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FunnyPies
06/27/20 3:16:40 PM
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It's a pandemic. The virus doesn't give a shit about your politics. Why the hell is this even political to begin with?
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Turbam
06/27/20 3:17:28 PM
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Iron-Tarkus
06/27/20 3:17:56 PM
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It's something that needs to be handled on a government wide level inherently making it a political issue.

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Lost_All_Senses
06/27/20 3:19:01 PM
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Because im pretty sure Coronavirus is a Biden supporter. So it's a fuckin joke obviously

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FunnyPies
06/27/20 3:19:03 PM
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Iron-Tarkus posted...
It's something that needs to be handled on a government wide level inherently making it a political issue.
But like there's only literally one answer, if you care for human lives: shut down everything, stay the fuck home.
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HylianFox
06/27/20 3:19:57 PM
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because people are fucking shitheads

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the-obiwan
06/27/20 3:20:00 PM
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Right wing narrative

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Xenozoa425
06/27/20 3:21:37 PM
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What happens when everyone stays home and no one works?

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DevsBro
06/27/20 3:23:53 PM
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Because Donald Trump wanted to pretend he gad it under control and continues to refuse to admit he was wrong.

Of course, this is only half the problem. The other half is decades and decades of life being increasingly boiled down to my side always right your side always wrong.

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PMarth2002
06/27/20 3:24:20 PM
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Because a lot of people aren't taking it seriously and are making it worse and the people who don't can't agree on what should be done to help the people who are struggling economically because of it.

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gunplagirl
06/27/20 3:24:33 PM
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Xenozoa425 posted...
What happens when everyone stays home and no one works?
Europe tried it and they're all dead and destroyed, anarchy reigns. Oh wait, the EU is doing just fine. :l Funny that they have a larger population and plenty of high density cities yet have less cases than some of our states combined.

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I Like Toast
06/27/20 3:25:09 PM
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Because trump hinged his reelection on the economy. Which had he handled the crisis well, like bush after 9/11, he would have gotten a free excuse for any dip and shown he did one thing right.

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Yi_Long
06/27/20 3:25:41 PM
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It's political because incompetent politicians have made everything political, in order to avoid their own responsibilities, in order to make it all about 'loyalty' to the party, so now it's about 'winning' and 'losing'.

They demonize their political opponents innorder to indoctrinize their base. If your base believes the other side can't do anything right, are out to take away your rights & liberties, don't value everyone equally, etc, you strengthen the bond between you and your base. It's a bond based on hatred of a self-proclaimed common enemy.

The virus doesn't care. At all. Obviously. But politicians these day treat their job as a sport.
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ThyCorndog
06/27/20 3:26:31 PM
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Its cope to make trump look better

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Yi_Long
06/27/20 3:31:22 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
Europe tried it and they're all dead and destroyed, anarchy reigns. Oh wait, the EU is doing just fine. :l Funny that they have a larger population and plenty of high density cities yet have less cases than some of our states combined.

Also, our (Holland) lock-down has been acceptable. We have a functional social safety net, we were able to work from home, we could still go to the stores, restaurants recently reopened. We dealt with it and are now slowely opening back up again.

In the USA, when you lose your job, you often lose your healthcare, you can miss your payments and lose your home, or get kicked out of your rented place. You'll be on your own. So people are desperate to just keep employed, keep working, etc.
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FunnyPies
06/27/20 3:34:52 PM
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I asked my hardcore Republican friend on this; he said the Democrats started it, by saying it's xenophobic and racist when Trump enacted his travel ban at the onset of the coronavirus.
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VipaGTS
06/27/20 3:35:59 PM
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Trump supporters are idiots.

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the-obiwan
06/27/20 3:37:16 PM
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FunnyPies posted...
I asked my hardcore Republican friend on this; he said the Democrats started it, by saying it's xenophobic and racist when Trump enacted his travel ban at the onset of the coronavirus.
That was Trump's talking point for like two months when asked about his actions towards coronavirus.

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DoctorPiranha3
06/27/20 3:39:16 PM
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Republicans don't like the harsh realities of science, so they pretend science is a lie
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hockeybub89
06/27/20 3:39:41 PM
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Freddie_Mercury
06/27/20 3:41:18 PM
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KStateKing17
06/27/20 3:49:14 PM
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DoctorPiranha3 posted...
Republicans don't like the harsh realities of science, so they pretend science is a lie
Until the transsexual or abortion topics come up. All of a sudden science is relevant.

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PickleRick2019
06/27/20 4:01:31 PM
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Apparently, some people believe the whole thing is #FakeNews because they don't know anyone affected by it.
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Duncanwii
06/27/20 4:14:05 PM
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FunnyPies posted...

But like there's only literally one answer, if you care for human lives: shut down everything, stay the fuck home.

No.
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FunnyPies
06/27/20 4:14:33 PM
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Duncanwii posted...
No.
Enlighten me.
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ehhwhatever
06/27/20 4:24:13 PM
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People are hanger-ons to others either thru judgementalism or sadism, it's about others" always. right now people should be reconnecting with nature by themselves.

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On_The_Edge
06/27/20 4:27:31 PM
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Are you a child? There are very real, adult decisions that need to be made that involve weighing the risks associated with the virus against the risks associated with having a functioning economy. These are political decisions and nobody knows what the right answers are.

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DarthAragorn
06/27/20 4:28:03 PM
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FunnyPies posted...
Duncanwii posted...
No.
Enlighten me.

If you shut down everything Duncan can't go to his shitty mall and eat Subway
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monkmith
06/27/20 4:29:39 PM
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anything to own the libs.

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legendary_zell
06/27/20 4:29:41 PM
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All things are subsumed into the culture war. All things are part of the culture war. Not dying is part of the culture war.

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FortuneCookie
06/27/20 4:36:04 PM
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If you can find something that isn't politicized, let me know.


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VipaGTS
06/27/20 6:10:15 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
If you can find something that isn't politicized, let me know.
I was legitimately gonna say drinking bleach is bad as a joke, but even that was once politicized thanks to our dumbass President.

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ToPoPO
06/27/20 6:11:05 PM
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Because anti-science and conspiracy theories and 5G and and vaccines and and
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jackgunney
06/27/20 6:12:23 PM
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Funny everyone is pointing at the Repubs, but in reality both sides are politicking the hell out of it.

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Tired-Insomniac
06/27/20 6:13:26 PM
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Because conservatives are poorly educated shitheads that believe anything

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jackgunney
06/27/20 6:13:41 PM
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VipaGTS posted...
I was legitimately gonna say drinking bleach is bad as a joke, but even that was once politicized thanks to our dumbass President.
Even though he didn't say anything close to that. Both sides have handled this terribly and are now trying their damnedest to make sure the other gets all the blame.

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Smackems
06/27/20 6:15:07 PM
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Everything is politicized here

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Frisk
06/27/20 6:20:48 PM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
Because conservatives are poorly educated shitheads that believe anything


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DevsBro
06/27/20 6:27:26 PM
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I mean, it's true. Ask anybody why Covid is so bad and if you don't get some dumbassesery about it being a hoax or just the flu or some nonsense you'll get an instant rant about Trump.

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VTBM
06/27/20 6:29:07 PM
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It's hilarious to know that people think they need the government to tell them what to do.

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legendary_zell
06/27/20 6:38:48 PM
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DevsBro posted...
I mean, it's true. Ask anybody why Covid is so bad and if you don't get some dumbassesery about it being a hoax or just the flu or some nonsense you'll get an instant rant about Trump.

I take back my earlier comment. Politicization isn't inherently bad and could actually be a great thing. This is a pandemic that disproportionately harms specific groups, harms the economy, and affects the country and the world as a whole. The response to it relies on politics, since politics is just the contest for power and resources between groups. Since it's inherently political, politics itself isn't the problem here, it's bad political decisions and leadership. That comes from a lot of places and people, but Trump and his party are chief among them. A leader is doing badly during a time of national crisis, in an election year. If that's not inherently political, what is? This is probably the among the most valid times to criticize Trump.


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Tired-Insomniac
06/27/20 6:42:49 PM
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jackgunney posted...
Funny everyone is pointing at the Repubs, but in reality both sides are politicking the hell out of it.

Republicans are the ones making it out to be a conspiracy by the Democrats and that it's all blown way out of proportion and not wearing masks or doing anything intelligent whatsoever

Democrats are the ones saying to listen to the experts about it. Only thing political about their side is saying how fucking poorly the Republicans have handled the entire pandemic

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Xenozoa425
06/27/20 6:45:13 PM
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VTBM posted...
It's hilarious to know that people think they need the government to tell them what to do.
All the tax dollars we have for education and nothing goes towards critical thinking and common sense. Not even in their spare time, too.

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daynlokki
06/27/20 6:46:12 PM
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FunnyPies posted...
It's a pandemic. The virus doesn't give a shit about your politics. Why the hell is this even political to begin with?
Its politicized because originally Trump thought it wasnt going to be so bad, maybe around H1N1 at worst and so he grossly downplayed it. Having already done so and with the inability to say hes done anything wrong he now cant walk that back and still have a chance at re-election. He painted himself into a corner and its leading to more deaths.
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Frisk
06/27/20 11:37:31 PM
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Tired-Insomniac posted...
Republicans are the ones making it out to be a conspiracy by the Democrats and that it's all blown way out of proportion and not wearing masks or doing anything intelligent whatsoever

Democrats are the ones saying to listen to the experts about it. Only thing political about their side is saying how fucking poorly the Republicans have handled the entire pandemic

Truth

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