LDSGator

I know very little about spying, warfare etc. But how did a balloon make it all the way across America to Lake Huron? Shouldn't we have shot it down near California or New York or wherever it came over? Did Chinese sleeper cells release it over Chicago? Where is Brad Thor when you need him? I have questions!

That makes me feel much, much better to hear that. No one deserves to suffer from depression.

Two things- While I generally agree with both of you, we tend to focus on the negative when it comes to antidepressants. We ignore the success stories and focus on the times it didn’t work. I absolutely agree that someone can’t just gobble Prozac from their couch, never do anything and expect their mental health to magically improve. Is it the same with therapy? Do previous generations hate and fear it because they think it’s a crutch for laziness?

Oh, we are. @NeuroTypical just proved it. Progress is always slower than we’d like but it’s better than moving backwards.

@NeuroTypical-what is about therapy/mental illness that is so threatening to previous generations? Do they also feel intimidated by blood pressure medication? What are they afraid of? Not being funny, I don’t get it.

It’s really not a head scratcher at all. It’s politics.

Once again this shows how much the extreme left and extreme right have in common with one another. Fascinating how they can’t realize it though.

Cost them members. I said it was a rumor and if I’m off, fine. But I remember hearing on a podcast that either church leadership or members themselves are worried that the church has gotten too “moderate” and their stance on the vaccine was the reason they used.

I’ve heard that the church is worried that their promotion of the vaccine has done the same thing. All rumors of course.

Republicans do that too of course. Like NT said, such is politics.

Uh… https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/12/18/coronavirus-pelosi-and-mcconnell-will-receive-covid-vaccine-soon-.html

Unsure. Even though I have blonde hair and blue eyes, I‘m not a neo nazi. I don’t know what symbols they use, lol!

Whatever works. I think it’s a foolish law but if the people in Oregon or Jersey like it, it’s their life. And if they think it takes a “professional” to pump gasoline they have way more confidence in your average gas station employee than I do.

I’ll never understand why it’s illegal in Oregon to do that. Same in Jersey too I think.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230206-us-charges-neo-nazi-leader-in-plot-to-attack-power-stations looks like some of these attacks are from human garbage NeoNazis.

Is our society really getting more violent? Not sure about that. Perhaps we’re just hearing about the violence more because of widespread media accessibility? In the 1900‘s boxing was barefisted and we were told to “walk off” concussions. I’m also constantly told how “soft” new generations are. So which is it? Are we more violent or are we getting softer?

Nope. Waste of time for both parties. Not worth it. It was a stupid question on my part. Don’t call us we’ll call you. Thanks anyway.

Or the ones he donates to charities? https://www.factcheck.org/2022/05/scicheck-some-posts-about-nih-royalties-omit-that-fauci-said-he-donates-his-payments/ what a scumbag.

Ever thought that maybe, just maybe, you don’t get it? No, stupid question on my part. Nevermind. Fauci said that between 2015 and 2020, the only royalties he had were on the monoclonal antibodies that his lab created. https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-fauci-spar-over-vaccine-money-1716661?amp=1 What royalties are you talking about? These ones?

Ironically, his “Free to Choose” was life changing for me. if you want, I can give you a list of many, many conservative economic books that changed my life. F2C and FA Hayek’s “Road to Serfdom” are my two favorites. You should also read “Why I’m not a conservative” by Hayek and anything by Von Mises.

Oh, okay. Now I get it. You are mistaken, because the right has developed a strong populist/anti elite stance. But I understand the reasoning now. Pfizer is making money, I don’t like why, so I’ll create this reason so I can dislike them and still be in favor of free enterprise. I do love watching the left embrace “big pharma” while suddenly the right gets very nervous with “woke” complies making money. The pendulum has swung, that’s for sure.

So now conservatives have a problem with people making a profit? All this time I thought the right was the party of free enterprise?

Oh, agree 100%. The original is a classic.

First off, you are more right than wrong. I’m not going to pretend to be sympathetic to anti vaxxers. Correct. I don’t recall telling anyone to show compassion or don’t judge. If I did say that, fine. I don’t say it constantly though. I wish I did say it more. It’s fairly obvious that you think I’m saying that far more often because you have a preconceived notion that’s how I think, not how I actually think. Because anti vaxxers are so destructive with their views, you are right again. Same with pyramid schemes and mlm scams. All true. My gloves are absolutely off when I encounter them. Yup. Again, no argument here. Yes. Judge them harshly, show them as much compassion as they show to strangers who have immune disorders or are elderly. You are tying to accuse me of things that I’ll not only admit, but am very proud of. So far I agree with most of what you are saying. I’ll admit it to anyone.

Oh, no worries. Anti vaxxers amaze me with their ignorance and inability to understand basic science, so we can both walk away amazed at one another. But yup, you got me. I have zero respect for their beliefs. I try to make it obvious so I’m glad you noticed. I do make sweeping generalizations about “them” because, once again, I don’t have great respect for them. I feel so strongly about it that if I could make the world listen to one Ted Talk, it would be how about much vaccines save lives. I also save some great memes and jokes about them too. “They” don’t respect my views either, so I feel no obligation in respecting theirs. Nor am I going to “lie” and tell you “I respect the people who have them.” Not really. I’m sure there are people you don’t respect either. Guilty as charged. Frankly I view it as a badge of honor and not an insult in the least to he viewed as “anti anti vax.” So thank you, and I mean that in all seriousness.