Re: Severe and ruthless

On 8/8/2026 7:20 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Aug 2026 20:43:08 -0000 (UTC), 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.
> 
> As soon as you have decided what it all means you have chosen a side.
 >
When you are a trucker, teacher or a soldier and you are being forced to 
wear a mask and/or get injected, or lose your job - that is where I draw 
the line. YMMV.