Re: Severe and ruthless

On 8/8/2026 1:52 PM, Tara wrote:
> On Aug 8, 2026 at 4:43:08 PM EDT, "Tara" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 8, 2026 at 4:12:45 PM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]> 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.
>>
>> Why does it have to be about sides? It should always be only about the truth.
>>   And the truth is often complicated.
> 
> I mean, there are degrees of incompetence. Fauci got carried away with himself
> and said some dumb things. Not acceptable but he's not a monster.
 >
Schools throughout the world closed in response to COVID-19 beginning in 
2020. In a few cases, they quickly reopened, but in some countries, they 
remained closed far longer.

Country studies show large learning losses, which could cost this 
generation of students trillions of dollars in lifetime earnings.

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