Covid-45

[Bill the Cat]

Oh no,Trump didn't create it, but he is exploiting it big time. Divide and conquer is his modis operandi.

As opposed to Shame and Silence from the left.

[JimL]

As opposed to Shame and Silence from the left.

W have nothing to be ashamed of. Freedom of assembly and freedom of speech is a right in this country. Nobody here has defended the interlopers, whoever they may be, but they are few and if the stormtroopers can't handle them without attacking the legitimate protesters then that's not saying much for them. But, again, we know that's not what they are there for.

[Cow Poke]

W have nothing to be ashamed of.

Only because you have no shame.

Freedom of assembly and freedom of speech is a right in this country.

You kinda sorta left out a very important word. See if you can spot it below...

...or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Nobody here has defended the interlopers,

Actually, you have, every time you refer to the rioters as "peaceful protesters", as well as those who gather with them to aid and abet their chaos.

whoever they may be, but they are few

You've been living under a rock?

and if the stormtroopers

Anti-law and order rhetoric noted.

can't handle them without attacking the legitimate protesters then that's not saying much for them. But, again, we know that's not what they are there for.

Tell the "legitimate protesters" to stay out of a RIOT zone.

[JimL]

Only because you have no shame.



You kinda sorta left out a very important word. See if you can spot it below...

...or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Actually, you have, every time you refer to the rioters as "peaceful protesters", as well as those who gather with them to aid and abet their chaos.



You've been living under a rock?



Anti-law and order rhetoric noted.



Tell the "legitimate protesters" to stay out of a RIOT zone.

That's how you authoritarian types try to deal with protesters and their right to assemble. Smear them all with the few troublemakers so that you can go after them all, cause a big seen, with tear gas and people running all about from the oncoming stormtroopers. Present the image of a riotous mob in order to put fear into the minds of the ignorant. Fortunately the ignorant seem to be in the minority as the majority are in support of the protesters.

[Cow Poke]

That's how you authoritarian types

Jimmy, honey, it's YOUR party that has gone crazy with controlling the narrative - you nutters interrupt ANY conservative speech on college campuses or anywhere else. You people are PSYCHO that way.

try to deal with protesters and their right to assemble.

"Peaceably", Jim. That's really important. I can understand why that's harder for you to say than Fonzi saying he was wrrrr wrrrrr wwwwrrrrrrrrr... not exactly right.

Smear them all with the few troublemakers so that you can go after them all,

Jim, PEACEFUL protesters don't protest in riot zones. Unless, of course, they're incredibly stupid.

cause a big seen,

You probably mean scene.

with tear gas and people running all about from the oncoming

It's a RIOT zone, Jim. What PEACEFUL protester protests in a RIOT zone?

stormtroopers.

Federal officers.

Present the image of a riotous mob in order to put fear into the minds of the ignorant. Fortunately the ignorant seem to be in the minority as the majority are in support of the protesters.

Only IDIOTS or MORONS would "peacefully protest" in a riot zone.

[mossrose]

That's how you authoritarian types try to deal with protesters and their right to assemble. Smear them all with the few troublemakers so that you can go after them all, cause a big seen, with tear gas and people running all about from the oncoming stormtroopers. Present the image of a riotous mob in order to put fear into the minds of the ignorant. Fortunately the ignorant seem to be in the minority as the majority are in support of the protesters.

Unless the protesters are protesting things the left chooses as dear to their own hearts. Like abortion and so on.

Or young men quietly wearing red caps and doing nothing but stand there. Etc.

Right to peaceably assemble and state an opinion gets thrown away then, doesn't it, Jim?

It always astounds me how selective the left is.

[shunyadragon]

How is Trump to blame for a pandemic that started in China?

Trump and others in authority refused to address, deal proactively and aggressively the beginning early. It is over the top tragoc that Trump claims he is addressing the pandemic now as he always has, The problem is he has never provided the leadership from the beginning, and now we are gringing down to rough ending, or the coronavirus will hang around after the pandemic in various form, maybe to come back again. Vaccines will, but as never before 'defeat the COVID-10.

[shunyadragon]

Why would you defend a man whose inaction and incompetence has made the US the WORST 1st world nation in the world in terms of it's response to the pandemic?

We have the highest number of cases, the highest number of deaths, we have never completely controlled it, unlike Europe, and we now are adding cases twice as fast as we were before our first shutdowns, having squandered over a Trillion dollars in the process through a half-hearted response and reckless early reopening never having gained control.

. . . a very very late acknowledgement of the pandemic, like bandads for cancer, after over 144,000 have died in the USA alone.

[shunyadragon]

. . . a very very late acknowledgement of the pandemic, like bandads for cancer, after over 144,000 have died in the USA alone.

Over 4.000 died in the USA in the past 4 days.

[Whateverman]

Over 4.000 died in the USA in the past 4 days.

More than died on 9/11, but I guess since the virus isn't Muslim, Republicans don't think it's a big deal.

[JimL]

Unless the protesters are protesting things the left chooses as dear to their own hearts. Like abortion and so on.

I haven't seen federal stormtroopers being sent in to create a riotous situation with abortion protesters, nor would I support such an unconstitutional action. You're making stuff up again.

Or young men quietly wearing red caps and doing nothing but stand there. Etc.

Really, federal stormtroopers were sent in to gas and beat the ignoant red caps. When did that happen?

Right to peaceably assemble and state an opinion gets thrown away then, doesn't it, Jim?

Well, according to your assertion, but of course your assertion is false. It's only you conservatives that apparently have no qualms about a police state.

It always astounds me how selective the left is.

It always astounds the left how ignorant the right can be. A fascist autocrat is dismanteling democracy right under your noses and you're completely blind to it. Truly astounding!

[Stoic]

Wow. How sad. The race is on.
Western Europe will have to start increasing their testing to catch up.

Funny how every single country in Europe has more tests per confirmed case than the US.

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[NorrinRadd]

Over 4.000 died in the USA in the past 4 days.

Four people? Pfft. That's a quiet Saturday in Chicago.

[Whateverman]

Four people? Pfft. That's a quiet Saturday in Chicago.

4000

[NorrinRadd]

4000

I know. I was mocking the un-USA nomenclature, using a "." where a "," belonged.

I'm still not greatly bothered, given the documented screwiness of COD assignments.

I've also heard that year-over-year total deaths are not up significantly, but I don't know if that's true.