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[–] benderbeerman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Can we make this a law?

Partisans have to follow ideological discipline... if conservative, you must:

not get vaccines
Not have abortions
Not be allowed subsidized food or health care
Follow all tenets of your Christian religion
Etc.....

[–] benderbeerman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

We can call it the "Practice what you preach" law

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 2 points 2 hours ago

As long as also the liberals follow the same law practing what they preach, it would be interesting to see who will survive in the end.

[–] dasrael@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Best to let this problem sort itself out.

[–] sen@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Not all conservatives I know are smokers but 99% of the smokers I know are conservative.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

These stories make me feel a little better, then a remember that herd immunity is a thing and these people are straight up blasé about their relatives choking to death from something preventable.

Herd immunity also works if you just shoot the deranged ones right?

[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 hours ago

Probably got hit with some huge unexpected medical bills and started avoiding doctors since they didn't trust them anyway.

[–] CluelessCalls@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

Die faster.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago

Just like during COVID. Maybe there's a horsepaste shortage.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Man, I was wondering why there were so many. They're so stupid I would have thought they would die out by accidentally putting their heads into wood chippers or something. Guess I was right, it's just taking a little longer.

[–] rmrf@lemmy.ml 5 points 12 hours ago

The race between premature death among the hubristic and ethics-driven depopulation among the aware intensifies; thrilling stuff .

[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 18 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

This is one way to make America healthy again.

Yep. If you cull the weak fast enough, you never have more than a handful of sick people at a time. Mom taught me that!

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago
[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 17 points 17 hours ago

Two words: Vaccine. Denial.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 17 hours ago

Finally, some good fucking news

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago (16 children)

Someone I loved very much died because he thought the Covid vaccine would kill him. Before he fell down the alt-medicine rabbit hole, he was one of my favorite uncles. He was a good guy.

He had four kids, all still in grade school, and a wife who's now a single mom. He didn't deserve to become a casualty of a confidence scam. He deserved to live. It pisses me off when people look at the death toll of a believable lie and gloat about how it's removing the 'right' people.

They fell for a scam. That doesn't merit the death sentence.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

They fell for a scam. That doesn’t merit the death sentence.

Agree. The sad fact is there have been plenty of mistakes made throughout history that can often serve as a kernel of truth to make a lie just believable enough. Given historical context within the U.S. (for example Tuskegee experiments), and the fact that even in the last decade we've uncovered more cases of unethical human experimentation by both the government and private companies (MK Ultra, social media manipulation of users emotions), we really should be asking why more isn't being done by leaders to: 1. Publicly acknowledge some very big mistakes, 2. Create ongoing consequences for the people who did this unethical bullshit. As in, ongoing financial penalties/compensations for victims and their families/communities, and demanding more transparency from these agencies and businesses... Instead of allowing them to just continue operating as normal, essentially tax free with zero transparency while pretending we should all just say thank you.

Idk is expecting the bare minimum from the people we trust (and PAY) to create and enforce laws and policy really too far fetched?

I know whenever I read some crazy MAHA bullshit coming from DHHS in 2026 implying I should be depending on raw milk for my own health instead of vaccinations, I think about the fact that A. Obviously this is a once trusted source of information I can no longer trust, B. The damage currently being done to public trust isn't going to disappear overnight if/when fascism leaves office, C. The current damage is compounded on top of a lot of previous damage our government never took the time to actually acknowledge and try to repair. D. I doubt anybody in this administration will face consequences for the damage they're doing, but there will be ongoing consequences to public health and safety for decades if not generations. And that's kind of their overarching goal.

Tldr: It's valid to be angry at people for making poor choices, but they're still people. I'm more angry at the system that failed them and is continuing to fail all of us by not demanding accountability from the agencies/corporations/individuals who knew what they were doing was wrong, but did it anyway because they believed/trusted that even if they got caught, any consequences/penalities would be insignificant.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 12 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

Nah, he had access to the same information as the rest of us, but his obsession with Trump was more important to him than his family. He worked hard to earn his death, and his family should resent him for the rest of their lives for abandoning them.

And so should you. If Trump had started rounding up and murdering immigrants and dissidents, he would have cheered for it. Don't deny it, he literally died for Trump. He was a bad and stupid person, who died because of his own poor choices.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It’s wild. Americans being unwilling to enact even SOCIAL consequences on MAGA garbage is exactly why they are where they are. These people need to be cut off without a second thought.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago (13 children)

I'm glad no one you cared about died because they got suckered into following a cult. I'm glad you don't have to wonder if they'll get hurt because they've been brainwashed. I'm glad you don't have to wonder who fed them such poisonous lies, and fight to try and cure it.

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

natural selection

[–] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 14 points 18 hours ago

If you're a racist religious fascist and think an ivermectin enema will cure your polio, I'm ok with this. You do you.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 9 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

This is only satisfactory if they die before reproducing

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[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 11 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The problem is they're trying to bring everyone else with them. Guns, covid, fossil fuels, cults, etc.

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