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07 Mar 2021, 11:55 am

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I'm grateful that your sympathies for these extremists hasn't caused you to engage in violence or to face consequences for involvement in criminal activity.
Sympathy? Meh! :| The real reason is much simpler: the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Until 2020, I was a Democrat supporter. Until the Democrats showed their true colors of hating freedom and hating America, by pushing the Covid scamdemic and the social distancing mandates. The real purpose of which wasn't public health, but hurting Trump. That's when I switched sides. As an American, I will support the politicians who best represent my interests. And right now, it's the Republicans.



Democrats take a serious issue seriously therefore they hate freedom and America. That's an incredibly compelling argument.



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07 Mar 2021, 12:01 pm

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Democrats take a serious issue seriously therefore they hate freedom and America. That's an incredibly compelling argument.
Acting like mindless sheep walking up a wooden ramp into a slaughterhouse IS NOT "taking an issue seriously". It's a silly cold virus, no more, no less! Your groupthink mindset is the very reason I eliminated all liberal friends from my life, and got into QAnon. I thought that aspies as a demographic aren't gung-ho about buying into the mainstream society's belief system; I guess I was wrong.



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07 Mar 2021, 12:12 pm

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Democrats take a serious issue seriously therefore they hate freedom and America. That's an incredibly compelling argument.
Acting like mindless sheep walking up a wooden ramp into a slaughterhouse IS NOT "taking an issue seriously". It's a silly cold virus, no more, no less! Your groupthink mindset is the very reason I eliminated all liberal friends from my life, and joined QAnon. I would thought that aspies as a demographic aren't gung-ho about buying into the mainstream society's belief system; I guess I was wrong.


Of course people only disagree with you due to groupthink. No other reason could exist, why even ponder the possibility?

It's a shame that you've detached yourself from reality and then come back here to spew disinformation from the mentally ill people you've chosen to embrace. I guess that's the type of thought you need to express in order to hang with your group.



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07 Mar 2021, 12:26 pm

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It's a shame that you've detached yourself from reality and then come back here to spew disinformation from the mentally ill people you've chosen to embrace. I guess that's the type of thought you need to express in order to hang with your group.
In my defense, the lockdowns made everyone stir-crazy from the isolation, but everyone is coping differently. Some people are embracing Zoom, Discord, and other virtual channels, and telling themselves that it's as good as in-person gatherings. Others are eschewing socializing altogether. And others like myself are fighting back by finding groups still willing to meet in person. And if a group is "q"uestionable, then I'll worry about it later.

Also don't forget: I have 16 years of experience in defying the government. Namely, through meeting escorts for sex. I know what the police look for and how they go about finding it, so I know exactly what to do and what not to do. And I utilize the existing roads, retail businesses, public transit, and telecom infrastructure for my misadventures, like the Mob does. Come to think of it, social gathering have become the new escort services. Which means the methods for finding and going to one are the same.



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07 Mar 2021, 12:35 pm

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It's a shame that you've detached yourself from reality and then come back here to spew disinformation from the mentally ill people you've chosen to embrace. I guess that's the type of thought you need to express in order to hang with your group.
In my defense, the lockdowns made everyone stir-crazy from the isolation, but everyone is coping differently. Some people are embracing Zoom, Discord, and other virtual channels, and telling themselves that it's as good as in-person gatherings. Others are eschewing socializing altogether. And others like myself are fighting back by finding groups still willing to meet in person. And if a group is "q"uestionable, then I'll worry about it later.

Also don't forget: I have 16 years of experience in defying the government. Namely, through meeting escorts for sex. I know what the police look for and how they go about finding it, so I know exactly what to do and what not to do. And I utilize the existing public transit and telecommunications infrastructure for my misadventures. Come to think of it, social gathering have become the new escort services. Which means the tactics for going to one are nearly the same.


I agree, the lockdowns have impacted people's mental health and some of those people have relied on unhealthy coping mechanisms, whether it's increased substance abuse, turning to guano conspiracies or whatever. That doesn't mean it's unfair to call out those who's coping mechanisms have the potential to harm others. It isn't unfair or bullying when people say 'hey, your behaviour puts us all at risk' when your behaviour actually does have the potential to put them at risk.

I wouldn't care if your actions only had the potential to harm yourself and other qultists, but unfortunately that's not how it works. It's all fun and games until someone dies as a result of other people's selfish behaviour.



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07 Mar 2021, 12:47 pm

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I wouldn't care if your actions only had the potential to harm yourself and other qultists, but unfortunately that's not how it works. It's all fun and games until someone dies as a result of other people's selfish behaviour.
Meh! :roll: :roll: :roll: Whatever you say.

Just don't underestimate the thrill of giving a polite but terse "good evening" to the transit worker, as you board a train to go to a hotel for a nude horizontal dance with an escort, or to an illegally operating dive bar for a fully-clothed upright dance with a fellow Q member. It's unsafe to drive to either, in case the police traces my license plate, pulls me over, and possibly impounds my car. And both are equally thrilling, interestingly, something I'd never say 10 years ago. Then making sure the NordVPN icon pops up on my smartphone, before I send an e-mail confirming my arrival, using the train's own wifi connection. While riding a train requires a mask per Biden's federal order, the only mask I wear once I get there is the NT behavioral one. ;) Heck, I almost feel like a Mobster, minus the violence.

In the end, I get to stick it to The Man, using the leftist government's and their corporate lackeys' own services and infrastructure. Not to mention, finally see my decades-long journey in acquiring social skills really pay off.



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07 Mar 2021, 12:58 pm

I get it, it's exciting. So is street racing. Both carry risks to people beyond yourself that your rights don't entitle you to impose upon them.

I hope no one is harmed by your actions. I especially hope no one you love is harmed by your actions. The short term thrill of doing something transgressive really won't be much comfort once it happens.



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07 Mar 2021, 3:09 pm

The longer the Covid regimen lasts, the richer these guys get, at our expense

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07 Mar 2021, 5:29 pm

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-- posted by a user on Yahoo News comments in the summer or 2020, shortly before commenting was disabled. Very apt.
That explains a lot! Yahoo is an extremely liberal news channel, while most comments were from conservatives. So, Yahoo didn't want that kind of input, so they disabled everything, driving even more people into the arms of QAnon and similar groups. The original Q is snickering at how Big Tech's anti-conservative bias is helping him. That being said, Yahoo's comments got disabled long before 2020; I think they got disabled in 2015 or so.

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Is this "Scamdemic" anything like the "DemPanic" I've seen mentioned on Twitter occasionally in the past month? I've been trying to work out what was being discussed, and this seems the closest equivalent I've come across.
They're closely related. A scamdemic is the alleged spread of Covid, complete with inflated numbers, crisis actors in ICU wards, and empty refrigerator trucks staged outside of hospitals. A DemPanic is an emotional state the Democrats want you to feel: mass freakout over a hypertrophied cold virus. But at the end of the day, the goal is the same: making Trump and other Republicans look bad, and helping Democrats win the election. The very election that was rigged by the huge number of fraudulent mail-in ballots.


Thanks for the clarification. Based on their context, I wasn't sure of the difference, so wanted to work out what was being discussed.



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07 Mar 2021, 5:49 pm

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funeralxempire wrote:
Democrats take a serious issue seriously therefore they hate freedom and America. That's an incredibly compelling argument.
Acting like mindless sheep walking up a wooden ramp into a slaughterhouse IS NOT "taking an issue seriously". It's a silly cold virus, no more, no less! Your groupthink mindset is the very reason I eliminated all liberal friends from my life, and got into QAnon. I thought that aspies as a demographic aren't gung-ho about buying into the mainstream society's belief system; I guess I was wrong.


Sure, Aspies often reject social norms.. but we’re also often STEM types - Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. So, when there’s something scientific going on, like a viral pandemic, and the science is pretty sound and well understood the world over, why would we reject & ignore it? :?

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It’s far worse than a common cold. That’s why more than half a Million Americans have died from it - and another Million or so world wide.

Annnd I find it funny that you don’t like group think, so you joined a group of people who all think the same thing.. :lol: Extra funny that the thing they think isn’t based in reality. :lol: :lol:


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07 Mar 2021, 6:44 pm

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I wouldn't care if your actions only had the potential to harm yourself and other qultists, but unfortunately that's not how it works. It's all fun and games until someone dies as a result of other people's selfish behaviour.
Meh! :roll: :roll: :roll: Whatever you say.

Just don't underestimate the thrill of giving a polite but terse "good evening" to the transit worker, as you board a train to go to a hotel for a nude horizontal dance with an escort, or to an illegally operating dive bar for a fully-clothed upright dance with a fellow Q member. It's unsafe to drive to either, in case the police traces my license plate, pulls me over, and possibly impounds my car. And both are equally thrilling, interestingly, something I'd never say 10 years ago. Then making sure the NordVPN icon pops up on my smartphone, before I send an e-mail confirming my arrival, using the train's own wifi connection. While riding a train requires a mask per Biden's federal order, the only mask I wear once I get there is the NT behavioral one. ;) Heck, I almost feel like a Mobster, minus the violence.

In the end, I get to stick it to The Man, using the leftist government's and their corporate lackeys' own services and infrastructure. Not to mention, finally see my decades-long journey in acquiring social skills really pay off.



Sooo, endangering others via possibly contracting and spreading Covid-19 is all A-Okay by you as long as you get your anti-authority jollies? :? Even if it means joining a thought cult with a distorted worldview not based in reality?

Surely you can think of better groups of people to practice using social skills with..


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10 Mar 2021, 4:31 pm

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Paul Russell was driving back to Boise from Florida, by way of Houston. It was early November, and somewhere along his route, the long-haul trucker caught the coronavirus.

Russell, 63, knew he was sick by the time he crossed into Idaho.

“I didn’t know if I was infected with COVID or what,” he said. “My buddy was about an hour behind me. He caught up with me in Twin Falls. … He told me I didn’t look very good at all.”

The next few weeks are a blur, Russell said. He spent more than two weeks in a St. Luke’s Health System hospital, becoming one of 19 patients enrolled in a clinical trial to test a new drug for use in COVID-19.

Idaho’s fall surge provided more clinical trial volunteers from St. Luke’s than were enrolled in the entire country of Spain.

Now, Russell said, he can’t work anymore. The long-haul trucker has become a COVID-19 “long hauler.” He survived the virus, but it did long-term damage to his body.

“I’m gonna be on oxygen the rest of my life, according to my doctor,” he said.


https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/cor ... 63363.html

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Some people who were infected with the coronavirus continue to experience symptoms for weeks and months afterward, experiencing what's been called "long COVID." Symptoms can include fatigue, dizziness, pain, and problems with memory.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says some people can experience "more serious long-term complications" including inflammation of the heart muscle and depression and anxiety.

One study, published in January, of about 1,700 people who had been hospitalized with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, found that 76% reported having at least one symptom six months after they first got sick.


https://www.businessinsider.com/man-who ... vid-2021-3

Try to stay healthy.