Re: Severe and ruthless

On 8/9/2026 4:26 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Aug 2026 15:32:31 -0700, Dude <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> When you refuse to protect the people around you by getting
> vaccinated, that is where I draw the line.
 >
That's the problem. It's my body so nobody else gets to tell me what to 
do with it. It's a basic human right. That's where I draw the line. YMMV.