• Veneroso@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Well, given that the vast majority of these folks are aligned to a particular political party… And it’s an election year during covid/flu/rsv season…

    Carry on!

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      10 months ago

      I just saw somewhere that (of course it’s Florida) politicians in Florida are calling to stop distribution of vaccines there because of “potential to cause cancer.”

      Hmmm… Now you care about carcinogens? You know what helps prevent carcinogens from entering the ecosystem? Corporate regulations. Oops I said the bad R word… They don’t actually give a shit about what causes cancer, it’s just another political stunt…

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        10 months ago

        We really need to come back to reality as a country. Unfortunately it will take another thirty years.

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          10 months ago

          Unfortunately it will take us actually taking action against propagandists, but since they’re “the press” they get a free pass to do whatever they want.

          It’s a horrible scenario to be in, because you definitely don’t want to open that can of worms with the current political system. Who gets to decide what is propaganda and what isn’t? I could easily see a Trump administration labeling all media that isn’t right wing media as “propaganda unfit for consumption.”

          So we rely on the intelligence of the common individual to see through the bullshit… As we all know common sense isn’t common :(

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      10 months ago

      It’s a bit uncomfortable to be cheering for eugenics, even if it is self-administered…

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        10 months ago

        Fortunately this isn’t government mandated “cleansing”, these people are being told to get vaccinated/wear masks/use hand sanitizer. They’re being given every opportunity and encouragement to protect themselves.

        Definitely Darwinism doing what Darwinism does.

        I just feel bad for the immunocompromised people who will unfortunately inevitably get caught up in the assholes who refuse to take necessary precautions.

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        10 months ago

        I don’t think this counts as eugenics, as nobody is forcing them to kill themselves. This looks more like natural selection to me. I’m all for it.