Re: Severe and ruthless

On Aug 8, 2026 at 4:48:16 PM EDT, "Dude" <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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?
> 
> Closing schools during the COVID-19 pandemic caused significant academic
> setbacks, worsening mental health, increased social isolation, and
> widening achievement gaps for students.
> 
> These disruptions affected young people globally, with disadvantaged and
> low-achieving students suffering the most severe long-term consequences.

It happened here and in other countries as well. Not the best move in
hindsight but most kids are fine.