Posted on 03/16/2020 8:43:03 AM PDT by GulfMan
Before you look up my account and call me a noob I have been here since Clinton was President, just under a different user name. I haven't posted in a week or so, I've just been reading and lurking. It has really been an awakening recently to say the least.
I am surprised and maybe even a little shocked by my fellow Freepers. I really kind of thought we were all kind-of like minded (ya, I know, conservatives).
We have the "FluBro's" who are in total denial of what is happening world-wide. It reminds me of the other party and their inability to see and or face the truth and I am just so surprised by that. They are the exact kind of people Italy is warning us about in a new article today. In the fact, the entire nation of Italy scoffed and laughed it off, now they warning us not be like them. I think there are too many in this country like that however, I just spoke to a real estate person in Gulf Shores who said the place was booming, as grandparents/parents were taking their kids down for vacations since school was cancelled. Not a clue.
We have the folks supporting the guys from Tennessee who drove around the country and bought up all of the supplies that people would want to protect themselves from the virus only to list those products on Amazon at outrageous prices were completely justified in the name of free enterprise. Imagine being the type of person that sees a crisis and their plan is to exploit people for money during those times, and then to have other people support them?
We have those who say they will refuse to quarantine and won't be told what to do and want all kinds of places to remain open. It's like cantankerous old coots who are stuck in their ways and feel their freedom trumps everyone and everything around them, they owe their brother nothing. I'm embarrassed in part to be in the same boat as many on this forum. The constant arguing between those that know this is a serious situation and the FluBro's is tiresome.
That said, this is the best site for following the Coronavirus outbreak as people are local everywhere and sharing local news we wouldn't get anywhere else. I will continue to lurk for sure.
I hope everyone stays safe and pray this passes quickly, that as few as possible die, and the economy rebounds strongly, and we get back to living the American dream.
God Bless
Really? I don’t know whether to call that #WayToCat or #EpicCatFail.
FR does support a wide range of opinions and viewpoints which makes it a great place to debate and enjoy our freedom of speech.
God Bless you too and I hope you and your family stay safe.
“Imagine being the type of person that sees a crisis and their plan is to exploit people for money during those times, and then to have other people support them?”
The Left has been talking down the economy in hopes of political advantage for three years and now jump on Covid-19 ... yet the same often glossed over H1N1.
To observe that they employ rhetoric to exploit people’s fears for political power is not ignoring what is happening in the world.
We have the “FluBro’s” who are in total denial of what is happening world-wide.
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You left out one category FR also has.
Those, like the left, that grotesquely exaggerate and twist what others say to fit their own narrative.
Like you.
I find the completely divergent points of view fascinating but understandable due to the uncertainty of current events. Free speech in action can be messy and can be tiresome. They are all just opinions for now. Who is right has yet to be determined.
I haven’t seen an Opus in a loooong time.
That’s it...no more Q-anon for you!
Be careful but be reasonable. With the democrat wish along with the MSM to destroy the Trump economy it is reasonable to assume this is being blown way out of proportion. They have even managed to contain Trump’s best weapon.. THE TRUMP RALLY.
I have noticed some of these comments and I am at odds with some of the things I am seeing on fr like you..the government’s main (should be only) purpose is to protect it’s citizens against dangers that individuals cannot. It looks like that is what they are trying to do based on the information they have...better to be safe than sorry..yes media is blowing things out of proportion but commmon sense shows people still are not taking this seriously. Hopefully these actions will shorten the damage to economy people etc
If this stat is accurate, how many of those who have died from COVID-19 would have died in the past month if they had contracted this year’s seasonal flu? We have never shut down our economy for any reason before.
Been like this a long time. Just laugh at them and move on
My only conclusion thus far is that whatever happens, the people who have advocated the near total shut down will claim they did the right thing. No matter what the final outcome, they will claim it would have been much worse, there is no evidence that will confirm or deny it.
As an aside, the only helpful aspect of this so far is that it shows what the left would prefer this world to look like in order to fight climate change. Is this how we would want to live full time? I don't think so.
I too am shocked at the number of people who are supposed to be working from home but are grabbing cheap flights to fly around the country and party. When they return home they'll spread it to their friends and colleagues.
What are these people thinking? What are Freepers thinking who say it's okay to lie to your employer and not work from home?
I really kind of thought we were all kind-of like minded (ya, I know, conservatives).
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This site would be worthless if what you expected was true.
If were just another echo chamber I would not waste a second coming here. I know what my thoughts and beliefs are but I could be wrong. Having opposing views is what keeps me on the straight and narrow.
If someone chooses not to believe that the virus is real or not will be something that time will demonstrate if they were right or wrong. That is their business.
I turned in my “conservative” card a long time ago. Too many “conservatives” were telling what I had to believe to be true conservative so I left them in the echo chamber and searched for a place I could hear different views on many subjects.
This place is as much a school as a forum. I know I’ve learned a lot.
I guess you can chalk some of that up to that.
Fear is non-partisan. You really don’t know who’s in the foxhole with you until the shooting starts.
So there’s that.
That is the exact same defense my GF says I'm using. Yes, I joke about it a lot, yes, I've posted some pretty funny memes (most of which I've made) about it and yes, I say some pretty outrageous things about it, that does not mean however I'm not being reasonable and practical in my approach to dealing with it.
Personally, I think so much of the hype is so far over-blown you can literally see the panic in people's faces in the grocery stores.
The lying liberal media and the democrats who are obviously looking to make political hay over all this should be ashamed of themselves.
They won't be, because they have no shame, but they should.
In closing, IMO the lying liberal lamestream media is a far more deadly virus than this Wuhan China virus is.
Ignorance kills, folks. And that's what the media's been peddling since all this has started.
Don't fall for the panic. Use your brains. Logic & reason saves. Ignorance & panic kills.
Generalizations suck. If you having nothing of substance to say, get busy not saying it.
Trump is President. The sun came up over the Summit on time this morning and the snow is melting.
You really want to be ostracized? Tell the good folks that you support Ted Cruz.
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