Combating the pandemic should never have been a divisive, partisan matter.

[schmidlap]

You mean what if Fauci hadn't paid the Chinese Wuhan Lab, run by a Chinese general, to do germ warfare research on bat viruses to make them more deadly? Is that what you mean?

The propaganda media that trained you to spout your fake claim has backed down on their nonsense:

...[T]here’s no proof that the coronavirus was bioengineered. Both the WorldNetDaily article and Hilton’s segment rely on a series of unsubstantiated allegations to spin a conspiracy theory about the virus being a lab creation.​

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WorldNetDaily has since dialed back on many of its claims, issuing three separate corrections, all of which cite scientists pushing back on the notion that SARS-CoV-2 was manmade.​

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Fact-check: Did Dr. Fauci fund research that created COVID-19?

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[schmidlap]

Partisanship is killing us, indeed - your own examples of partisanship are object lessons for us all.

But the partisanship isn't, necessarily, a result of our moral failings. Unfortunately, it is incentivized by our obsolete election process. Our system of voting discourages consensus and drives us toward two entrenched and opposed parties - and away from parties that seek broader consensus. And it actively impedes third party access, both technically, with byzantine ballot access rules, and implicitly with the lesser-of-two-evils factor.

Sometimes what seems like the work of bad actors is a result of systemic problems.

More and more of the anti-science crackpots are finally deferring to the irrefutable reality, and joining the President's drive for vaccination:

Steve Scalise gets COVID vaccine, calls it 'safe and effective'​

 

[schmidlap]

We should have never quarantined the healthy and destroyed the economy

Trump Praises Xi for Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak​

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It's understandable why the American people are so supportive of the Covid policies the President they elected has instituted. And, he's got the economy humming again!

U.S. economy grew almost 7% from April-July, tops prepandemic size​

 

[BULLDOG]

Partisanship is killing us, indeed - your own examples of partisanship are object lessons for us all.

But the partisanship isn't, necessarily, a result of our moral failings. Unfortunately, it is incentivized by our obsolete election process. Our system of voting discourages consensus and drives us toward two entrenched and opposed parties - and away from parties that seek broader consensus. And it actively impedes third party access, both technically, with byzantine ballot access rules, and implicitly with the lesser-of-two-evils factor.

Sometimes what seems like the work of bad actors is a result of systemic problems.

Your claim that our system of voting does discourage consenses is correct, but the situation we are in is a moral failing. Political differences based on facts can generally be solved with a compromise, but if they are based on lies, there can never be a workable compromise. The right has chosen false accusations and lies over facts.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

More and more of the anti-science crackpots…

Is Bruce Jenner a man or a woman?

 

[SmokeALib]

Hundreds of thousands of people might still be alive if not for tRump and his loyal minions.

I doubt it. People are basically stupid. You're a prime example.

 

[schmidlap]

Is Bruce Jenner a man or a woman?

Your fixation is noted.

 

[SmokeALib]

And if he ignored it hundreds of thousands would die.

You stupid ass. Only fucktards like you depend on politicians to keep them alive and healthy. Here's a thought - use your God-given common sense. Oh, that's right - you leftists don't have any. You fools just blindly follow what the government tells you. Idiots.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

Is Bruce Jenner a man or a woman?

Your fixation is noted.

It's a simple question, that goes to the very core of your repeated attempts to lay claim to “science”.

 

[Crepitus]

I doubt it. People are basically stupid. You're a prime example.

Ah, the irony...

 

[SmokeALib]

Is Bruce Jenner a man or a woman?

He's a man pretending to be a woman. I suppose you could say he's an actor.

 

[Mac1958]

“If you look at the people being admitted to hospitals, over 95 percent of them are either not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated. And so these vaccines are saving lives.”

This really has been an ugly few years. I'm sure you and I can agree, this ongoing domestic pandemic tragedy is no surprise, and there is no good excuse for it -- it's just where we are right now.

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, we really are in trouble. I don't know how a democratic republic survives when it literally operates under separate and competing realities. This division appears to be as intractable as the types of religious divisions that destroy other countries.

As we see on this board every day, we also know that there are some who would be just fine with us splitting into pieces. They appear to have the upper hand right now, that's for sure.

 

[BULLDOG]

You stupid ass. Only fucktards like you depend on politicians to keep them alive and healthy. Here's a thought - use your God-given common sense. Oh, that's right - you leftists don't have any. You fools just blindly follow what the government tells you. Idiots.

You don't think our government had a responsibility to distribute the vaccine against a pandemic. You are pretty dumb, aren't you?

 

[schmidlap]

The DemocraTaliban weaponization of Covid was criminal, I agree.

Your hyper-partisan zealotry that embraces the Cry Baby Loser's praising of Xi as Republicans increasingly espouse the popularly-elected President's Covid policies is very odd.

Trump Praises Xi for Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak​

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[Bob Blaylock]

Is Bruce Jenner a man or a woman?

He's a man pretending to be a woman. I suppose you could say he's an actor.

How often can you get a LIbtARd to admit that Bruce Jenner is a man, and not a woman?

This needs to be brought up every time some cretin on the left wrong tries to lay any claim to “science”.

 

[SmokeALib]

You don't think our government had a responsibility to distribute the vaccine against a pandemic. You are pretty dumb, aren't you?

Already done idiot.

 

[SmokeALib]

Your hyper-partisan zealotry that embraces the Cry Baby Loser's praising of Xi as Republicans increasingly espouse the popularly-elected President's Covid policies is very odd.

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Trump Praises Xi for Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak​

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Keep your enemies closer. Dumbass.

 

[BULLDOG]

How often can you get a LIbtARd to admit that Bruce Jenner is a man, and not a woman?

This needs to be brought up every time some cretin on the left wrong tries to lay any claim to “science”.

You think the sex of Jenner is important either way? You're just looking for something to whine about. Were you just as upset about Klinger on Mash?

 

[schmidlap]

This really has been an ugly few years. I'm sure you and I can agree, this ongoing domestic pandemic tragedy is no surprise, and there is no good excuse for it -- it's just where we are right now.

It behooves us to ask how we got here and look at the record, certainly. With better leadership, it need not been as horrific as it has been.
Timeline of Trump’s Coronavirus Responses

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, we really are in trouble. I don't know how a democratic republic survives when it literally operates under separate and competing realities. This division appears to be as intractable as the types of religious divisions that destroy other countries.

As we see on this board every day, we also know that there are some who would be just fine with us splitting into pieces. They appear to have the upper hand right now, that's for sure.

The goons that attacked Congress, driven by lies and hellbent on destroying our democratic system, are still out there, and are still being manipulated by the liars to promote their personal interests over those of the nation.

Unless truth prevails, we're screwed.

 

[BULLDOG]

Already done idiot.

Well, no. The pandemic isn't over, and it would disasterous to stop distributing the vaccine now, The fact that you don't think the government had a responsibility, or even the right to distribute it shows your level of ignorance.