[ExI] you'll never see this again

[Dylan Distasio]

Most of the far right are disgusted with the Republican party.

On Fri, Jul 3, 2020, 1:18 PM SR Ballard via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I strenuously disagree that only the far right are the only members left
> in the Republican party. They’re just the loudest and they are growing, but
> they’re not the whole party. Surely even you know some “not Trump, not
> Pence” Republicans?
>
> That’s like saying the only Democrats are Bernie diehards.
>
> SR Ballard
>
> On Jul 3, 2020, at 11:55 AM, John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 10:45 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>
>
> *>  I didn’t jump to anyone’s defense.  Pointing out that POTUS has no
>> jurisdiction in this case isn’t defending POTUS.*
>>
>
> You're excusing POTUS's dereliction of duty. The virus has outsmarted
> Trump at every turn, he even gave the virus a silly nickname (kung flu)
> because that strategy worked so well against his political opponents, but
> to his surprise this time it didn't work, the virus remained unflustered.
> So Trump is out of ideas, he's in way over his head so he just throws up
> his hands and says there's nothing I can do so I don't want to talk or hear
> about it ever again, and then he goes out and plays golf or does what he's
> really good at, turning on Fox News and watching sycophants fawn over him.
>
>
>> > *The rioters and BLM demonstrators are generally not wearing masks
>> already.*
>>
>
> It's true that not all of them wore masks and they should have, but the
> percentage was much higher than at the Trump rallies, and at least the BLM
> people were outdoors.
>
>
>> *> The guy in the video can’t do much of anything, because he isn’t a
>> governor, only a POTUS.  POTUS doesn’t have the authority a governor has in
>> this case*
>
>
> And for similar reasons Franklin Roosevelt said in a famous speech:
>
> "*Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy --
> the Territory of Hawaii was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and
> air forces of the Empire of Japan. I'm sure I speak for all Americans when
> I say I wish the Hawaiians the very best of luck in the difficult struggle
> they have before them**.*"
>
>
>> > *(Bill of Rights, Amendments 9 and 10.)*
>>
>
> If what you say is true and the constitution renders the federal
> government powerless to protect its citizens from a global virus epidemic
> as every other advanced technological country in the world has managed to
> do then that is an admission that the constitution of the United States is
> a complete failure and is nothing but a worthless scrap of paper. But I
> don't really think the constitution is worthless, I think the current POTUS
> is worthless. Protecting its citizens is the entire point of having a
> federal government, but Trump is more interested in protecting statues of
> long dead American traitors.
>
> >* the pandemic is not a left-right issue,*
>>
>
> As long as Trump thinks wearing a virus protection mask is a political sign
> of personal dissatisfaction with him and as long as extreme right wing
> Republicans (the only type of Republican there is anymore) think that "*member's
> of the Church of Secular Science bow to the Gods of Data by wearing a mask
> as their symbol, demonstrating that they are the elite; smarter, more
> rational, and morally superior to everyone else*" then like it or not the
> virus epidemic has very much become a left-right issue. And respect for the
> truth has also become a left-right issue.
>
> John K Clark
>
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