Re: Severe and ruthless

On 8/8/2026 5:00 PM, dart200 wrote:
> On 8/8/26 2:01 PM, Dude wrote:
>> On 8/8/2026 1:54 PM, Tara wrote:
>>> 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.
>>  >
>> Look what happened to Nick.
>>
>> Spikes in anxiety, depression, and psychological stress linked to 
>> social isolation.
> 
> excuse me i was 30 living on the 35th floor in the middle of metro 
> manila at the time. the shut down was relief in pollution for me in 
> particular.
> 
Case in point.

You came here because some people feel better when they have someone to 
talk to, especially during a lock down pandemic, when you're stranded on 
the 35th floor in downtown Manila caused by a lab leak in Wuhan just 
across the South China Sea.

Talk about stressed out and depressed and anxious! Just shoot me!