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  • X xenon

    @Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.

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    @xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:

    @Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.

    And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.

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      The Trump thing is a bad example because some people took a thing that was already stupid and pushed it further to be even stupider.

      It was already stupid, it didn’t need additional fake stupid seasoning salt.

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        @xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:

        @Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.

        And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.

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        @Loki said in Summing up the Gates haters:

        @xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:

        @Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.

        And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.

        Tu quoque is a tired and unsound internet argument. Always has been.

        Please love yourself.

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        • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

          @Loki said in Summing up the Gates haters:

          @xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:

          @Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.

          And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.

          Tu quoque is a tired and unsound internet argument. Always has been.

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          @Aqua-Letifer said in Summing up the Gates haters:

          @Loki said in Summing up the Gates haters:

          @xenon said in Summing up the Gates haters:

          @Loki i guess my definition of “ok” is interpreting things with incomplete info or bias.

          And my definition of not okay is stupid is stupid. You tolerate and advance stupidity one way and you can expect it to come back and proliferate in other ways. I am simply saying those appalled by the stupidity of the Gates thing should study their own possible contribution to the advancement of stupidity in society.

          Tu quoque is a tired and unsound internet argument. Always has been.

          That’s fine. So we are to be alarmed at a fringe Gates conspiracy theory but take seriously that injecting with bleach is what was meant and rational people might do I’ll just put in the hilarious bucket.

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            And again, terrible false equivalence. Trump actually said his thing. We can argue what he meant but only after we acknowledge that you're saying misinterpretation and just completely making shit up are identical.

            Please love yourself.

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              No, I have to disagree. What Trump said and how it was presented and interpreted meet my criteria for made up shit too.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                Seen on twitter:

                Counterpoint: Windows Vista.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/opinion/bill-gates-coronavirus.html

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                    NYT: "Bill Gates Is the Most Interesting Man in the World"

                    Cue another Twitter rant about the failing NYT 😀

                    I was only joking

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                      Its time you "clorox" guys gave it a rest. If you actually believe that Trump meant you could inject bleach into your body then you are the dumbass, not Trump. Everyone misspeaks occasionally. It is an utter fool who keeps harping it.

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                        Damn it, Larry. Now you tell me.

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                          You realize that if Democrats had their way, Gates would have had 90+% of his wealth taxed away and it would have been used to upgrade Obamaphones to iPhone 11s...

                          The Brad

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                            40% of Republicans and half of Fox News viewers believe this shit? Seems exaggerated, if the number were that high we would have seen some of the usual suspects here at least flirting with the idea.

                            But still, fucking hell.

                            https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-40-of-republicans-think-bill-gates-will-use-covid-19-vaccine-to-implant-microchips-survey-says/

                            Only non-witches get due process.

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                              Use covid-19 as a reason or excuse to track?

                              Or use the actual virus itself to track?

                              Is that ambiguity is meant to confuse the issue?

                              Lot's of people want to track everyone and they use the virus as an excuse to do this. And of course they want to use your obamapho, and the chips in it, to do this.

                              It's some nice ambiguous headline writing, it could inflame people for several different reasons.

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                                40% of Republicans and half of Fox News viewers believe this shit? Seems exaggerated, if the number were that high we would have seen some of the usual suspects here at least flirting with the idea.

                                But still, fucking hell.

                                https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-40-of-republicans-think-bill-gates-will-use-covid-19-vaccine-to-implant-microchips-survey-says/

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                                @jon-nyc said in Summing up the Gates haters:

                                40% of Republicans and half of Fox News viewers believe this shit? Seems exaggerated, if the number were that high we would have seen some of the usual suspects here at least flirting with the idea.

                                But still, fucking hell.

                                https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-40-of-republicans-think-bill-gates-will-use-covid-19-vaccine-to-implant-microchips-survey-says/

                                We'd also see some of the usual suspects post the survey and sneer at at how crazy the right is.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Sorry - this is objectively bonkers.

                                  Don’t feel the need to circle the wagons with these clowns.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                    Sorry - this is objectively bonkers.

                                    Don’t feel the need to circle the wagons with these clowns.

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                                    @jon-nyc said in Summing up the Gates haters:

                                    Sorry - this is objectively bonkers.

                                    Don’t feel the need to circle the wagons with these clowns.

                                    So says the group that thought Trump was a Russian Agent.

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                                      Like mask protesters, i feel no need to circle wagons with people I have never personally met. As always, the fringe makes the news and produces the dopamine response in those whose bias that the other tribe is crazy has been confirmed. Include Nazis, KKK, etc in all that. We can agree it's crazy, we don't agree it's meaningful.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        I would agree with you if the poll had indicated it was fringe. It seems more like the modal FoxNews watcher.

                                        FWIW I have trouble believing the data myself.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

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                                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                          40% of Republicans and half of Fox News viewers believe this shit? Seems exaggerated, if the number were that high we would have seen some of the usual suspects here at least flirting with the idea.

                                          But still, fucking hell.

                                          https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-40-of-republicans-think-bill-gates-will-use-covid-19-vaccine-to-implant-microchips-survey-says/

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Summing up the Gates haters:

                                          40% of Republicans and half of Fox News viewers believe this shit? Seems exaggerated, if the number were that high we would have seen some of the usual suspects here at least flirting with the idea.

                                          But still, fucking hell.

                                          https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-40-of-republicans-think-bill-gates-will-use-covid-19-vaccine-to-implant-microchips-survey-says/

                                          Over the last three years how many people believed insane stuff about Trump that was proven wrong the following week and then virtually ignored by the media.

                                          How can you be shocked by this. It’s the Rosetta Stone of your own tribe.

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