Summing up the Gates haters

jon-nyc

Sorry - this is objectively bonkers.

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

Loki

@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.

Horace

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.

jon-nyc

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.

Loki

@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.

Larry

Jon, you're smarter than this. The Left believes Trump said to inject clorox, so you counter with "the right believes Gates is bringing on the mark of the beast, and attack Fox News viewers. To quote Joe Biden... "Come on, man!"

First, you should watch Fox News more yourself. It's the only news media you can trust these days. Second, no, the right doesn't believe Gates is 666.

I expect this kind of silly shit out of Ax, but you know better.

jon-nyc

No I posted poll results. The only opining I did was to say that surely they are exaggerated.

Horace

You posted the results of a poll that didn't even pass your own sniff test. One might suspect a certain amount of tribalism was the tie breaker there for whether to post about it or not.

Larry

They're wildly exaggerated. You can make a poll say just about anything you want. All you have to do is word the question a certain way, then write a headline a certain way. Then people see what they want to see.

Mik

I just cannot understand the Gates haters. Here is a guy who has pledged his fortune and his life to the betterment of life here on earth. He has done immense good for possibly millions already.

I cannot imagine having that wealth and not doing that.

Horace

I suspect "gates haters" don't know much of anything about him. However many "gates haters" there actually are.

Larry

I didn't even know there were any Gates haters.

Loki

@Larry said in Summing up the Gates haters:

I didn't even know there were any Gates haters.

Fvcker put a chip in my head. I am quite sure of it. Heard I can inject bleach to kill the chip. Serves that Dickhead right, thinks he’s so goddamn right and clever.

Larry

Hahahaha

Horace

The existence of internet memes appears to be sufficient justification for left wing sneering at how crazy the right tends to be. In seriousness, the Russians and any other professional or avocational trolls can very easily use that. American culture is so easy to troll because individuals are so eager to have their tribal biases confirmed.

Larry

taiwan_girl

@Mik said in Summing up the Gates haters:

I just cannot understand the Gates haters. Here is a guy who has pledged his fortune and his life to the betterment of life here on earth. He has done immense good for possibly millions already.

I cannot imagine having that wealth and not doing that.

I agree.

Mik

Such an opportunity to make one's life so much more meaningful.

LuFins Dad

@taiwan_girl said in Summing up the Gates haters:

@Mik said in Summing up the Gates haters:

I just cannot understand the Gates haters. Here is a guy who has pledged his fortune and his life to the betterment of life here on earth. He has done immense good for possibly millions already.

I cannot imagine having that wealth and not doing that.

I agree.

A big part of it has to do with the manner that Gates acquired his wealth. Let's face it, the guy did fvck over an awful lot of his competitors on his way to the top including stealing innovations. The guy bullied his employees and many of his vendors. The guy may have pulled a complete 180, but he did build quite a reputation as an asshole and a lot of people have long memories.

Doctor Phibes

@Mik said in Summing up the Gates haters:

I just cannot understand the Gates haters.

Windows 3.1.1.

How soon you forget.

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Summing up the Gates haters