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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    Is everyone that is wholeheartedly agreeing with carville over 40?  I’m wondering if this is a generational worldview thing.  Most of the people I know would disagree with a lot of his opinion. And they aren’t all “far left”. For instance the Latinx thing, that is something that I was unaware of until people I know who are younger than me  and identify as Latinx and prefer the term explained it to me. I don’t think this is from those high falutin university teachers lounges as carville claims.  I think there is a lot of societal awakening to problematic cultural norms across t he board.

      It kind of mirrors the right in a way, where when there is something he can’t understand he just blames academic echelons, that actually seems to be the Teapublican playbook of the last 15 years.  I hope that isn’t what he meant by messaging more like republicans.

    What is today?  "Everybody's in the Same Boat Day"?  I was just reading something on another forum where this guy claims that everyone that has such and such are all exactly the same.
    Come on static, you can do better than that weak argument. Some of us are actually capable of forming thoughts independently of such strictures.
    It’s not really an argument it’s a question of if it is a generational worldview.  I think a lot of millennials and under don’t read something like that and say wow this guy really hit it out of the park, woke and cancel culture are the problem.  Or is it ok when a policy wonk says something like that, because I don’t remember people coming out of the woodwork wholeheartedly supporting trump for blaming academia, woke and cancel culture for everything.  
    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    Is everyone that is wholeheartedly agreeing with carville over 40?  I’m wondering if this is a generational worldview thing.  Most of the people I know would disagree with a lot of his opinion. And they aren’t all “far left”. For instance the Latinx thing, that is something that I was unaware of until people I know who are younger than me  and identify as Latinx and prefer the term explained it to me. I don’t think this is from those high falutin university teachers lounges as carville claims.  I think there is a lot of societal awakening to problematic cultural norms across t he board.

      It kind of mirrors the right in a way, where when there is something he can’t understand he just blames academic echelons, that actually seems to be the Teapublican playbook of the last 15 years.  I hope that isn’t what he meant by messaging more like republicans.

    What is today?  "Everybody's in the Same Boat Day"?  I was just reading something on another forum where this guy claims that everyone that has such and such are all exactly the same.
    Come on static, you can do better than that weak argument. Some of us are actually capable of forming thoughts independently of such strictures.
    It’s not really an argument it’s a question of if it is a generational worldview.  I think a lot of millennials and under don’t read something like that and say wow this guy really hit it out of the park, woke and cancel culture are the problem.  Or is it ok when a policy wonk says something like that, because I don’t remember people coming out of the woodwork wholeheartedly supporting trump for blaming academia, woke and cancel culture for everything.  

    They didn't? Were we watching the same election in November when a president mishandled and lied about a pandemic and came within 43,000 votes of getting reelected, by turning the country into an anti woke defund the police nation...and destroyed democrats in nearly all state government races in non blue states?


    Why do you think democrats are about to get gerrymandered into oblivion next year? Because they got hammered in state govt races and republicans get to draw the districts in almost all swing states. Again. Cmon man, be real.



    .....

    James Carville

    Right, but we can’t say, “Republicans are going to call us socialists no matter what, so let’s just run as out-and-out socialists.” That’s not the smartest thing to do. And maybe tweeting that we should abolish the police isn’t the smartest thing to do because almost fucking no one wants to do that.

    Here’s the deal: No matter how you look at the map, the only way Democrats can hold power is to build on their coalition, and that will have to include more rural white voters from across the country. Democrats are never going to win a majority of these voters. That’s the reality. But the difference between getting beat 80 to 20 and 72 to 28 is all the difference in the world.




    And if you want the rural white vote saying we are anti cancel culture too isn’t gonna do it. Republicans are already there and they offer it to a greater extent than Dems could dream of. You want the rural white vote, get money and education into those communities and talk about how you are helping them and republicans are screwing them. Say it loud say it over and over.  We are anti woke too isn’t gonna register with anyone, if they want that there is  a firm that offers that times 9/11 times 1000, that’s the GQP
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    I can't imagine being this big of a bitch about other people wearing a mask during a pandemic. 
    Why are people trying to make a stand against masks 13 months later?  The anti maskers/vaxxers lost the battle.  Give it up. 
    I'm not trying to make a stand against masks. I just question some of the logistics of it all. Like on Saturday for instance, we try to go into a bar (in Pennsylvania), and didn't have masks on because you can see in the window that nobody in there was wearing one. But we were told we have to walk in with a mask, and then we can take it off when we're seated. And it's not like social-distancing was really in effect because there were guys at the bar all seated next to one another without masks on. Well that makes no sense. 
    You went to an inside bar and didn't bring a mask?
    No we had them in our pockets and would've put them on before walking in, if we couldn't see through the window about 20 people inside not wearing them. So the bartender asked us to put masks on, walked us 5 feet to a table that was like 5 feet away from the next table where people were maskless, and were told we can now take off our masks. 
    These are all compromise positions.  Clearly the best situation is no indoor gatherings.  Second is wear a mask.  But you can't do that if eating/drinking so third compromise position is wear a mask inside and when moving around, at the bar and then take it off when ready to eat or drink.  If you want the safest method, close the bar.  
    Same, I look at it as a compromise between having people masked up as much as possible, but also giving the bars & restaurants a fighting chance. 

    From that angle it makes perfect sense to me. 
    I guess I'm of the opinion, now with the vaccine available to everyone, that these sort of establishments should be able to set their own rules. Want to require a mask? Go ahead. Want to not require a mask and put a sign up saying "Masks not required, enter at your own risk." Go ahead.

    At my office, there's eight of us. Seven of us got the vaccine, but one refused it. So we have to continue to wear masks in common areas because of her. We wouldn't have to wear them at all if we all had the vaccine. This may sound callous, but I say to hell with her. If she wants to run that risk, fine. It's like those of us that have done the responsible thing and got the vaccine are now required to keep the people that didn't get it safe. 
    so you'll have to wear masks until she dies or quits? that's absurd
    I don't know. I guess if the Governor comes out and says that all vaccinated people don't have to wear masks, we'd be fine. But how can he say that? In our office, we all know who has and hasn't gotten it. But in a store, unless you staple your vaccine card to your forehead, who would know if you had it or not. 

    The funny thing is that she herself thinks it's dumb that we have to continue to wear the masks because of her. But from the employer's perspective, I guess it's for liability reasons or something.  

    guess its a liability thing. really whats the difference between this small office setting and a private home?


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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    mickeyrat said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:

    I can't imagine being this big of a bitch about other people wearing a mask during a pandemic. 
    Why are people trying to make a stand against masks 13 months later?  The anti maskers/vaxxers lost the battle.  Give it up. 
    I'm not trying to make a stand against masks. I just question some of the logistics of it all. Like on Saturday for instance, we try to go into a bar (in Pennsylvania), and didn't have masks on because you can see in the window that nobody in there was wearing one. But we were told we have to walk in with a mask, and then we can take it off when we're seated. And it's not like social-distancing was really in effect because there were guys at the bar all seated next to one another without masks on. Well that makes no sense. 
    You went to an inside bar and didn't bring a mask?
    No we had them in our pockets and would've put them on before walking in, if we couldn't see through the window about 20 people inside not wearing them. So the bartender asked us to put masks on, walked us 5 feet to a table that was like 5 feet away from the next table where people were maskless, and were told we can now take off our masks. 
    These are all compromise positions.  Clearly the best situation is no indoor gatherings.  Second is wear a mask.  But you can't do that if eating/drinking so third compromise position is wear a mask inside and when moving around, at the bar and then take it off when ready to eat or drink.  If you want the safest method, close the bar.  
    Same, I look at it as a compromise between having people masked up as much as possible, but also giving the bars & restaurants a fighting chance. 

    From that angle it makes perfect sense to me. 
    I guess I'm of the opinion, now with the vaccine available to everyone, that these sort of establishments should be able to set their own rules. Want to require a mask? Go ahead. Want to not require a mask and put a sign up saying "Masks not required, enter at your own risk." Go ahead.

    At my office, there's eight of us. Seven of us got the vaccine, but one refused it. So we have to continue to wear masks in common areas because of her. We wouldn't have to wear them at all if we all had the vaccine. This may sound callous, but I say to hell with her. If she wants to run that risk, fine. It's like those of us that have done the responsible thing and got the vaccine are now required to keep the people that didn't get it safe. 
    so you'll have to wear masks until she dies or quits? that's absurd
    I don't know. I guess if the Governor comes out and says that all vaccinated people don't have to wear masks, we'd be fine. But how can he say that? In our office, we all know who has and hasn't gotten it. But in a store, unless you staple your vaccine card to your forehead, who would know if you had it or not. 

    The funny thing is that she herself thinks it's dumb that we have to continue to wear the masks because of her. But from the employer's perspective, I guess it's for liability reasons or something.  

    guess its a liability thing. really whats the difference between this small office setting and a private home?


    The difference is you can do what you want in your private home. So if mom and the kids get vaccinated, but dad doesn’t want to, mom and the kids don’t have to wear their masks around him. 
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,496
    edited April 2021
    static111 said:
    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    Is everyone that is wholeheartedly agreeing with carville over 40?  I’m wondering if this is a generational worldview thing.  Most of the people I know would disagree with a lot of his opinion. And they aren’t all “far left”. For instance the Latinx thing, that is something that I was unaware of until people I know who are younger than me  and identify as Latinx and prefer the term explained it to me. I don’t think this is from those high falutin university teachers lounges as carville claims.  I think there is a lot of societal awakening to problematic cultural norms across t he board.

      It kind of mirrors the right in a way, where when there is something he can’t understand he just blames academic echelons, that actually seems to be the Teapublican playbook of the last 15 years.  I hope that isn’t what he meant by messaging more like republicans.

    What is today?  "Everybody's in the Same Boat Day"?  I was just reading something on another forum where this guy claims that everyone that has such and such are all exactly the same.
    Come on static, you can do better than that weak argument. Some of us are actually capable of forming thoughts independently of such strictures.
    It’s not really an argument it’s a question of if it is a generational worldview.  I think a lot of millennials and under don’t read something like that and say wow this guy really hit it out of the park, woke and cancel culture are the problem.  Or is it ok when a policy wonk says something like that, because I don’t remember people coming out of the woodwork wholeheartedly supporting trump for blaming academia, woke and cancel culture for everything.  
    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    Is everyone that is wholeheartedly agreeing with carville over 40?  I’m wondering if this is a generational worldview thing.  Most of the people I know would disagree with a lot of his opinion. And they aren’t all “far left”. For instance the Latinx thing, that is something that I was unaware of until people I know who are younger than me  and identify as Latinx and prefer the term explained it to me. I don’t think this is from those high falutin university teachers lounges as carville claims.  I think there is a lot of societal awakening to problematic cultural norms across t he board.

      It kind of mirrors the right in a way, where when there is something he can’t understand he just blames academic echelons, that actually seems to be the Teapublican playbook of the last 15 years.  I hope that isn’t what he meant by messaging more like republicans.

    What is today?  "Everybody's in the Same Boat Day"?  I was just reading something on another forum where this guy claims that everyone that has such and such are all exactly the same.
    Come on static, you can do better than that weak argument. Some of us are actually capable of forming thoughts independently of such strictures.
    It’s not really an argument it’s a question of if it is a generational worldview.  I think a lot of millennials and under don’t read something like that and say wow this guy really hit it out of the park, woke and cancel culture are the problem.  Or is it ok when a policy wonk says something like that, because I don’t remember people coming out of the woodwork wholeheartedly supporting trump for blaming academia, woke and cancel culture for everything.  

    They didn't? Were we watching the same election in November when a president mishandled and lied about a pandemic and came within 43,000 votes of getting reelected, by turning the country into an anti woke defund the police nation...and destroyed democrats in nearly all state government races in non blue states?


    Why do you think democrats are about to get gerrymandered into oblivion next year? Because they got hammered in state govt races and republicans get to draw the districts in almost all swing states. Again. Cmon man, be real.



    .....

    James Carville

    Right, but we can’t say, “Republicans are going to call us socialists no matter what, so let’s just run as out-and-out socialists.” That’s not the smartest thing to do. And maybe tweeting that we should abolish the police isn’t the smartest thing to do because almost fucking no one wants to do that.

    Here’s the deal: No matter how you look at the map, the only way Democrats can hold power is to build on their coalition, and that will have to include more rural white voters from across the country. Democrats are never going to win a majority of these voters. That’s the reality. But the difference between getting beat 80 to 20 and 72 to 28 is all the difference in the world.




    And if you want the rural white vote saying we are anti cancel culture too isn’t gonna do it. Republicans are already there and they offer it to a greater extent than Dems could dream of. You want the rural white vote, get money and education into those communities and talk about how you are helping them and republicans are screwing them. Say it loud say it over and over.  We are anti woke too isn’t gonna register with anyone, if they want that there is  a firm that offers that times 9/11 times 1000, that’s the GQP
    You should read “What’s wrong with Kansas” and you ll see it isn’t as easy as that.  
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    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,367
    edited April 2021
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    The premise of the "tweet" was to mock Biden for wearing a mask outdoors after the CDC announcement.  Yet, the video and tweet failed to mention/make clear that this was the conference where he made the announcement.  So he walked out, took off the mask, announced, and walked in without the mask.  As Juggler pointed out, it was the symbolism of changing the guidance.  And again, the tweet and the person posting the tweet sought to mock Biden when it was done perfectly.  
    That’s not the point, at least not to me. The point is making fun of us being told it’s okay to not have masks outside finally, when most of us have been doing that for a year and there’s never been any science against not wearing a mask outdoors to begin with.
    Kind of like a few weeks ago when he said if we follow the guidelines we might be able to have a small outdoor bbq for the 4th of July. If he comes out July 3rd to say it’s okay, I’m going to laugh.
    No one I’ve seen is upset over it or saying he’s bad. It’s just funny to me to make a big deal, a symbolic masked walk down to announce its okay to do what most of us already know and do.
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  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,675
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    The premise of the "tweet" was to mock Biden for wearing a mask outdoors after the CDC announcement.  Yet, the video and tweet failed to mention/make clear that this was the conference where he made the announcement.  So he walked out, took off the mask, announced, and walked in without the mask.  As Juggler pointed out, it was the symbolism of changing the guidance.  And again, the tweet and the person posting the tweet sought to mock Biden when it was done perfectly.  
    That’s not the point, at least not to me. The point is making fun of us being told it’s okay to not have masks outside finally, when most of us have been doing that for a year and there’s never been any science against not wearing a mask outdoors to begin with.
    Kind of like a few weeks ago when he said if we follow the guidelines we might be able to have a small outdoor bbq for the 4th of July. If he comes out July 3rd to say it’s okay, I’m going to laugh.
    No one I’ve seen is upset over it or saying he’s bad. It’s just funny to me to make a big deal, a symbolic masked walk down to announce its okay to do what most of us already know and do.
    So it's hilarious that Joe Biden was following CDC guidance..  Got it, makes sense.  
  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    mcgruff10 said:
    static111 said:
    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    Is everyone that is wholeheartedly agreeing with carville over 40?  I’m wondering if this is a generational worldview thing.  Most of the people I know would disagree with a lot of his opinion. And they aren’t all “far left”. For instance the Latinx thing, that is something that I was unaware of until people I know who are younger than me  and identify as Latinx and prefer the term explained it to me. I don’t think this is from those high falutin university teachers lounges as carville claims.  I think there is a lot of societal awakening to problematic cultural norms across t he board.

      It kind of mirrors the right in a way, where when there is something he can’t understand he just blames academic echelons, that actually seems to be the Teapublican playbook of the last 15 years.  I hope that isn’t what he meant by messaging more like republicans.

    What is today?  "Everybody's in the Same Boat Day"?  I was just reading something on another forum where this guy claims that everyone that has such and such are all exactly the same.
    Come on static, you can do better than that weak argument. Some of us are actually capable of forming thoughts independently of such strictures.
    It’s not really an argument it’s a question of if it is a generational worldview.  I think a lot of millennials and under don’t read something like that and say wow this guy really hit it out of the park, woke and cancel culture are the problem.  Or is it ok when a policy wonk says something like that, because I don’t remember people coming out of the woodwork wholeheartedly supporting trump for blaming academia, woke and cancel culture for everything.  
    static111 said:
    brianlux said:
    static111 said:
    Is everyone that is wholeheartedly agreeing with carville over 40?  I’m wondering if this is a generational worldview thing.  Most of the people I know would disagree with a lot of his opinion. And they aren’t all “far left”. For instance the Latinx thing, that is something that I was unaware of until people I know who are younger than me  and identify as Latinx and prefer the term explained it to me. I don’t think this is from those high falutin university teachers lounges as carville claims.  I think there is a lot of societal awakening to problematic cultural norms across t he board.

      It kind of mirrors the right in a way, where when there is something he can’t understand he just blames academic echelons, that actually seems to be the Teapublican playbook of the last 15 years.  I hope that isn’t what he meant by messaging more like republicans.

    What is today?  "Everybody's in the Same Boat Day"?  I was just reading something on another forum where this guy claims that everyone that has such and such are all exactly the same.
    Come on static, you can do better than that weak argument. Some of us are actually capable of forming thoughts independently of such strictures.
    It’s not really an argument it’s a question of if it is a generational worldview.  I think a lot of millennials and under don’t read something like that and say wow this guy really hit it out of the park, woke and cancel culture are the problem.  Or is it ok when a policy wonk says something like that, because I don’t remember people coming out of the woodwork wholeheartedly supporting trump for blaming academia, woke and cancel culture for everything.  

    They didn't? Were we watching the same election in November when a president mishandled and lied about a pandemic and came within 43,000 votes of getting reelected, by turning the country into an anti woke defund the police nation...and destroyed democrats in nearly all state government races in non blue states?


    Why do you think democrats are about to get gerrymandered into oblivion next year? Because they got hammered in state govt races and republicans get to draw the districts in almost all swing states. Again. Cmon man, be real.



    .....

    James Carville

    Right, but we can’t say, “Republicans are going to call us socialists no matter what, so let’s just run as out-and-out socialists.” That’s not the smartest thing to do. And maybe tweeting that we should abolish the police isn’t the smartest thing to do because almost fucking no one wants to do that.

    Here’s the deal: No matter how you look at the map, the only way Democrats can hold power is to build on their coalition, and that will have to include more rural white voters from across the country. Democrats are never going to win a majority of these voters. That’s the reality. But the difference between getting beat 80 to 20 and 72 to 28 is all the difference in the world.




    And if you want the rural white vote saying we are anti cancel culture too isn’t gonna do it. Republicans are already there and they offer it to a greater extent than Dems could dream of. You want the rural white vote, get money and education into those communities and talk about how you are helping them and republicans are screwing them. Say it loud say it over and over.  We are anti woke too isn’t gonna register with anyone, if they want that there is  a firm that offers that times 9/11 times 1000, that’s the GQP
    You should read “What’s wrong with Kansas” and you ll see it isn’t as easy as that.  
    I’ll look into that thanks for the recommendation.  I am hoping that is written by someone from Kansas or at least rural America.  Having grown up and spent the first 20 years of my life in the far rural Midwest I do believe that it may not be as easy as telling them how bad republicans are and in turn providing real programs that economically impact people’s lives, at the same time I also don’t think that sharing messaging with republicans gets us there either. I mean look at the crisis in the policing system, while started by the republicans, democrats were very happy for a number of years to be “the other law and order party”, and I'm no genius but when you have two law and order parties you are bound to over do it.  If we want a better america it has to be through different messaging than republicans, not calling out our own side using Republican framed talking points.  If you have two anti cancel culture, anti woke anti academia parties we will get to a similar point as we did with law and order, but at least we will get some votes I guess...
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 Posts: 28,496
    The author is from Kansas.  It s from the W years but it really a fascinating book.  I ll look in my classroom tomorrow and see if I have an extra copy to give you.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,451
    mcgruff10 said:
    The author is from Kansas.  It s from the W years but it really a fascinating book.  I ll look in my classroom tomorrow and see if I have an extra copy to give you.  
    I was just reading a description on Amazon based on your recommendation, and will be tracking a copy down at some point myself. Thanks for the suggestion. 
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    tim scott wasnt the right guy  missing left and right. and outright lies.
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    mcgruff10 said:
    The author is from Kansas.  It s from the W years but it really a fascinating book.  I ll look in my classroom tomorrow and see if I have an extra copy to give you.  
    Wow! What a nice guy!
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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    mickeyrat said:
    tim scott wasnt the right guy  missing left and right. and outright lies.
    He was the perfect guy to give cover to republicans though.  
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    static111 said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    The author is from Kansas.  It s from the W years but it really a fascinating book.  I ll look in my classroom tomorrow and see if I have an extra copy to give you.  
    Wow! What a nice guy!

    yes. stealing from his students....
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    tim scott wasnt the right guy  missing left and right. and outright lies.
    He was the perfect guy to give cover to republicans though.  

    my take is he isnt a national presence. not yet anyway. now I assume he ran through that a couple times. those pauses were mostly wrong and there were too many imo.
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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    The author is from Kansas.  It s from the W years but it really a fascinating book.  I ll look in my classroom tomorrow and see if I have an extra copy to give you.  
    Wow! What a nice guy!

    yes. stealing from his students....
    Lol I didn’t think of that, maybe it’s a personal copy that he bought due to the school being underfunded?
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    The author is from Kansas.  It s from the W years but it really a fascinating book.  I ll look in my classroom tomorrow and see if I have an extra copy to give you.  
    Wow! What a nice guy!

    yes. stealing from his students....
    Lol I didn’t think of that, maybe it’s a personal copy that he bought due to the school being underfunded?

    mcteach is a good egg. fun to give him shit. I mean wine on the rocks is just begging for it.
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  • static111static111 Posts: 4,889
    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    tim scott wasnt the right guy  missing left and right. and outright lies.
    He was the perfect guy to give cover to republicans though.  

    my take is he isnt a national presence. not yet anyway. now I assume he ran through that a couple times. those pauses were mostly wrong and there were too many imo.
    If your party has a white supremacy problem the best thing to do for optics is get the only Black Republican senator in  100 years to give your talking points for you. Then the party can cry racism for any critique 
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,586
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    tim scott wasnt the right guy  missing left and right. and outright lies.
    He was the perfect guy to give cover to republicans though.  

    my take is he isnt a national presence. not yet anyway. now I assume he ran through that a couple times. those pauses were mostly wrong and there were too many imo.
    If your party has a white supremacy problem the best thing to do for optics is get the only Black Republican senator in  100 years to give your talking points for you. Then the party can cry racism for any critique 
    you can't go from. america is not a racist country straight into combating discrimination with discrimination....

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    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    static111 said:
    mickeyrat said:
    tim scott wasnt the right guy  missing left and right. and outright lies.
    He was the perfect guy to give cover to republicans though.  

    my take is he isnt a national presence. not yet anyway. now I assume he ran through that a couple times. those pauses were mostly wrong and there were too many imo.
    If your party has a white supremacy problem the best thing to do for optics is get the only Black Republican senator in  100 years to give your talking points for you. Then the party can cry racism for any critique 
    you can't go from. america is not a racist country straight into combating discrimination with discrimination....

    The gqp can
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  • Halifax2TheMaxHalifax2TheMax Posts: 39,023
    The party that hasn’t condemned the attempted coup was complaining about President Biden “pushing us further apart.” 

    Pulled myself up by the bootstraps
    Taxes bad
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    Open the schools already (education is state/local, Tim)
    Democrats divide us
    POOTWH conquered covid
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  • The party that hasn’t condemned the attempted coup was complaining about President Biden “pushing us further apart.” 

    Pulled myself up by the bootstraps
    Taxes bad
    Education choice
    Open the schools already (education is state/local, Tim)
    Democrats divide us
    POOTWH conquered covid
    I’ve been called racist names by Democrats too so pay no attention to my racist party
    God bless

    Did I miss anything?

    God bless is the best one there.
    Fucking hypocrite bastards.
    The love he receives is the love that is saved
  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    The premise of the "tweet" was to mock Biden for wearing a mask outdoors after the CDC announcement.  Yet, the video and tweet failed to mention/make clear that this was the conference where he made the announcement.  So he walked out, took off the mask, announced, and walked in without the mask.  As Juggler pointed out, it was the symbolism of changing the guidance.  And again, the tweet and the person posting the tweet sought to mock Biden when it was done perfectly.  
    That’s not the point, at least not to me. The point is making fun of us being told it’s okay to not have masks outside finally, when most of us have been doing that for a year and there’s never been any science against not wearing a mask outdoors to begin with.
    Kind of like a few weeks ago when he said if we follow the guidelines we might be able to have a small outdoor bbq for the 4th of July. If he comes out July 3rd to say it’s okay, I’m going to laugh.
    No one I’ve seen is upset over it or saying he’s bad. It’s just funny to me to make a big deal, a symbolic masked walk down to announce its okay to do what most of us already know and do.
    Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!  
  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    It was the press conference to announce that vaccinated folks no longer needed to wear masks outside. He walked to the podium with it on. He then talked about the new cdc guidelines. He then proceeded to walk back to the white house without wearing a fucking mask. That was the symbolism. That was the god damned point he was making. 

    People need to stop getting their news or forming opinions from idiotic, out of context, videos that biased assholes post on twitter. sheesh.
    So, from your own words, the whole thing was political theatre.  Got it and I agree with you, glad we see eye to eye on this issue!
  • mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 29,675
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    The premise of the "tweet" was to mock Biden for wearing a mask outdoors after the CDC announcement.  Yet, the video and tweet failed to mention/make clear that this was the conference where he made the announcement.  So he walked out, took off the mask, announced, and walked in without the mask.  As Juggler pointed out, it was the symbolism of changing the guidance.  And again, the tweet and the person posting the tweet sought to mock Biden when it was done perfectly.  
    That’s not the point, at least not to me. The point is making fun of us being told it’s okay to not have masks outside finally, when most of us have been doing that for a year and there’s never been any science against not wearing a mask outdoors to begin with.
    Kind of like a few weeks ago when he said if we follow the guidelines we might be able to have a small outdoor bbq for the 4th of July. If he comes out July 3rd to say it’s okay, I’m going to laugh.
    No one I’ve seen is upset over it or saying he’s bad. It’s just funny to me to make a big deal, a symbolic masked walk down to announce its okay to do what most of us already know and do.
    Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!  
    So the president following the guidance provided by the CDC is hilarious and he should be mocked for doing so.  You'd think it was more appropriate for the president to ignore the guidance of his own administration while asking citizens to follow it.  Your sense of humor is...bizarre at best.  You're also full of shit.  But nice try at recovering from spreading misinformation.  
  • gvn2fly1421gvn2fly1421 Posts: 935
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    The premise of the "tweet" was to mock Biden for wearing a mask outdoors after the CDC announcement.  Yet, the video and tweet failed to mention/make clear that this was the conference where he made the announcement.  So he walked out, took off the mask, announced, and walked in without the mask.  As Juggler pointed out, it was the symbolism of changing the guidance.  And again, the tweet and the person posting the tweet sought to mock Biden when it was done perfectly.  
    That’s not the point, at least not to me. The point is making fun of us being told it’s okay to not have masks outside finally, when most of us have been doing that for a year and there’s never been any science against not wearing a mask outdoors to begin with.
    Kind of like a few weeks ago when he said if we follow the guidelines we might be able to have a small outdoor bbq for the 4th of July. If he comes out July 3rd to say it’s okay, I’m going to laugh.
    No one I’ve seen is upset over it or saying he’s bad. It’s just funny to me to make a big deal, a symbolic masked walk down to announce its okay to do what most of us already know and do.
    Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!  
    So the president following the guidance provided by the CDC is hilarious and he should be mocked for doing so.  You'd think it was more appropriate for the president to ignore the guidance of his own administration while asking citizens to follow it.  Your sense of humor is...bizarre at best.  You're also full of shit.  But nice try at recovering from spreading misinformation.  
    I called you Hunter the other day joking, starting to wonder if you are not really him....  

    So let me get this straight, the CDC changed guidance though and said vaccinated people do not need to mask up outdoors.  He was on his way to make that announcement, why not just leave the mask at home?  Or, did the science change right when he made the announcement?  Political theatre much?

    And just because the video with the music is too damn funny not to have on every page in this thread...


  • Merkin BallerMerkin Baller Posts: 11,451
    "There was no science behind" wearing masks outdoors. 

    Yeah, it's such bullshit that there was no science behind how to handle a highly contagious disease that never existed before November of 2019. 




    Stupid scientists.
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    mrussel1 said:
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    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
    mrussel1 said:
    mace1229 said:
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    mrussel1 said:
    Posted in the coronavirus thread, but this is way too good not to be shared here as well...


    Is it good?  Really?  A man chooses to wear a mask even though CDC changes guidance.  This says a lot more about you than Biden.  
    Well he is vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. Couldn't he demonstrate that it's okay to not be wearing a mask in this situation? The same way Trump's behavior led people to wrongly believe the virus wasn't a big deal, Biden makes it look like you should still be worried about it even if you're, as I said, vaccinated, outdoors, and nowhere near anybody. The other day, he was on Zoom with other world leaders, and he was the only one wearing a mask. If the vaccine works, as I believe it does, what's with the mask in these two situations? 


    He walked to a fucking podium.  There's at least ONE camera there, and likely many more, along with all of the people that surround the president.  He's not walking aimlessly in a garden.  
    And was that zoom call outside, with no advisors anywhere near him?  I would seriously doubt that.  
    Does it deserve front page coverage? No.
    But it is funny, and without a doubt is playing to the mask vs unmask division. There is zero reason to be wearing a mask in that situation other than to make a statement. That doesn't make him a bad person or bad president. But lets not pretend it was anything else. He was not surrounded by his people, there was clearly no one within 50 feet. And at least 1 camera? How close do you think that one camera ones?  Plenty far enough to not worry about it. 
    Like I said, I see it funny more than anything. But we don't need to pretend its anything other than what it was, making a statement.
    I think it's fucking stupid.  If someone wants to wear a mask, good for you.  Why do I care?
    And how do you know there is clearly no one within 50 feet?  Is there an omni camera that I didn't see?
    You can see no one is anywhere near him in the video.  He walks down the walkway and clearly no one is anywhere close to him. You just have to watch the clip to know he's alone.
    And I don't really care, just seems odd to me. Just like when I see someone driving alone in a car and they have a mask on jogging in the street or walking their dog. Still comes across as odd to me. No one came across as complaining or even caring, just commenting that it seems odd and pointless. 
    Well I hope you read the rest of the thread.  Turns out that was complete misinformation.  That was the conference where he announced the new guidelines, took off the mask and walked back in.  So the whole premise is a fucking lie.  
    What premise? What lie? Someone just commented they thought it was odd he walked down with his mask, outside and alone. I said I agreed. What lie are you talking about?
    I've been walking outside, alone without a mask for a year. There never has been any scientific reason to wear a mask when you're alone outside. 
    The premise of the "tweet" was to mock Biden for wearing a mask outdoors after the CDC announcement.  Yet, the video and tweet failed to mention/make clear that this was the conference where he made the announcement.  So he walked out, took off the mask, announced, and walked in without the mask.  As Juggler pointed out, it was the symbolism of changing the guidance.  And again, the tweet and the person posting the tweet sought to mock Biden when it was done perfectly.  
    That’s not the point, at least not to me. The point is making fun of us being told it’s okay to not have masks outside finally, when most of us have been doing that for a year and there’s never been any science against not wearing a mask outdoors to begin with.
    Kind of like a few weeks ago when he said if we follow the guidelines we might be able to have a small outdoor bbq for the 4th of July. If he comes out July 3rd to say it’s okay, I’m going to laugh.
    No one I’ve seen is upset over it or saying he’s bad. It’s just funny to me to make a big deal, a symbolic masked walk down to announce its okay to do what most of us already know and do.
    Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner!  
    So the president following the guidance provided by the CDC is hilarious and he should be mocked for doing so.  You'd think it was more appropriate for the president to ignore the guidance of his own administration while asking citizens to follow it.  Your sense of humor is...bizarre at best.  You're also full of shit.  But nice try at recovering from spreading misinformation.  
    I called you Hunter the other day joking, starting to wonder if you are not really him....  

    So let me get this straight, the CDC changed guidance though and said vaccinated people do not need to mask up outdoors.  He was on his way to make that announcement, why not just leave the mask at home?  Or, did the science change right when he made the announcement?  Political theatre much?

    And just because the video with the music is too damn funny not to have on every page in this thread...


    You don't have to be Hunter to know the ulterior motives behind the people that post this drivel, including you.  It's all anti-mask and anti-vaxxer dressed up.  You lost the arguments on the science, so the next move is to make light of it.  Idiots say we should have gone herd immunity.  Idiots think the vaxs have microchips.  Idiots think that testing 40,000 people is not statistically significant and representative.  Well we all know about these idiots so this is the next move.  Keep at it.  You're doing a great job convincing people not to get the vaccine.  /s
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