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infullview

(982 posts)
1. These people are just plain stupid.
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 09:40 AM
Aug 2021

How bad must the public education system be in Arkansas to produce these narrow minded individuals who are incapable of critical thinking. It's amazing they are even able to drive a car or use a toaster.

Warpy

(111,419 posts)
2. Oh, good gawd
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 09:43 AM
Aug 2021

These poor, dumb people, spoon fed antiintellectualism by church, state, and media for so long they don't know which way is up.

It's completely manufactured lack of trust and that's what will eventually kill this country.

And nobody wants to stop it. Getting the Fairness Doctrine back once Reagan/Bush were out should have been a top priority, but Clinton failed to do it. So did Obama, although he had more of an uphill battle with the Clown Congress.

With the Fairness Doctring, OAN and Newsmax go away and Pox has to change its tune. Right wing shock jocks go away. And maybe we can rebuild this country from the ashes of their scorched earth rhetoric.

(Hey, asshole. you don't know what's in Coca Cola, either, but I bet you drink the stuff)

Escurumbele

(3,408 posts)
4. Well, lets be fair, they do have some valid concerns, at least a few of them.
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 10:20 AM
Aug 2021

One of their concerns is that the State has stopped providing valid data, stopped publishing the numbers of infected and dead by vaccinated and non-vaccinated. I do believe that is a valid concern for all of us, whether we have been vaccinated or not. I have, and I want to hear the incidents that include vaccinated people.

Do we want detailed data on what is truly happening or not? I know I do.

Yes, some of the people on the video are rowdy and fanatic, but they have concerns which should be addressed. Yes, the fanatics are the ones yelling, the ones talking over everyone else, but some of their concerns are valid, without full transparency the distrust will only increase, and one of the doctors talked about that.

We must be fair, the fact that we are pro-vaccine doesn't mean that the other side should not be heard, on the contrary, lets hear what they have to say and then explain why they may be misinformed.

And once again "TRANSPARENCY" is extremely important, if you want to convince people to vaccinate then provide the truth and nothing but the truth.

Warpy

(111,419 posts)
6. Yeah, that lady with not one but two people inher family paralyzed from the waist down
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 11:13 AM
Aug 2021

She really doesn't know what she's talking about but she sure is mad about it.

It all comes down to a lack of trust that has been tended like a garden of toxic plants. It's infuriating and it's frightening.

TeamProg

(6,329 posts)
7. My god what a town full of IDIOTS.
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 11:52 AM
Aug 2021

Every person that I've known to move to Arkansas from California (3 people) were in large part, political idiots.

ancianita

(36,207 posts)
8. When I think of people who don't deserve democracy, Arkansas comes to mind.
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 01:05 PM
Aug 2021

They are what corporate contempt for democracy has made them -- kept in ignorance, obedient to peer pressure voting, taught to believe their suffering is God's will. I'd feel sorry for them, but they and everyone like them are a drag on this nation reaching a better future.

IronLionZion

(45,615 posts)
9. They don't trust experts
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 02:45 PM
Aug 2021

but they will self medicate based on stuff they read online and saw in youtube videos. It's scary to see where some of these people are procuring their drugs without a prescription, often from sketchy online sellers or those meant for farm animals. Good luck with that

cab67

(3,010 posts)
10. I hate to say this....
Wed Aug 4, 2021, 03:10 PM
Aug 2021

...but it's time for these "town hall" meetings to go the way of the comment pages on newspaper web sites.

A good idea has been poisoned past the point of recovery by those who abuse the privilege. They no longer serve a legitimate function. All they do is allow loudmouths to spew bullshit in front of a camera. They do more harm than good.

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