Don't blame me, I voted for the other guy. (Politics General)

@Penguin Dragneel  
I have 10 nieces and nepbews, all at different atages in life, some going to school and some not. The president is not the man to look to when it comes to school reopening plans, you need to look local, focusing on the president is stupid. Also, the science is showing that yes, you can reopen schools

@Background Pony #7EFA  
My nephew has to wear a mask for 7 straight hours a day, only being allowed to take it off when he eats lunch.
 
Trust me, it is NOT safe to reopen right now.

Reminder that the GOP literally wants your grandparents to die for the sake of the economy.

@Background Pony #7EFA  
You’re literally ignoring what I just said to further your own argument.
 
Not a good look for you, dude.

@silbasa  
Yes, it would, but how often do you do any?

@NitroFury  
Which is odd considering their voter base skews older.

@NitroFury  
What are you even talking about?

@Background Pony #7EFA  
I read the article you posted, and I disagreed with it. Simple as that.
 
No need to clutch your pearls over it.

@Penguin Dragneel  
And yet no response to it? No specific pieces of it you disagreed with? What about the study that closing schools has had a larger cost on life then if they had remained open?
 
Really, what part do you just disagree with? The part where children are less at risk? Or the part about low viral spread in schools? What about the Wisconis study it references? The other studies? No, you disagree with it all because your nephew has to wear a mask at school.
 
You sound like one of those science denying republicans you hate so much.

@Penguin Dragneel  
Your nephew is going to school with a mask on?  
Sounds like it is safe enough to reopen.  
Sound like his school is already reopened.
 
Certainly there is more to that, but your arguement against seems self defeating.  
Care to elaborate on your argument why you think it is not safe.

@Background Pony #7E8D  
If you feel others are breaking rules in this thread, please report them.
 
Right now I don’t see anyone else in the thread demanding that others provide 100% absolutely defensible and utterly true evidence in defense their opinions before they will consent to a civil discussion.
 
Let me try one last time to explain: This is a containment zone for people who are normal users of the site or members of this community who feel, for reasons that utterly baffle most other users of the site, that they want to talk about politics. You do not appear to have any other interaction with the site aside from this thread, so if you’re only here to debate ‘evidence’ for people’s opinions, then please leave and find some other site more suited to your preferences.

German Bronies, what gives with your government?
 
Germany rejects US push to waive COVID vaccine patents
 
 
The German government said while they support global vaccine supplies, “the protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and must remain so in the future.”
 
Basically they think Copyright is more important than human life.

@CaptainXtra  
Maybe you could help the discussion by first saying what it is that you think is wrong with their stance.
 
Otherwise you appear to be once again dropping interesting topics in this thread in the hopes others will talk about it without contributing to the discussion yourself.

@CaptainXtra  
Not enough information. On firts glance just a typical “Not so fast” NO
 
But hey our money goes out to the other nations we buy our vaccines from.
 
“Not so fast” is our whole anti covid protection plan anyway XD

@Latecomer  
On occasion I at least try. I am willing to listen if there’s something to actually listen to, not just the usual rubber stamping of everything one specific side does not like.

Daughter of 73-year-old violently arrested by Colorado police says officers “need to go to jail” [CBS News]
 
73-year-old woman’s violent arrest caught on bodycam, daughter speaks out [CBS News]
 
So, police bodycam shows a violent arrest of a 73 year old woman Karen Garner in Loveland, Colorado. She was accused of stealing $13.88 worth of items at a Walmart, but the way how the police arrested her is rather disturbing. Keep in mind, the woman is in her early 70s and weighs only 80 pounds.

@NitroFury  
I hate how we’re not even surprised by this.

@Penguin Dragneel  
And it’s sad, this is the type of behavior that these thugs in badges will continue to do and the bootlickers will continue to defend.

@NitroFury  
You’d think they’d be at least a bit more hesitant to act like this after all that’s happened.
 
But they don’t. If anything, they’re acting worse now than they’ve ever been before.

@NitroFury
 
And camera footage from their station showed those same officers were laughing at their own body footage.
 
She’s the lucky one though. George Floyd was killed because he was suspected of using a fake $20. She was only $6.12 away from death!

@Dustcan  
The officers involved have been removed from the force.
 
BREAKING: Officers Austin Hopp, Daria Jalali, Tyler Blackett no longer employed at Loveland Police Department

@Ciaran  
Oh thank god.