Article in the "Federalist," eh, who cares, let 'em die.

[Archae]

The Federalist Asks: Is America ‘Better Off’ Letting People Die From Coronavirus?

The Federalist published an article Monday that ​considers an argument to​ consciously allow​ ​hundreds of thousands of people to die in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic if it mean​s Americans would regain a sense of normalcy.

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/the-federalist-asks-is-america-better-off-letting-people-die-from-coronavirus/

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Sadly, They're Not The First

Been reading snips posted here on DU quoting people, in multiple countries, saying the same thing.

[lapfog_1]

2. if only the virus was selective to people that think this way

[BComplex]

18. amen to that! Federalists just keep proving more sociopathic by the day.

Are they all Ayn Rand fans?

[JHB]

3. Conservatives gonna conservative

[uponit7771]

5. +1

[unblock]

4. Because hundreds of thousands of people dying is perfectly normal.

[bubbazero]

6. reminds me of the school movie--"the lottery"

How many should we sacrifice? and who? the nonproductive? or just those unlucky?

[The Magistrate]

7. The Idea Of 'Normalcy' Including Hectacombs Of Dead, Sir

Certainly raises questions about the mental state of the author. It makes me wonder what close examination beneath his basement floor might reveal....

[Hekate]

12. One wonders what god he worships, that would be pleased with these sacrifices...

Checking his basement might be revealing, indeed.

[The Magistrate]

14. Great Cthulu, By The Look Of It, Ma'am

"Do not call up that which you cannot put down."

[JHB]

26. Calls For Cthulu (volume warning)

[musette_sf]

8. So a Ph.D. student thinks I'm expendable.

FYYFF

[Hekate]

13. Not all PhD students are created equal, and that goes double for their courses of study

I'm sure Stephen Miller and the missus are looking to hire this person as we speak, though.

[musette_sf]

17. Oh, this POS is a real winner.

Here's radical fundamentalist theocrat (MA from Biola "University", formerly the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, in "Christian Apologetics" ) Ashbach's publicly posted thoughts on government:

“Government is the use of violence by some people against other people in order to make the latter do what the first people want. How to justify such behavior is a fascinating question.”

Here's the radical fundamentalist theocrat's bio:

https://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/graduate-school/jonathan-ashbach/



Here are the Aims Of Hillsdale College (a RW indoctrination madrassa):

The College values the merit of each unique individual, rather than succumbing to the dehumanizing, discriminatory trend of so-called “social justice” and “multicultural diversity,” which judges individuals not as individuals, but as members of a group and which pits one group against other competing groups in divisive power struggles.

Yeah, the "merit of each unique individual" to be treated or to DIE.

FYYFF

[JHB]

27. Ahh, so the PhD he aspires to REALLY is for "Piled high and Deep"

Clearly he has a BS degree, not to be confused with a Bachelors of Science.

[Crunchy Frog]

9. It sounds like they're working on making that the new party line.

They're going to try genocide as a way to get the economy back on track.

I don't think even the MAGAts, who are disproportionately older and unhealthier are going to find that acceptable.

[Hekate]

15. But how many of the MAGAe are even aware of what the so-called intelligentsia of their tribe ....

....are saying?

[PA Democrat]

23. If it isn't covered on Fox News it never happened

for most of the MAGAe.

[Crunchy Frog]

25. When people start dying, primal instincts start taking over.

MAGAts are products of evolution too, and self preservation will supercede Fux propaganda for the vast majority of them.

[JHB]

28. Or to phrase it the old-fashined way...

..."reduce the surplus population".

[Bonx]

10. I've seen similar sentiments amongst the younger crowd on Reddit

[lastlib]

11. That fits in with the right-wing healthcare plan, GOPeeDon'tCare---

1) Don't get sick;
2) If you get sick, die as quickly as possible.
3) If you don't die quickly, kill yourself.

[sanatanadharma]

16. More conservative-regression in a not-so passive way

So much for the "All Lives Matter" chant. Apparently the value of a human life peaks as a fetus.

I weep for an America that considers human sacrifice to the god-mammon to be normal.

[BamaRefugee]

19. I'm all-in for reopening Mar-a-Lago and packing in the rich like sardines.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. Trump wants people to die

But thinks he and his rich pig buddies deserve to be spared. I hope they die off ,all the selfish pigs for killing people.I hope the coronavirus gets them all and cleans out the corruption.

[Wounded Bear]

21. Save the Feti! Let the old fuckers die!

[PA Democrat]

22. Sorry, I don't want geronticide to become "normal"

What a reprehensible, morally bankrupt idea.

[tenderfoot]

24. Direct quote from the article

Of course, it sounds very callous to talk about considering the costs. It seems harsh to ask whether the nation might be better off letting a few hundred thousand people die. Probably for that reason, few have been willing to do so publicly thus far. Yet honestly facing reality is not callous, and refusing even to consider whether the present response constitutes an even greater evil than the one it intends to mitigate would be cowardly.

[Grins]

29. Hillsdale College, the Reich's favorite diploma mill

Because when Liberty “University”, Bob Jones “University”, and Regent “University” are a bit too over-the-wall-crazy, they can find some refuge in a normal appearing school, one best known for its past conservative “Family Values” president whose schtupping his son’s wife - for years - forced her into committing suicide.

[XRubicon]

30. As long as it doesn't affect them personally

Repubs dont care.

But it will if they do this.