Absolutely, anybody can feel free to disagree with me... but they can at least have the decency to do it without personal attacks and support their positions with facts and not just more unsubstantiated conspiratorial accusations based not on information, but a lack of it.
Heck, I'm the only person on this thread that has even taken an opposing position. If I was offended by it, I would go somewhere else or stay quiet. Clearly I have no problem defending my positions.
But when an argument is made that Fauci was right to say it's okay to have the Super Bowl because cases were only at 16 at that time is met with a response saying, "Well, what was it two weeks after the Super Bowl?" when those numbers WERE two weeks after the Super Bowl, that person clearly didn't make a strong argument for their position. In fact, they countered the argument they attempted to make. Not to mention the fact that for their position to be fulfilled to their argued desire, Fauci would've had to cancel the Super Bowl (which the person making the argument didn't want). So what exactly are they trying to say? Was it okay to have the Super Bowl when cases were under a dozen in the whole USA at that time, or not? It's not a well-thought-out argument by the person that made it. But I never accused that person of lacking brain cells... in fact, I said that I've appreciated our discussions and that we could have lunch together and have a good time.
When a person writes that Rand Paul is a doctor with the purpose of legitimizing his opinion, yet it's an opinion countering that of another doctor (with ostensibly an equally legitimate opinion, if not moreso due to his training in Public Health and Virology)... then it's an argument that clearly wasn't made with the forethought of realizing the basic flaw in their primary premise.
I pointed out those flaws with relevant counterpoints. But I never once accused another person of lacking brain cells, suffering brain damage, or being disingenuous in their beliefs. The personal attacks have come 100% by those that can't stand a single person disagreeing with their attacks on Fauci as a "fraud," "incompetent," or "criminal." This entire thread is predicated as a personal attack on another.
PS... If you read back through, I've not even defended Fauci. He could be fired tomorrow and I won't care. My point isn't pro-Fauci, it's that the anti-Fauci posts here currently lack substance and are merely a regurgitation of an organized character assassination. I've simply showed examples such as when a person is upset with Fauci for wearing a mask and then is critical when he doesn't take it off soon enough, but he later says the science says it's okay to take it off after vaccination... it's not evidence of "fraud," it's merely evolving context and timelines.
As to your "distinction without a difference" eye roll... libel is actually considered more serious than slander since it's written and is considered more permanent, but they're treated the same by defamation laws. I don't know about your state, but Utah does allow enforcement of oral agreements for up to four years after the fact and subject to the Statute of Frauds. So I guess I'm not sure the meaning of the eye roll and reference to oral contracts?
Since I'm "that person" let's be 100% clear.
I get calls from folks all the time telling me they have a crack in a ceiling. Or a wall. Without having to see it 95% of the time I can finish their sentence, explain what's wrong, tell them they have a corresponding crack they haven't seen.
Why? Because I've been doing drywall since I was 5.
My mechanic can generally tell me what's wrong, without looking, his dad was a mechanic.
Fauci is the head of America's infectious disease PREVENTION and RESPONSE. It was NO SECRET that Covid was epidemic in China, In JANUARY. It was no SECRET that cases were spreading worldwide, IN JANUARY. It was NO SECRET that HE KNEW gain of function on coronavirus was being done, IN WUHAN. We KNOW THIS because Obama shut down funding of it. FAUCI WORKED FOR OBAMA. It's no secret what SARS did/does. But somehow, Fauci was caught in the dark?
So we either have to believe that despite all that KNOWLEDGE Fauci had, he "knew better", or he was woefully incompetent. Either way, his EMPLOYMENT should have been terminated.
As to masks, again I'm just a dumb drywaller. But us dumb drywallers have been wearing masks for decades. 3m masks. On EVERY BOX it says "no effective for virus or mold protection". The box I have now, that is not there, but the warning paper inside SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS COVID. Combine that with that stupid respirator class I had to take years ago, and either 3m and OSHA were lying about effectiveness, or they were correct. Since they haven't been sued, I'll assume they were correct.
So am I to believe, the director of the NIH didn't know about mask ineffectiveness for virus protection? Despite decades of peer reviewed studies? Or was he being theatrical?
Again either one should have lead to his loss of employment.
As to Grizz. Of course he's full of it. He didn't shut down his buisness, he said so. He didn't lock down, I've read about him being hunting. He didn't do anything on a personal level that would lead you to believe he thought we were all going to die, anymore than any of us, but he does need to virtue signal otherwise.
Like Grizz I did not shut down. I did not lock down. I fought with my district to get my kids in school, where they were all year. I did not wear a mask in any customers house, minus one who asked me to. I ate in restaurants on the day they opened. And, I got my shot. Unlike him, I won't try to convince you otherwise.
And nope, I still don't hate him, and still find him interesting, even if I don't believe things he tries to say
