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Hortensis

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30. And fear, lots of fear.

Sun Aug 29, 2021, 08:21 PM

Aug 2021

I think we've been far too tolerant of spreading deadly disease to others and not calling it out for what it is.

But there are ways to stand against that without a factional antipathy that denies them all respect and consideration, denies it's ever deserved. And that makes people incapable of empathy for what it is to be strongly conservative in a frightening world moving inexorably on without them. They matter too.

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COVID's Still Here Because "All Lives Matter" is a Lie [View all] Soph0571 Aug 2021 OP

It's so easy to blame the victims because we believe we are in control Maeve Aug 2021 #1

"...if we become indifferent to their suffering, we become them." MyMission Aug 2021 #18

Thank you Maeve Aug 2021 #20

To me, the idea of air travel is literally insane. lagomorph777 Aug 2021 #33

Due to the onset timing, she probably got infected in Alaska, not on the plane Maeve Aug 2021 #36

"Hundreds of thousands of white people .... didn't take Covid seriously when it was seen 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #2

Depraved indifference to life by some does NOT mean by all. Hortensis Aug 2021 #3

Holding those truths to be self-evident is what makes us human and humane. Lonestarblue Aug 2021 #5

Better education, yes, but our far-right crazies reject all education Hortensis Aug 2021 #10

I took that statement a bit differently... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #12

I can't see it. Then all lives don't matter? I'd guess if it was a lie Hortensis Aug 2021 #16

No, the point being that those who respond "All lives matter" to "black lives matter" Rabrrrrrr Aug 2021 #22

Oh, a W-on-B racism take. Got it. Dumb me, took long enough. Hortensis Aug 2021 #23

The real truth is that they hate themselves, and project that toward others... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #28

And fear, lots of fear. Hortensis Aug 2021 #30

They fear being exposed for the weak, selfish individuals they are... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #32

No doubt. Barricaded behind mental walls, many must suspect Hortensis Aug 2021 #35

I Think You Missed It, Hortensis ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #25

Right, and that's true. They are the same people. It's really worth Hortensis Aug 2021 #26

Watch Bill Maher TheDemsshouldhireme Aug 2021 #4

Is he wrong? cinematicdiversions Aug 2021 #21

I consider my obesity as one of my co-morbitities... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #29

I'm so old that I remember when the GOP considered themselves to be "pro-life" LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #6

Don't kid yourself, they still do think of themselves as "pro life"... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #13

It's getting harder and harder to maintain the pretense, I think LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #24

Religious nuts thrive on paradox...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #27

True-- they will cling on to the anti-abortion thing desperately, as twisted as LymphocyteLover Aug 2021 #31

Premise, title, is dead on right. jaxexpat Aug 2021 #7

Not even their own white lives matter. They are willing to kill their children to own libruhls. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2021 #8

It's raging harder in Trump counties than Biden counties IronLionZion Aug 2021 #9

Willful ignorance is also toxic, and goes hand in hand with indifference. patphil Aug 2021 #11

"Indifference is toxic" - Interesting article Soph - Thanks for posting. c-rational Aug 2021 #14

Excuse me, but "A combination of racism, classism, ageism, and ableism"... MrModerate Aug 2021 #15

Yea I think the writer missed the irony off that. fescuerescue Aug 2021 #34

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2021 #17

So well put leighbythesea2 Aug 2021 #19