John Pavlovitz: The Mortal Sin of Anthony Fauci

[Nevilledog]

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/10/25/the-mortal-sin-of-anthony-fauci/

A reader outside of the US messaged me today and asked me to explain the Right’s incessant attacks on Dr. Anthony Fauci.

From his vantage point some thousands of miles away, he couldn’t understand exactly what was behind the seemingly daily hashtag campaigns calling for his firing, blaming him for the pandemic, and inventing all manner of supposed smoking gun “evidence,” that within a few hours proves to be nothing but manufactured myths than soon dissolve in the raking light of any kind of actual scrutiny.

For those not here on the ground in the States, it’s probably difficult to comprehend how we ended up here: how tens of millions of Americans and the lion’s share of one of its political parties has found a mortal enemy in one of its most respected public health experts, but it’s actually quite simple:

Antony Fauci has sinned against their God.

He had the heretical audacity to oppose their unhinged orange MAGA messiah, and that is simply not something religious zealots tolerate.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. The Right's open war on rationality, science, and common sense.

You can't support Trump and support Faucci. They choose the moron that helped kill 600,000 Americans.

[rickyhall]

3. I heard it's up to 700,000. He's the former guy, but the damage he caused continues.

[GusBob]

2. How a pandemic, a public health crisis, became a political football game

Is explained well here. Trump and Trump alone is responsible

It would never have happened to the extent that it did with any other president

If and when the next virus comes around we shall see what lessons were learned

[Solly Mack]

4. K&R

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Anthony Fauci is this generation's Galileo.

He challenged authority that insisted on its infallibility.

Before Trump and the pandemic, it seemed everyone would trust a doctor for reliable medical advice and recommendations.