SecondJon @SecondJon@qoto.org
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
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The “lock it all down” crowd still hasn’t explained away the apocalyptic effects on our national health from mass unemployment, business bankruptcies, hospital bankruptcies, a strained food supply, and the psychological trauma of mass poverty. https://twitter.com/ap/status/1258736597480230912 … https://www.twitter.com/DBongino/status/1258740089494085632
#Bongino
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SecondJon
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"Stock markets didn’t crash. Congress passed no legislation. The Federal Reserve did nothing. Not a single governor acted to enforce social distancing…”
https://humansarefree.com/2020/05/woodstock-occurred-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic.html
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🔁 Michael Knowles Retweeted:
Ben Shapiro @benshapiro
If you doubt the power of the press, recognize that Gov. Ron DeSantis handled covid-19 in Florida in excellent fashion, while Gov. Andrew Cuomo handled it nearly as badly as humanly possible, yet DeSantis has dropped in polls and Cuomo is at the height of popularity. https://www.twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1258599146522464256
#Florida
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Chinese Government Lays Off Entire Propaganda Team As American Media Doing Their Job For Them
Ew.
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Michelle Obama: Having kids was a "concession" that cost "my aspirations and dreams"
In her newly released Netflix documentary "Becoming," former first lady Michelle Obama described having children as a "concession" that cost her "aspirations and dreams":
https://disrn.com/news/michelle-obama-having-kids-was-a-concession-that-cost-me-dreams
To be fair, in 2016 my line was that Republicans would have voted for Karl Marx (or Hillary) if they'd been running with an R after their name.
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Poll Finds Majority Of Democrats Would Have Voted For Ted Bundy If He'd Run Against Trump
SecondJon
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Why are hairdressers going to jail while rapists are being let out of prison?
https://www.twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1258182459415379968
#Turning_Point_USA
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@SecondJon Those Judges really take contempt of their authority quite seriously.
She got the fine and the jail time (a heavy punishment) mainly for refusing to back down and apologizing to His Honour, the presiding judge, whose cease and desist order she had violated.
SecondJon
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@masterblaster @Lisa22 @umad80 @timr
I'd like to think about Net Neutrality, but the lack of it killed me two years ago, just as the Democrats predicted.
SecondJon
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“The fact that the market is not doing what we wish it would do is no reason to automatically assume that the government would do better.”
― Thomas Sowell
SecondJon
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By the logic many people are applying to coronavirus and lockdowns, we should reduce the national speed limit to 30mph, ban alcohol & cigarettes, and shutter up every flu season.
We cannot eliminate all risk from the environment. Especially when it creates other huge problems... https://www.twitter.com/zubymusic/status/1257986454678011904
#Zuby #coronavirus
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" I have to disagree with you sir, when you say that I'm selfish because feeding my kids — is not selfish."
She "was taken into custody immediately after the hearing and booked into the Dallas County jail... where there are currently 248 inmates who have tested positive for the coronavirus."
Dallas salon owner gets 7 days in jail, $7,000 fine for reopening shop
Dallas salon owner Shelley Luther was sentenced to a week in jail and fined $7,000 for criminal and civil contempt Tuesday for reopening her business, Salon à la Mode, early and in defiance of a court order and Governor Greg Abbott's stay-at-home rules.
https://disrn.com/news/dallas-salon-owner-gets-7-days-in-jail-7000-fine-for-reopening-shop
Can't sleep due to work stress. It's 2am, I may go running, since I can't sleep. This stinks.
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This is your monthly reminder that the government is not coming to save you. https://www.twitter.com/zubymusic/status/1257625335295807490
#Zuby
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“... This is the case with Covid-19, where a broad array of scientific facts overwhelmingly shows that anxiety from reactions to the disease will destroy at least seven times more years of life than can possibly be saved by lockdowns. Moreover, the total loss of life from all societal responses to this disease is likely to be more than 90 times greater than prevented by the lockdowns.“
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Meticulous research shows that anxiety from reactions to Covid-19—such as stay-at-home orders, business shutdowns, media exaggerations, and legitimate concerns about the virus—will extinguish at least 7 times more years of life than can possibly be saved by lockdowns.
https://www.justfacts.com/news_covid-19_anxiety_lockdowns_life_destroyed_saved
SecondJon
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The wrong way to judge the #USA's response to the #Coronavirus is as a nation.
It really needs to be examined from a state by state basis.
SecondJon
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Latest Computer Model Predicts Between 0 And 12.6 Billion New COVID-19 Deaths By Summer https://buff.ly/2WhOmDX
2020-05-03, 18:00:16
https://twitter.com/TheBabylonBee/status/1257007081640648709
Interesting that even the pro-mandate spokespeople understand this is unconstitutional. Kyle here advises that we should be like Rosa Parks and only write a letter to the government or file a lawsuit. Just like Parks did.
The rule here is that not only are Denver citizens banned from buying food without a mask, the stores are obligated to forcibly remove anyone who takes off their mask.
Commentary: Mad about Denver's mask order? Fine. You're not Rosa Parks.
Denver's new mask mandate will begin May 6th without a proposed end date. It mandates masks in places like stores and public transit. There's a problematic detail.
@sda
I'm less willing to wear one if it's mandated without the authority to do so.
I'm interested in being just not civil, but excellent in interacting with others of different viewpoints in an online world where we can so viciously defend our echo chambers and be so dismissive of other perspectives.
Because this is less and less possible here, I'm largely offline and am not sure if I'll be returning. It was fun back when civility was a trend on qoto.
Joined Aug 2018
