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How long before the Infowars/Q-anon crowd claims that the 130,000 dead are "actors (Original Post) Atticus Jul 2020 OP
Well, the few right wing relatives I still have on Facebook Bettie Jul 2020 #1
That is the line I hear jayschool2013 Jul 2020 #3
I Expect, Sir, That Is Already Out There The Magistrate Jul 2020 #2
I went to the food store on Wednesday and heard from a guy "See son they are all like sheep" LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #4
Yes, they seem to be getting dumber around here... Alacritous Crier Jul 2020 #7
I think they are coalescing around "it's all the fault of the BLM protestors!" Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2020 #5
I hope they don't find out the truth - UV kills it in the air. With just about everyone wearing LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #8
Your pesky science and facts matter not. Hannity has spoken! Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2020 #9
From FB cyclonefence Jul 2020 #6

Bettie

(16,859 posts)
1. Well, the few right wing relatives I still have on Facebook
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:15 AM
Jul 2020

are all about asking (every day) "Do you know someone who has had Covid or died? No? Because it is a hoax and no one is really dead!"

Seriously, they are damaged. Apparently, supporting that orange thing causes brain damage.

jayschool2013

(2,455 posts)
3. That is the line I hear
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:21 AM
Jul 2020

My answer: "Why, yes. Yes I do."

As a journalist, I'm distressed that these people apparently dismiss the multitudes of stories — of survivors and the deceased — as fabrications of something called the "MSM." It boggles the mind to think there's a not insignificant number of Americans who believe that journalists just sit around making up stories for a living.

Oy.

The Magistrate

(96,043 posts)
2. I Expect, Sir, That Is Already Out There
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:17 AM
Jul 2020

Not that I will be searching the fever-swamps....

I know it has long been alleged in slightly less insane circles of Hell that hospitals fabricate the numbers they report. It is an easy step from that to claiming the whole thing is a hoax, which is what many started out believing.

LiberalArkie

(16,303 posts)
4. I went to the food store on Wednesday and heard from a guy "See son they are all like sheep"
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 08:29 AM
Jul 2020

Dad was 30 something and boy about 10.

Alacritous Crier

(4,111 posts)
7. Yes, they seem to be getting dumber around here...
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 10:37 AM
Jul 2020

Here in rural Eastern TN, I had been seeing about 20% of store customers wearing masks about 2 months ago. Then it went down to 10%. Yesterday I only counted 5 customers wearing masks at a packed Food City grocery store. There had to be at least 150 people there.

I was reading the local paper the other day and they had a lot of articles about local events. All of the pictures showed large crowds all congregating closely together and not a mask in sight. Picnics, graduation, fireworks, lake festivals. Some of restaurants have been packed as well.

Our county's cases have already doubled in the past month. It's still a small number because it's not too populated around here but it is still alarming if you look at it as a percentage. Anyway, I expect there to be a rude awakening around here in about two to three weeks. They've got a lot of events going on this weekend too.

It's NUTS!!



GOTV.

LiberalArkie

(16,303 posts)
8. I hope they don't find out the truth - UV kills it in the air. With just about everyone wearing
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 11:05 AM
Jul 2020

masks and out in the sun, the poor virus doesn't have a chance. Must be why no humungous blow up have going to the. beaches.

But the R's like to be cool, so they will be congregated in nice cool areas, no UV, no masks and a prayer for the rapture.

Hassin Bin Sober

(26,675 posts)
9. Your pesky science and facts matter not. Hannity has spoken!
Fri Jul 3, 2020, 12:42 PM
Jul 2020

All these clowns need is the most flimsy talking point.

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