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I went over to FR last night to nose around. They will not take any vaccine. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Nov 2020 OP
I'm Actually Okay With That COL Mustard Nov 2020 #1
Vaxholes - perfect term. I work in pediatrics. 3catwoman3 Nov 2020 #3
Yep. TheBlackAdder Nov 2020 #4
Me either PatSeg Nov 2020 #6
They will be vaccinated and won't have to take on nearly as much risk just to do their job nt Shermann Nov 2020 #15
Yes PatSeg Nov 2020 #30
You shouldn't be okay with that DrToast Nov 2020 #18
Being that so many of "them" are so dense MizLibby Nov 2020 #2
They are at least clever enough to see right through any trojan horse strategy Shermann Nov 2020 #16
Look on the bright side DFW Nov 2020 #5
Lemme guess ... a significant portion of them don't want it cause Pzifer, et al ... mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #7
Oh, no, their "reasons" are much crazier than that. Mariana Nov 2020 #31
You forgot: It will turn them black. nt Boogiemack Nov 2020 #32
And gay too! durablend Nov 2020 #34
I just hope I can talk some of my family members into Beachnutt Nov 2020 #8
Oh yeah, the Trumper extended family have been saying this since almost the beginning. Thomas Hurt Nov 2020 #9
Just curious, what is their reasoning for not willing to take it? Victor_c3 Nov 2020 #10
one reply Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #11
Well, huh.... Victor_c3 Nov 2020 #14
My guess is that they don't want to take the vaccine for the same reason they won't wear masks Poiuyt Nov 2020 #28
Well, maybe they will all just die. louis-t Nov 2020 #12
That place is dominated by vocal, angry , fringe lunatics Kaleva Nov 2020 #13
Some years ago, some of the religious nuts and conspiracy theorists Mariana Nov 2020 #33
FR is Free Republic? Is that the most prominent conservative forum? nt Shermann Nov 2020 #17
It's a lunatic right-wing forum. MineralMan Nov 2020 #19
It's one of the oldest jmowreader Nov 2020 #21
Oh that sounds fun. I want to be zotted! Shermann Nov 2020 #22
I was kicked off FR during the George W. Bush administration. Ha! Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #27
Freak Republic Skittles Nov 2020 #42
People on this site are saying the same thing. former9thward Nov 2020 #20
She said no such thing. Stop lying. Mariana Nov 2020 #35
Trump has said we should take the vaccines. former9thward Nov 2020 #36
It's not an either or statement NickB79 Nov 2020 #38
RimJob still running it? roamer65 Nov 2020 #23
yes Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #25
yes Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #26
Lol. roamer65 Nov 2020 #29
And still getting his government disability check, I'm sure Zorro Nov 2020 #37
I will get the vaccine tavernier Nov 2020 #24
Does their board still look like it came from the 1990s? (nt) Elwood P Dowd Nov 2020 #39
yep Grasswire2 Nov 2020 #41
Some employers intend to make it a requirement to be vaccinated to work for them. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #40

COL Mustard

(5,864 posts)
1. I'm Actually Okay With That
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:43 PM
Nov 2020

It frees up two doses for people who want to take it. Unfortunately these vaxholes will make everyone else’s trajectory through the pandemic longer.

PatSeg

(47,168 posts)
30. Yes
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:14 PM
Nov 2020

but they are already stretched the limit taking care of people in the ICU. The physical and emotional stress is overwhelming.

MizLibby

(289 posts)
2. Being that so many of "them" are so dense
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:44 PM
Nov 2020

If they named the vaccine "the trump vaccine" perhaps they would want to be first in line?

Shermann

(7,398 posts)
16. They are at least clever enough to see right through any trojan horse strategy
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:30 PM
Nov 2020

It'd be like mixing pills in with dog food. Dog: DO NOT WANT!

DFW

(54,254 posts)
5. Look on the bright side
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:47 PM
Nov 2020

It will facilitate the suppression of Republicans, and they will do all the work.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
7. Lemme guess ... a significant portion of them don't want it cause Pzifer, et al ...
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:49 PM
Nov 2020

"Cheated" Dear Leader out of victory in November ... amirite?

Well ... let Darwin at 'em all, I say ...

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
31. Oh, no, their "reasons" are much crazier than that.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:29 PM
Nov 2020

Pick any one or more of the following:

1. It's the mark of the Beast of the Revelation.

2. It contains a tracking chip.

3. It's made from aborted babies.

4. It contains some kind of birth control agent to reduce fertility.

5. It will be deadlier than the virus.

6. Dr. Fauci will make money from it.

There are more, but those are the ones I remember right off the top of my head.

Beachnutt

(7,260 posts)
8. I just hope I can talk some of my family members into
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:49 PM
Nov 2020

taking it.
I will be first in line to get it but the folks who refuse will be getting sick and many will die, very sad actually.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)
9. Oh yeah, the Trumper extended family have been saying this since almost the beginning.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:52 PM
Nov 2020

Mark of the Beast, plot to RFI tag everyone, etc. More RWNJ f*ckery.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
10. Just curious, what is their reasoning for not willing to take it?
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 01:56 PM
Nov 2020

Are they just generally anti-vaxers or is it something else?

——————


So they won’t take a vaccine that is promoted and approved by the FDA and science at large, but they’ll eagerly take chloroquine or inject various disinfectants into their body because trump suggested it was a good idea despite the science showing it’s a bad idea?

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
11. one reply
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:03 PM
Nov 2020

To: ChicagoConservative27
Screw vaccines. They’re for 🐑 sheep

Fear not the covid bogeyman

Screw masks. Shutdowns. And demoncrap. Overlords

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
14. Well, huh....
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:17 PM
Nov 2020

I’m not sure how to take the sheep thing.

Just because you’re not in the herd doesn’t mean that you’re a wolf. Animals herd/school together for protection. The animals that can’t keep up with the herd are the ones picked off by predators...

Thanks for the reply and thanks for checking out FR so I don’t have to!!

Poiuyt

(18,110 posts)
28. My guess is that they don't want to take the vaccine for the same reason they won't wear masks
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 03:00 PM
Nov 2020

They don't want the government telling them what to do.

One of the worst things Reagan ever did was making people distrust the government with his little joke, "I'm here from the government, and I'm here to help." I think that alone did more harm to America than any of his tax policies.

Kaleva

(36,235 posts)
13. That place is dominated by vocal, angry , fringe lunatics
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:15 PM
Nov 2020

The few reasonable conservatives there get attacked and are stalked. I dont know how that place was some years ago but it seems to me that Robinson is finbe with the lunatics running the asylum.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
33. Some years ago, some of the religious nuts and conspiracy theorists
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:38 PM
Nov 2020

ganged up together to harass and run all the scientists and other rational thinking people off the board. It worked. You'll find that most of the reasonable conservatives you mention are relative newcomers. They just don't last there.

MineralMan

(146,241 posts)
19. It's a lunatic right-wing forum.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:38 PM
Nov 2020

Popular? Not really. It has a group of rabid active users, but is not an influential forum.

jmowreader

(50,520 posts)
21. It's one of the oldest
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:42 PM
Nov 2020

It also has some strange customs, like the "zot." I believe they got the term from Johnny Hart's "BC" comic strip. When you are zotted, not only are you kicked off the site but every post you have ever made is deleted.

Grasswire2

(13,565 posts)
27. I was kicked off FR during the George W. Bush administration. Ha!
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:56 PM
Nov 2020

I used to regularly monitor it.

Rarely visit these days.

former9thward

(31,913 posts)
20. People on this site are saying the same thing.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 02:42 PM
Nov 2020

Are you not seeing the posts? in fact VP elect Harris said she would not take any vaccine that was developed during the Trump administration.

Mariana

(14,854 posts)
35. She said no such thing. Stop lying.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:42 PM
Nov 2020
"If the public health professionals, if Dr. Fauci, the doctors, tell us that we should take it, I'll be the first in line to take it," Harris said. "But if Donald Trump tells us we should take it, I'm not taking it."

This is what she says, in the very video you posted.

former9thward

(31,913 posts)
36. Trump has said we should take the vaccines.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 07:55 PM
Nov 2020

And you may wish to ignore it but many people on this site have posted they will not take the vaccine. They want to "wait and see" what happens.

NickB79

(19,214 posts)
38. It's not an either or statement
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 08:53 PM
Nov 2020

Trump has always been saying to take the vaccine. He pinned his re-election up n a vaccine. The obvious interpretation of Harris' statement is that she'll be the first to take it if Fauci says to take it as well as Trump.

Midnight Writer

(21,672 posts)
40. Some employers intend to make it a requirement to be vaccinated to work for them.
Thu Nov 26, 2020, 09:07 PM
Nov 2020

That will be interesting.

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