Re: Severe and ruthless

On 8/8/2026 1:12 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 12:27:31 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/5/2026 2:21 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> NY Times,
>>>
>>> David Wallace-Wells
>>>
>>> "But for years Fauci has been bullied and harassed and intimidated
>>> and, above all, vilified and scapegoated by bad faith critics mounting
>>> contradictory attacks that allowed them to pin responsibility on one
>>> man for everything they might not have liked about the experience of
>>> living through a brutal pandemic. Yet that is exactly why Fauci should
>>> have talked last week: to answer those critics, defend his approach
>>> and those of his colleagues, and explain what lessons he’d learned and
>>> might like the rest of us to learn. Evidently, he felt too boxed in to
>>> try, even with Joe Biden’s blanket pardon in hand."
>>>
>>> My assessment is that there is no sense in trying to defend and
>>> explain to people who are determined to show you no quarter.  Fauci
>>> defended and explained in his book.  Read it if want to understand.
>>>
>>> "This is what it would mean to actually learn from the experience,
>>> rather than treating the pandemic as a simplistic blame game. Instead,
>>> we got Senator Bernie Moreno asking Fauci who he thought he was,
>>> punctuating the rhetorical question with an expletive and a
>>> burn-book-style digest of the contents of Fauci’s just-released
>>> diary."
>>>
>>> Treating it as a simplistic blame game.
>>>
>>> This is the essence of modern politics.  It is the ultimate blame
>>> game.  The blame must all be on the other side.  It must show them as
>>> incompetent and unfit for office.  Severe and ruthless must be the
>>> assignment of that blame.
>>>
>>> Learn from experience.
>>>
>>> No David, any such lessons are beside the point which is only blame.
>>>
>>> In conclusion, Daivd:
>>>
>>> "The actual origin of the pandemic remains unknown, six years after
>>> the country’s first confirmed case. Perhaps it always will be,
>>> maddeningly enough, which may be one reason it’s so difficult to make
>>> any collective and honest accounting of it. So much seems to hang on
>>> the question of ultimate responsibility. But maybe if we can stop
>>> trying to blame someone for Covid, we can actually learn something
>>> from it."
>>>
>>> So here is the image:
>>>
>>> David trying to be reasonable and thoughtful and Sen Moreno casting
>>> fire and brimstone.  Both sides essentially speaking to their
>>> followers and nothing to each other, because there would be no point.
>>>
>> You failed to explain the case against Anthony Fauci. It's not just
>> about the origin of the virus - it's all about the reaction to it.
>>
>> Ron Paul is critical of Dr. Anthony Fauci because he views him as a
>> primary architect of authoritarian government overreach, medical
>> mandates, and public deception during the COVID-19 pandemic.
>>
>> As a physician and libertarian, Paul believes Fauci used exaggerated
>> health data to justify destroying personal liberties.
> 
> Yes it is clear which side you choose.
 >
So, what's the problem?

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