Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)
Background Pony #F752
Perfect.
lonewolf 
U mad?
Oh Jesus here we go again.
Just look at the trend! The lawsuits aren’t working, and if something does work it isn’t going to be enough to overturn the results. Calm down before you blow a gasket, get banned, or both.
Just look at the trend! The lawsuits aren’t working, and if something does work it isn’t going to be enough to overturn the results. Calm down before you blow a gasket, get banned, or both.
Zincy 
In Vino Veritas
“The stock market is at a record high!” shouts the man in a Texas food line, on his way to get bread for his starving family.
The stock market is not the economy, it is a speculative betting pool leveraging money on the movements of the market. It should not be used as a base to gauge economic health.
The stock market is not the economy, it is a speculative betting pool leveraging money on the movements of the market. It should not be used as a base to gauge economic health.
Ereiam 
Monde de merde
@NeonThriller
Finally, a measured reaction from you.
See, isn’t that much better when you’re not jumping at shadows all over the place? It’s really too bad it takes the threat of a ban for you to behave reasonably.
This aside, the piece you linked plainly shows that Trump is completely in over his head: he has not the slightest idea of what he’s doing anymore and he’s grasping at so many straws he could stuff a scarecrow with them.
Finally, a measured reaction from you.
See, isn’t that much better when you’re not jumping at shadows all over the place? It’s really too bad it takes the threat of a ban for you to behave reasonably.
This aside, the piece you linked plainly shows that Trump is completely in over his head: he has not the slightest idea of what he’s doing anymore and he’s grasping at so many straws he could stuff a scarecrow with them.
NeonThriller
@Ereiam
On Twitter I’m seeing tons of conspiracy theories that claim that “Republicans are allowing COVID to go out of control on purpose to harm their opponents”.
Is this true?
I’m not panicking here, Just a question.
On Twitter I’m seeing tons of conspiracy theories that claim that “Republicans are allowing COVID to go out of control on purpose to harm their opponents”.
Is this true?
I’m not panicking here, Just a question.
igotnopicks 
You need to stop looking at conspiracy theroies.
Monado User
@Ereiam
On Twitter I’m seeing tons of conspiracy theories that claim that “Republicans are allowing COVID to go out of control on purpose to harm their opponents”.
Is this true?
You need to stop looking at conspiracy theroies.
Ereiam
Monde de merde
@NeonThriller
Hanlon’s razor: “Don’t ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.”
That’s why those are just what they are: conspiracy theories.
Hanlon’s razor: “Don’t ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.”
That’s why those are just what they are: conspiracy theories.
Ereiam
Monde de merde
@NeonThriller
They can come from anywhere, as long as there are simple-minded people to believe in them (and the right doesn’t have a monopoly on those).
They can come from anywhere, as long as there are simple-minded people to believe in them (and the right doesn’t have a monopoly on those).
NitroFury 
Nitro Cat Bad!
Here’s a problem I have with Cancel Culture and there’s one thing that is bugging me. Conservatives on Twitter will always think that Cancel Culture is being weaponized by Super Blue-Pilled Regressives on Twitter, but the problems is that this is not always done by the Super Blue-Pilled Regressives, cause… you want answer, take a wild guess which side is also weaponizing Cancel Culture?
Come on, take a guess.
Come on, take a guess.
Ereiam
Perhaps because some Republicans (not all of them and perhaps not even many of them, but enough in sufficiently high places to matter) have proven themselves to actually be the former, like Vivace mentioned, if not both (Trump being a prime example)?
In the present case however, you only have to look what side the crowd of covidiots tends to lean to figure that it’s mostly lack of common sense at work.
@NitroFury
I know, I’ve several times mentioned in this thread the fiasco of “The Hunt” as a perfect counter-example of misaimed right-wing cancel culture at work.
Monde de merde
@Ereiam
Then why are left wing ones like “Republicans want to harm people on purpose with Virus restrictions being struck down” get a free pass?
Perhaps because some Republicans (not all of them and perhaps not even many of them, but enough in sufficiently high places to matter) have proven themselves to actually be the former, like Vivace mentioned, if not both (Trump being a prime example)?
In the present case however, you only have to look what side the crowd of covidiots tends to lean to figure that it’s mostly lack of common sense at work.
@NitroFury
I know, I’ve several times mentioned in this thread the fiasco of “The Hunt” as a perfect counter-example of misaimed right-wing cancel culture at work.
Background Pony #70D6
To be absolutely fair though, that possibility has been somewhat legitimately discussed before, and is unfortunately difficult to place entirely outside the realm of possibility. Especially in regards to Trump’s entirely botched pandemic response. Case and point, there was a Vanity Fair report back in July of this year that discussed the innumerable failures of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic, in which an anonymous public health expert who was reportedly “in frequent contact with the White House’s official coronavirus task force” alleged that political considerations had played a part in changing early testing plans. To wit:
@Ereiam
On Twitter I’m seeing tons of conspiracy theories that claim that “Republicans are allowing COVID to go out of control on purpose to harm their opponents”.
Is this true?
I’m not panicking here, Just a question.
@NeonThriller
You need to stop looking at conspiracy theroies.
@NeonThriller
Hanlon’s razor: “Don’t ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity.”That’s why those are just what they are: conspiracy theories.
To be absolutely fair though, that possibility has been somewhat legitimately discussed before, and is unfortunately difficult to place entirely outside the realm of possibility. Especially in regards to Trump’s entirely botched pandemic response. Case and point, there was a Vanity Fair report back in July of this year that discussed the innumerable failures of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic, in which an anonymous public health expert who was reportedly “in frequent contact with the White House’s official coronavirus task force” alleged that political considerations had played a part in changing early testing plans. To wit:
Most troubling of all, perhaps, was a sentiment the expert said a member of Kushner’s team expressed: that because the virus had hit blue states hardest, a national plan was unnecessary and would not make sense politically. “The political folks believed that because it was going to be relegated to Democratic states, that they could blame those governors, and that would be an effective political strategy,” said the expert.
Of course this isn’t the only thing alleged to have changed the testing strategy, and the report also mentions the more easily provable (because he pretty much outright said as much) concerns from Trump that more testing would lead to higher case counts and bad publicity, as a factor. Still, given the kinds of policy decisions Trump has often made, and his current commitment to setting as many fires as he can before his time in office runs out, the idea that his task force would float the idea of not responding at a national level for political gain is hard to dismiss outright.
It’s still ultimately unproven though, and unless someone can offer more evidence on the matter, it seems likely to remain that way.
It’s still ultimately unproven though, and unless someone can offer more evidence on the matter, it seems likely to remain that way.
Ebalosus 
Build commie blocks!
@NitroFury
Sorkinite liberals (probably should start calling them “brunch liberals”; I’ll see what Matt Christman says) and republican media grifters.
Sorkinite liberals (probably should start calling them “brunch liberals”; I’ll see what Matt Christman says) and republican media grifters.
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