Good points.
Why would anyone trust what FedGov says without verifying? That’s always been sound advice. Red flags should have gone off when Fauci did his mask reversal. Then wear his two masks reversal, etc, etc.
But as noted in my previous post, that was lots of disinformation. Spoons sticking to injection sites anyone? Don’t handle your mail for days or spray with bleach or disinfectant, anyone? And that was AFTER there was research showing that in lab conditions that there was negligible risk of being infected from mail.
I understand it being tongue-in-cheek for some, but for others - the comments in many threads demonstrate an anger and contempt for people that die and do not have taped on their forehead “I was not vaccinated”. I can’t think of a better way to grow Free Republic than for someone visiting the website and seeing comments mocking someone that dies and was vaccinated, and that includes teenagers.
To be fair, FRiend, there was an awful MSM- and DNC-approved celebratory sentiment when an unvaxxed person died of covid in 2021. This accompanies blatant hostility directed at anyone who questioned the efficacy of the shots (which, btw, never underwent the typical clinical trial process that at median runs 9 years and has a count toss-like success rate).
You're now seeing the flip side - many heretofore oppressed people moved to a permanent "I don't care anymore" level of anger.
Again, some of this is fabricated. The left has no sense of humor. They've been saying for a while "safe and effective" and when you see the AP et al publishing "FACT CHECK: " 'died suddenly' isn't due to the shots" you know you've hit a nerve. Many people delight in salting that wound - its payback.
For me, the latest sucker punch that resulted in a standing 8-count was "SVB's failure was due to wokeness." They clearly could not manage their asset-liability risks, and they were wokey (though not excessively more than other firms). Sloppy reporting. (and perhaps ignorance) leading to confusion over their (MIA) chief risk officer and a woke UK risk employee. That was the bedrock for the woke=failure narrative. I'm not saying it's not a contributing factor, but it's not THE driving force. I also think it's intellectually dishonest. Nonetheless, that talking point gained traction to the annoyance of the left, which basically guaranteed that the right would turn up that heat.
There's a new right wing breed of smash mouth armchair political observers who love the concept of growing liberty and freedom by shrinking our fan base to glory. The left does it too - their nutjob left wing sector is hell bent on burning down the house by calling opponents Nazis, pushing trans everything, and nullifying parental rights. At both sectors' cores stand looter mentality - "we're in the end times of society anyway so I may as well get my fair share before the other guy" and a loss of humanity.