Desperate Times

[Braveheart]

I’ve read enough of your comments to know your type, you lump every skeptic into the same radical category, many on here do it. It’s a natural fear response.

I enjoy your anti gov't comments and views on many issues. We are in sync on many of them. I'm surprised to see you also are a profiler. Being judgemental is usually reserved for the ultra Christian segment.

The Covid issue though needs to be looked at for what it is: A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. There is confusion between this being a health issue and more gov't control over us. The Covid response is driven by the chief public health officers. In MB, Dr. Brent Roussin is driving the bus. He has the power. Pallister is premier but is second fiddle to Roussin on this issue. Pallister is just a talking head re Covid. When the health emergency is over, thanks to a more vaccinated populace, restrictions will lift.

Contrast this against Trudeau's OIC prohibition of our sporting arms, Trudeau's "purchasing" of MSM media, imposition of carbon taxes while overriding provincial powers to approach climate. That's just the tip of the gov't overreach to be wary of.

Re the younger generation, they need to know how to differentiate between real threats to democracy and freedom rather than grow up being skeptical and cynical about every issue they confront.

BTW, to help with your profiling, I'm not currently scared of anything. It's a weakness I seem to have acquired somehow.

[blackpowder]

For inspiration I turn to Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill and the like.
Covid smoke and mirrors compared to other creeping infringements.

[burnt]

I blame department of ‘education’ for allowing teachers to become political. There is no room for opposing opinion either. Universities are filled with non-thinkers. I remember my days in university when absolutely everything was questioned and debated. Now, only the woke is the law.

How dare you suggest the education system is political???

Oh wait, maybe you have some grounds for that claim, as evidenced by the experience of a friend's daughter:

She had a lot of tenure at the school where she taught and was placed in the role of Vice Principal when the position was suddenly vacated.

It went well for her in her interim there and she met the challenges with complete competence.

When the position was advertised to be filled permanently, she applied for the position, thinking she had a good shot at getting it.

Wrong. The first hint of trouble for her was the application question which required the candidate to detail what she had done to combat systemic racism over her career.

Even after handing in a solid resume, she was then informed that preference would be given to the candidate from a visible minority.

She is/was a lifetime "progressive" Liberal voter.

Her dad, a lifelong Conservative, said it was rather interesting watching her slowly - yet suddenly - gain awareness to the consequences of her long-time voting habit - even though she had the correct genitalia, she finally lost out because of her pale, white skin tone.

And she's just the start of this phenomenon that will surely and unavoidably tsunami every single individual that has put their faith the lie of "modern" Liberalism.

The trouble is, this wave will hit everyone, not just the misguided Liberal voters.

[burnt]

I ...Being judgemental is usually reserved for the ultra Christian segment...

It appears to affect many more than those that you profiled with that remark.

Do you ever exercise any introspection?

Talk about a self-own...

[Braveheart]

It appears to affect many more than those that you profiled with that remark.

Do you ever exercise any introspection?

Talk about a self-own...

Thanks fore the pot/kettle observation. Check your own shade of black.

[burnt]

Thanks fore the pot/kettle observation. Check your own shade of black.

I absolutely own it.

The difference is that I don't try to hide it.

[Braveheart]

It’s funny how one can agree with a poster on many issues but be different on another. I don’t agree with braves stance on Covid and respect not all will see eye to eye on issues.
It’s the fact that all from one side are lumped together even if their view only differs slightly from another.
What got me is the crimes against humanity comment, I’m appalled that some would go that far over a situation like Covid. Those terms are usually reserved for things like the holocaust and other genocides that have happened throughout history, this is far from that.

When I see things like that I’m reminded of Burnts Psychosis of the Masses thread. I’m seeing it in everyday life around me, people seem to be taking to it quite well.

See the comment as you like, that's your prerogative. I stand by it. It borders it as lives are being lost and destroyed by the virus and the Covid hoaxer attitude is helping it prevail.

The "hugs vs masks", Church of God, open up tactics are systematic activities all against civilians. Pretty much defines crimes against humanity. Genocide doesn't need to be part of it.

[Braveheart]

I absolutely own it.

The difference is that I don't try to hide it.

You're hiding something though. All Covid hoaxers are. I'm just not sure what yet.

[sumdumguy]

Wow, crimes against humanity? Are you aware of the statistics, even the exaggerated test scores? Get control of yourself.

[Braveheart]

Wow, crimes against humanity? Are you aware of the statistics, even the exaggerated test scores? Get control of yourself.

Exaggerated test scores? jWAB says it's overblown? All Covid hoaxer talk.

[burnt]

You're hiding something though. All Covid hoaxers are. I'm just not sure what yet.

Well, yes, you're onto something. We're all in this conspiracy.

Well at least I am and along with quite a few others - I hold this surreptitious, conspiratorial, not-so-secret belief that my immune system is fully capable of doing what it's designed to do.

[jazz]

Braveheart is what you get when you lock someone in their home with nothing but CNN and CBC. Totally removed from reality.

What about the BLM and Gaza protests? Our own politicians waded into those protests and took a knee. What about the liberals campaigning door to door in NFLD and compromised an entire election cycle and spiked a huge covid surge? Any comment there? Any crimes against humanity from those protests or actions? Or is it just more hypocrisy 24-7?

Roussin is some sort of hero? This is the guy who said the politicians are exempt from public health orders.

[burnt]

See the comment as you like, that's your prerogative. I stand by it. It borders it as lives are being lost and destroyed by the virus and the Covid hoaxer attitude is helping it prevail.

The "hugs vs masks", Church of God, open up tactics are systematic activities all against civilians. Pretty much defines crimes against humanity. Genocide doesn't need to be part of it.

Then please explain the open states/closed states - Texas/Michigan and Florida/Minnesota disparities.

https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1394245777401262082 https://twitter.com/JamesMelville/status/1394245777401262082

James Melville
@JamesMelville
Texas has just reported:

Black small square0 Covid related deaths

Black small squarefewest Covid cases in over 13 months

Black small squarelowest 7-day Covid new cases rate

Black small squarelowest Covid hospitalisations in 11 months

And guess what? Texas ended all Covid restrictions 10 weeks ago.

[Austrian Economics]

Whether you hang your hats on vaccinations or not, here are some interesting stats.

Yesterday, South Dakota had zero new Covid cases. The case trajectory has been flat and declining for months. Case positivity rate is around 3%.

Forty-seven percent of the population has one dose of vaccine; 41% is fully vaccinated.

The economy is for all intents and purposes fully open and has been for months.

Here in Canada we are talking about not significantly loosening restrictions until 70 to 80% of the population has at least one dose of vaccine. My sense is that once you get to the 50% level, the willingness of the population to get vaccinated declines remarkably. I personally know quite a few people who are not going to get the shot.

I fear that governments here have set an unattainable and unnecessary goal and they are hell bent on putting the economy through a blender in order to attain it.

[Taiga]

Make sure you get a tattoo to show your vaccine commitment when you get poked.