Cum Town bit: What if Reagan's AIDS collaborator said "yeah dude, pretty much everyone is going to get poz"

  • crime [she/her, any]
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    3 years ago

    The point is that treating these things as inevitable is what makes them inevitable. Without the media pushing this for the government, there'd been more support for lockdowns and other pandemic safety measures. And by complaining about people pointing out that this is bad, you're contributing to that narrative of "everyone will get covid" which is just the government doing a big old social murder

    • tgreenwood [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      And by complaining about people pointing out that this is bad, you’re contributing to that narrative of “everyone will get covid” which is just the government doing a big old social murder

      Love too blame individuals

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        3 years ago

        "By buying properties to rent you're contributing to the housing crisis" "taking private jets everywhere causes a tremendous amount of greenhouse gas emissions" "By going around maskless and unvaccinated, you're contributing to the prolonging of the pandemic and possibly killing or disabling the people you come in contact with"

        "Wow you're really blaming individuals here, not very leftist of you"

        Absolutely baby-brained take, you can still contribute to social murder as an individual. Did I blame the whole thing on you? No. Does that mean you're not contributing? Also no!

      • OgdenTO [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        You absolutely are contributing to this narrative. You are on here parroting the everyone will get covid as "what will be inevitable"

        It's fair to blame individuals when an individual is supporting the cause. Groups like this are made up of individuals with the same talking points.

        • tgreenwood [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          You absolutely are contributing to this narrative. You are on here parroting the everyone will get covid as “what will be inevitable”

          Demonstrate to me how it won't be for the plurality at this point. You're rejecting reality.

          This is a materially different thing than WANTING it to happen, which obviously I do not.

          I simply don't see a next step where a lockdown is effective. This is my own doomposting -- how do we get to your reality? I just don't understand how we get there.

          • OgdenTO [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            After your edit - they could try anything. A lockdown, with economic support. The media could get out of its own ass and actually provide non-doom viewpoints. Look at possible solutions, weigh options, provide good coverage. They could keep providing tests and shots for free.

            They could enact universal healthcare.

            They could TRY to do a lot of things. Living in "Realist Stasis" and accepting inevitability helps nobody.

            I'm not saying anything will happen, but literally waiting for everyone to get covid is as you say doomposting and not really helpful

          • OgdenTO [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Your statements have effect, especially when what we're talking about is actually just a viewpoint. You are contributing, at least a little bit, to the propaganda.

            If you don't it to happen, then why does it appear that you've considered it inevitable?