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  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

    @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

    Shut up

    All of you

    Just shut up

    I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

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    Loki
    wrote on last edited by
    #20

    @aqua-letifer said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

    @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

    Shut up

    All of you

    Just shut up

    I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

    I cannot think of anything else that 69% of Americans agree on. It actually shows we might not be as divided as we think.

    HoraceH 1 Reply Last reply
    • L Loki

      @aqua-letifer said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

      @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

      Shut up

      All of you

      Just shut up

      I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

      I cannot think of anything else that 69% of Americans agree on. It actually shows we might not be as divided as we think.

      HoraceH Online
      HoraceH Online
      Horace
      wrote on last edited by
      #21

      @loki said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

      @aqua-letifer said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

      @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

      Shut up

      All of you

      Just shut up

      I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

      I cannot think of anything else that 69% of Americans agree on. It actually shows we might not be as divided as we think.

      There's tons we agree on. If we're talking about it, it means we don't agree on it. The perception that we agree on nothing is really just the perception that people are talking.

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        @loki said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        @aqua-letifer said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        Shut up

        All of you

        Just shut up

        I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

        I cannot think of anything else that 69% of Americans agree on. It actually shows we might not be as divided as we think.

        There's tons we agree on. If we're talking about it, it means we don't agree on it. The perception that we agree on nothing is really just the perception that people are talking.

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        Loki
        wrote on last edited by
        #22

        @horace said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        @loki said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        @aqua-letifer said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

        Shut up

        All of you

        Just shut up

        I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

        I cannot think of anything else that 69% of Americans agree on. It actually shows we might not be as divided as we think.

        There's tons we agree on. If we're talking about it, it means we don't agree on it. The perception that we agree on nothing is really just the perception that people are talking.

        Good point.

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          Loki
          wrote on last edited by
          #23

          49 studies that masks work:

          https://www.kxan.com/news/coronavirus/do-face-masks-work-here-are-49-scientific-studies-that-explain-why-they-do/

          The Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic and UAB amongst others say they do on their websites but not linking because didn’t see the studies.

          So where is there an equal weight of analysis that say they don’t?

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          • LarryL Offline
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            Larry
            wrote on last edited by
            #24

            When i said there was no scientific evidence to support the notion that masks work I was referring to masks on kindergarten and grade school kids. I thought that was obvious, apparently not. That said, I've been mocked and ridiculed for being a Trump supporter, called delusional, and told that "many studies exist that prove masks work", but not a single bit of evidence has been offered.

            I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid. I'm specifically referring to 89ths comments and attitude. This down your nose snobbery goes even further than 89th took it actually, to straight up state that all Trump supporters are toothless hillbillies living in the south with 3rd grade educations, dumb as bricks, and all around inferior to the "sophisticated" northerner. I honestly do believe that this is how 89th sees things.

            I hate to break it to you 89th, but I'm not a toothless hillbilly with a third grade education living in a trailer. I'm as well educated as you are, I could probably drop your house into my garage, I've got more money than I know what to do with, and I didn't get here by being ignorant. So shove your "superior to you" attitude square up your ass.

            A very good friend of mine is a medical doctor. He worked with my wife when she had covid. I value his opinion. This is in his area of expertise. I asked him if masks work. He said "does your underwear stop a fart?"I'm not anti mask, I'm not anti vaccine. I wore a mask up until I got my second dose of the vaccine, I'll be getting the booster shot. So don't try to portray me according to your "I am superior to you" view of things. I'm making a point here - at what point do you stop allowing political narratives to take your freedoms away?

            F you chain a dog to a tree, he soon learns how far he can get from the tree and becomes satisfied with that. Remove one link a day from the chain, and the dog never notices that his freedom is being taken away. This is the important issue, not your "I'm smarter than you because I believe in masks " snobbery, and not bending to a politically correct "masks work so unless you agree to force 5 year olds to wear masks you're a Nazi bull shit.

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              Loki
              wrote on last edited by
              #25

              I have no issue with Trump supporters and agree with much.

              I wonder myself if masks on little kids work but I sure wouldn’t create a shitstorm over it especially if it smells like politics.

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              • LarryL Larry

                When i said there was no scientific evidence to support the notion that masks work I was referring to masks on kindergarten and grade school kids. I thought that was obvious, apparently not. That said, I've been mocked and ridiculed for being a Trump supporter, called delusional, and told that "many studies exist that prove masks work", but not a single bit of evidence has been offered.

                I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid. I'm specifically referring to 89ths comments and attitude. This down your nose snobbery goes even further than 89th took it actually, to straight up state that all Trump supporters are toothless hillbillies living in the south with 3rd grade educations, dumb as bricks, and all around inferior to the "sophisticated" northerner. I honestly do believe that this is how 89th sees things.

                I hate to break it to you 89th, but I'm not a toothless hillbilly with a third grade education living in a trailer. I'm as well educated as you are, I could probably drop your house into my garage, I've got more money than I know what to do with, and I didn't get here by being ignorant. So shove your "superior to you" attitude square up your ass.

                A very good friend of mine is a medical doctor. He worked with my wife when she had covid. I value his opinion. This is in his area of expertise. I asked him if masks work. He said "does your underwear stop a fart?"I'm not anti mask, I'm not anti vaccine. I wore a mask up until I got my second dose of the vaccine, I'll be getting the booster shot. So don't try to portray me according to your "I am superior to you" view of things. I'm making a point here - at what point do you stop allowing political narratives to take your freedoms away?

                F you chain a dog to a tree, he soon learns how far he can get from the tree and becomes satisfied with that. Remove one link a day from the chain, and the dog never notices that his freedom is being taken away. This is the important issue, not your "I'm smarter than you because I believe in masks " snobbery, and not bending to a politically correct "masks work so unless you agree to force 5 year olds to wear masks you're a Nazi bull shit.

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                Doctor Phibes
                wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                #26

                @larry said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid.

                Unlike your regular and frequent comments about Democrat voters, complimenting them on their intelligence and sophistication 😆

                I was only joking

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                • HoraceH Horace

                  @loki said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                  @aqua-letifer said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                  @copper said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                  Shut up

                  All of you

                  Just shut up

                  I mean, I like absurdist performance art as much as the next guy, even in written form only, but fair go, man, don't you think it's gone too far?

                  I cannot think of anything else that 69% of Americans agree on. It actually shows we might not be as divided as we think.

                  There's tons we agree on. If we're talking about it, it means we don't agree on it. The perception that we agree on nothing is really just the perception that people are talking.

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                  Copper
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #27

                  @horace said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                  There's tons we agree on.

                  I used to believe that everyone agreed 60 feet between bases was perfection.

                  Now there are people, serious people, who want to change that.

                  Nothing is sacred.

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    @larry said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                    I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid.

                    Unlike your regular and frequent comments about Democrat voters, complimenting them on their intelligence and sophistication 😆

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                    Larry
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #28

                    @doctor-phibes said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                    @larry said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                    I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid.

                    Unlike your regular and frequent comments about Democrat voters, complimenting them on their intelligence and sophistication 😆

                    I think the proof is pretty clear at this point that anyone still voting democrat is as dumb as a box of rocks.

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                    • LarryL Larry

                      When i said there was no scientific evidence to support the notion that masks work I was referring to masks on kindergarten and grade school kids. I thought that was obvious, apparently not. That said, I've been mocked and ridiculed for being a Trump supporter, called delusional, and told that "many studies exist that prove masks work", but not a single bit of evidence has been offered.

                      I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid. I'm specifically referring to 89ths comments and attitude. This down your nose snobbery goes even further than 89th took it actually, to straight up state that all Trump supporters are toothless hillbillies living in the south with 3rd grade educations, dumb as bricks, and all around inferior to the "sophisticated" northerner. I honestly do believe that this is how 89th sees things.

                      I hate to break it to you 89th, but I'm not a toothless hillbilly with a third grade education living in a trailer. I'm as well educated as you are, I could probably drop your house into my garage, I've got more money than I know what to do with, and I didn't get here by being ignorant. So shove your "superior to you" attitude square up your ass.

                      A very good friend of mine is a medical doctor. He worked with my wife when she had covid. I value his opinion. This is in his area of expertise. I asked him if masks work. He said "does your underwear stop a fart?"I'm not anti mask, I'm not anti vaccine. I wore a mask up until I got my second dose of the vaccine, I'll be getting the booster shot. So don't try to portray me according to your "I am superior to you" view of things. I'm making a point here - at what point do you stop allowing political narratives to take your freedoms away?

                      F you chain a dog to a tree, he soon learns how far he can get from the tree and becomes satisfied with that. Remove one link a day from the chain, and the dog never notices that his freedom is being taken away. This is the important issue, not your "I'm smarter than you because I believe in masks " snobbery, and not bending to a politically correct "masks work so unless you agree to force 5 year olds to wear masks you're a Nazi bull shit.

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                      89th
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                      #29

                      @larry said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                      When i said there was no scientific evidence to support the notion that masks work I was referring to masks on kindergarten and grade school kids. I thought that was obvious, apparently not. That said, I've been mocked and ridiculed for being a Trump supporter, called delusional, and told that "many studies exist that prove masks work", but not a single bit of evidence has been offered.

                      I'm also getting tired of down your nose commentary that insinuates Trump supporters are all stupid. I'm specifically referring to 89ths comments and attitude. This down your nose snobbery goes even further than 89th took it actually, to straight up state that all Trump supporters are toothless hillbillies living in the south with 3rd grade educations, dumb as bricks, and all around inferior to the "sophisticated" northerner. I honestly do believe that this is how 89th sees things.

                      I hate to break it to you 89th, but I'm not a toothless hillbilly with a third grade education living in a trailer. I'm as well educated as you are, I could probably drop your house into my garage, I've got more money than I know what to do with, and I didn't get here by being ignorant. So shove your "superior to you" attitude square up your ass.

                      A very good friend of mine is a medical doctor. He worked with my wife when she had covid. I value his opinion. This is in his area of expertise. I asked him if masks work. He said "does your underwear stop a fart?"I'm not anti mask, I'm not anti vaccine. I wore a mask up until I got my second dose of the vaccine, I'll be getting the booster shot. So don't try to portray me according to your "I am superior to you" view of things. I'm making a point here - at what point do you stop allowing political narratives to take your freedoms away?

                      F you chain a dog to a tree, he soon learns how far he can get from the tree and becomes satisfied with that. Remove one link a day from the chain, and the dog never notices that his freedom is being taken away. This is the important issue, not your "I'm smarter than you because I believe in masks " snobbery, and not bending to a politically correct "masks work so unless you agree to force 5 year olds to wear masks you're a Nazi bull shit.

                      You'd be surprised how similar we are.

                      We are both conservatives. We are both southerners. We both think Biden is inept. We both have large garages and money. We both aren't ignorant (actually, I am pretty ignorant on most topics...self-awareness being the one area where I'm not ignorant). We both wore masks until we got the shot. And we both are not sold on the efficacy of kids wearing masks. For example, I wouldn't have my 3 year old wear a mask when she starts preschool next month unless it's mandated - and if it is, my wife and I are still deciding if we'll send her or wait until next year to start.

                      All of that being said, it sucks you've extrapolated my comments beyond what I've actually said. I've never said all Trump supporters are stupid. Heck, my wife voted for Trump. Ok, bad example 😉 . I think you're a smart dude, but whether it's you or anyone else, I have no problem calling out unsupported (and quite frankly destructive) claims about Trump really winning the election, or comments about masks and/or vaccines that undercut the very solution to getting us past COVID...masks/distance and vaccines.

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                      • L Loki

                        Masks seem to be an issue limited to the US and political philosophy? Do I have that right?

                        I am not weighing in on mask effectiveness but understanding the origins and extent of anti masking.

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                        89th
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                        #30

                        @loki said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                        Masks seem to be an issue limited to the US and political philosophy? Do I have that right?

                        I am not weighing in on mask effectiveness but understanding the origins and extent of anti masking.

                        BTW here is an interesting study. Figure 3 is easiest understand at a glance, but some of the tables and conclusions provide more detail:

                        https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7783295/

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                        • HoraceH Online
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                          Horace
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #31

                          I am a wealthy, well educated, good looking Trump supporter.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            I am a wealthy, well educated, good looking Trump supporter.

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                            Mik
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                            #32

                            @horace said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                            I am a wealthy, well educated, good looking Trump supporter.

                            Well, you ARE wealthy and well-educated, aren't you? 😁

                            “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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                              Assuming they wear them, why would masks not work for young kids if they work for adults?

                              “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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                              • MikM Mik

                                Assuming they wear them, why would masks not work for young kids if they work for adults?

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                                Copper
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #34

                                @mik said in Texas Public Schools and Mask Mandates:

                                why would masks not work for young kids

                                Like asking an Afghan to sit inside the plane.

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                                  #35

                                  I don't like engaging in piss fights over who's got the biggest dick (for the record.....)... But while you ( the collective "you") can call me an asshole, tell me I'm stupid, whatever..... do NOT ever talk down to me. And 89th, you can dress this pig up any way you want, you were talking down .

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                                    Well, I'm not particularly wealthy nor am I good looking.

                                    But I could probably kill you in less than three seconds and I know I could have you butchered and in a plastic drum in less than three minutes.

                                    We all have our little talents.😊

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                      Link to video

                                      I was only joking

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                                        https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033293779/texas-school-system-closes-teachers-die-covid-waco

                                        A central Texas school system shutdown after two staff members died of COVID-19.

                                        This may be the first of many as more K-12 public schools reopen after Labor Day.

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                                          Well stud duck, what ya gonna do? Close the schools? Let the kids fall further behind? Teach them all remotely and let them fail?

                                          Socially isolate them and have them turn out like you?😛😛

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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