I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.

I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…

I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.

His campaign messaging platform strategy is interesting, too. He'll be in places people who vote will listen, but not the "media" as we define it.

C'mon you crazy bastard don't fuck this up!

[Jon]

How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?

Not entirely impossible, either.

[Horace]

He was on Peterson's podcast last week. His voice is nails on a chalkboard but he's more or less sensible. Too bad about the handful of wacky ideas.

[LuFins Dad]

He’s actually polling at 17%… What does he need to accomplish to force a debate?

[George K]

@Horace said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

His voice is nails on a chalkboard

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2021/11/08/robert-kennedy-jr-voice/

[Jolly]

@Jon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

How fucking awesome would it be if someone took him out on live TV on the eve of the California primary?

It used to be Carnivore. What's the current program called?

[Jon]

@LuFins-Dad said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

He’s actually polling at 17%… What does he need to accomplish to force a debate?

Probably nothing he could do. To my knowledge no sitting president has participated in primary debates.

Even Carter didn’t when Teddy challenged him.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.

I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…

I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.

That kind of reminds me of the old joke with the punchline "It was just one sheep!"

[Aqua Letifer]

@Doctor-Phibes said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

@Jolly said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

Hey, I'm all for him. Besides the nuttery, there are some pearls in there worthy of a national debate.

I mean I dunno, he’s against affirmative action, against forcing businesses to sell products that conflict with their religious beliefs, against “gender identity” anti-discrimination laws, against children receiving gender-transitioning treatments and surgeries, against a tiered evaluation system for women in the military, against special treatment for minority-owned businesses…

I hope he talks that stuff up rather than the nuttery but I'm not holding my breath.

That kind of reminds me of the old joke with the punchline "It was just one sheep!"

In Australia, it goes more along the lines of, "It was just one Maccas!"

[Doctor Phibes]

@Aqua-Letifer said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

In Australia, it goes more along the lines of, "It was just one Maccas!"

That's presumably because in Australia it's never just one sheep.

[xenon]

I listened to him on Rogan and Barry Weiss’ podcasts. I knew next to nothing about him before this - except that he’s supposed to be a loony toon.

He is not an Alex Jones like figure - which I completely expected going in. He’s a reasoned person with very thought through positions.

I don’t know nearly enough on immunology and biology to check his claims on vaccines. But he makes very specific claims based on specific studies. If his claims are garbage they should not be difficult to debunk.

[George K]

@xenon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

he’s supposed to be a loony toon.

Stuff in the water is making people trans-gender.

Thimerosol causes autism.

There are bioweapons that only target certain races.

The 2004 presidential election was stolen

CIA killed his uncle

[Jolly]

I'll give him 2/5.

[xenon]

I haven’t heard him talk about most of those. My point was not that I think he’s right - but he spoke with enough detail about his claims that if they’re obviously wrong, someone sufficiently diligent should be able to debunk them.

Normally I wouldn’t recommend debunking internet kooks - but if he’s polling as the #2 democrat, there’s lots of incentive for journalists to do it.

[George K]

@xenon said in I hope RFK Jr. sticks around for awhile.:

there’s lots of incentive for journalists to do it.

You said "journalists," not transcribers, and that explains it all, doesn't it?

[Jon]

He’s a believer in ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine. Because of course he is.

[Renauda]

@Jolly

I'll give him 2/5

I give him 0.5/5. Some of his views on water conservation and management are valid. The rest…a nutter.

[Aqua Letifer]

I'm thinking of signing up as a democrat just to vote for him in the primaries.

[Mik]

What’s the over/under on he lives to the election? I can’t help but think some other nutter would be too tempted by the chance to kill another Kennedy.