying you blindly follow people. I am only repudiating the idea of blindly following people, not accusing you of anything).
However, I can also disagree with someone on some things but still support them overall. I do not spit the dummy if I disagree with someone and immediately turn against them.
As far as COVID1984 goes I have been saying the same thing since it first became apparent that this disease was much less deadly than we were told. We should quarantine the sick and those at risk and let other people take the risk or not. In the UK it is estimated that 16000 people died as a result of their lockdown through other untreated illnesses etc.
There is no good solution to this problem. Sweden went for a herd immunity approach and their number of deaths are dropping.
What we can not do is what we are doing. Shutting down economies, destroying small businesses and not doing anything other than prolonging the risk of this Chinese virus.
COVID-19 is the 3rd leading cause of death in the US, behind only heart disease and cancer, and ahead of accidents, injuries, lung disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, etc, etc. And none of these other causes are contagious.
So it’s a threat.
And the problem with letting everyone do what they want, at least in the US, is that we have a huge contingent that not only will do that, but will do so without masks or without any regard to social distancing or hygiene, putting many at risk who do want to play it safe, whether directly or indirectly. So restrictions have to be put in place because of these careless idiots for the same reason we have to have speed limits, smoking restrictions, DUI laws, business practices, etc, etc, which is to prevent people from infringing on the rights of other people under their idea of “freedom”.
I get what you are saying about lockdowns hurting lives, but there is a balance here that has to be weighed out and you cannot just throw data and science out the door when doing so. Everything has to be taken into account to find that balance that saves the most lives which includes limiting this deadly threat.
Also, as a side note to the discussion taking place, labeling things with silly names such as “COVID1984”, “Chinese Virus” reduces your credibility on this and may be a huge reason why you are seen as just another mouthpiece for the right wing at this points, because the pundits do the same thing.
That, and you are pretty much in lockstep with their thinking on everything, as impartial as you want to appear otherwise.