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I'd rather be dead in NY than alive in Montana.
The COVID-19 Thread and Hypothetical Boxing Predictions
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I was obviously exaggerating, but I don't think you can deny that there was a sliver of truth to what I'm getting at. You want life to go back to normal, whether that means a decreasing amount of hospitalizations and deaths or an increase. Your take is that there is nothing we can do, so we might as well roll with the punches, even if the punches are tens of thousands of deaths. Let the virus take its toll on us while trudging ahead. It's just a fact of life now.
Am I wrong?
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You haven't been to Montana. I was out there visiting Rocky Mountain labs BSL4 one summer and it was absolutely beautiful...
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He lives in New York State, which isn't really New York. It's just a combination upper Jersey and lesser Massachusetts.
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I’ll accept this.
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How is doing nothing about either conflating them?
Maybe anti-shooter curved hallways will help with ventilating the virus.
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Does not make sense. How would carrying a gun help you against covid19?
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This might be the dumbest thing I've seen today. And I already saw a photo of a rising right wing radio host in a Misfits shirt.
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I’m just saying I own firearms and I’m certainly not in the Disney’s Bonkers “Covid is a Hoax” and “masks do not work” club.
My position on firearms has been that I don’t believe we solve the issue of gun violence by banning guns. We solve it by working to resolve systemic inequity.
That said I have advocated for the right to bear arms even if banning arms would irrefutably lead to less violence.
So maybe I am bonkers after all.
Just not anti-mask, pro trunk, Q-insurrectionist bonkers. Just a “my freedumbs” bonkers. Not conspiracy theory Bonkers.
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It is the defense argument. Better to have one and not need it than no have one and need it.
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Vaccinations and mask-wearing can benefit society.
Gun ownership infringes on the society's right to life and safety.
I've heard a lot of good arguments about how if we ban guns, only criminals will have guns, and American exceptionalism and all that.
But we have to try to find a way to get there somehow. There's nothing democratic about having the ability to pull a trigger and take another's life. It's not part of a civilized society. You can go to almost any other first world country and be safer from violence.
We have to find a way there eventually somehow.
Gun ownership infringes on the society's right to life and safety.
I've heard a lot of good arguments about how if we ban guns, only criminals will have guns, and American exceptionalism and all that.
But we have to try to find a way to get there somehow. There's nothing democratic about having the ability to pull a trigger and take another's life. It's not part of a civilized society. You can go to almost any other first world country and be safer from violence.
We have to find a way there eventually somehow.
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I’m agreed we’ll get there. I think we just have different views on how that will be achieved though we have the same goal in mind.
But it’s okay, when we get to the core of it we are talking about a belief system, and I’m aware my beliefs differ from many. I’m ok with that. I don’t envy policy makers, they have a tough job.
I don’t blame anyone who quit any job during this pandemic. People have gone absolutely mad.
All the teachers, doctors, and nurses who’ve quit because they’re just tired of the bullshit and stress from all sides. It’s just not worth it. Perhaps if anything the sane people are re-examining their life, their values, and figuring out what really matters.
Too bad the other half has just gone batshit crazy.
But it’s okay, when we get to the core of it we are talking about a belief system, and I’m aware my beliefs differ from many. I’m ok with that. I don’t envy policy makers, they have a tough job.
I don’t blame anyone who quit any job during this pandemic. People have gone absolutely mad.
All the teachers, doctors, and nurses who’ve quit because they’re just tired of the bullshit and stress from all sides. It’s just not worth it. Perhaps if anything the sane people are re-examining their life, their values, and figuring out what really matters.
Too bad the other half has just gone batshit crazy.
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And a merry dry January lockdown.
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You should only be able to have a gun if you wear a mask and can show proof of vaccination.
The new Vaccine passport system will replace the FFL check.
The new Vaccine passport system will replace the FFL check.
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So less parking tickets? Sounds good.
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Don't crush what little hope I have left.
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I was just trying to modify an "Arrested Development" (TV show) quote.
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Police should totally get vaccinated and wear a mask in close encounters/indoors.
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