sycasey said:Lots of people knew slavery was wrong at the time; that's why there was a war over it and why there had to be so many tenuous compromises in the years before. The people who started that war knew exactly what they were doing and what they were fighting for. I think I'm going to say those individuals were a lot more destructive than Fauci, who ultimately was just an advisor and didn't even have actual direct control over state and local health policy.TheFiatLux said:I think we might be closer, if not in agreement. What I didn't make clear so you may have missed is that I am talking about an individual. I'm not talking about all the ills of society / government. The things you list were terrible but weren't one person; they were also a different time. It's a little bit of apples and oranges. Fauci KNEW what was going on, he knew HIS role and he lied and lied more. Those lies have had deleterious impact far beyond just the individual lies he told.sycasey said:TheFiatLux said:Projection much?sycasey said:You are lost, my friend.TheFiatLux said:Yes. Fauci, almost single-handedly, put in place the forces that would erode so much of our society, government, way of life. I won't list them all, they're known, but the Covid hysteria is singularly the most damaging thing to happen to this country in our lifetime, if not ever.sycasey said:Worse than all the slaveowners! The ones who started needless wars! The ones who killed all the Native Americans!TheFiatLux said:I firmly believe that Fauci is the most loathsome person in the history of the US government. Worse than Benedict Arnold. The damage he wrought on America will far outlive this disgusting POS.Genocide Joe said:As I predicted on Friday in @nypost, Fauci's testimony on Capitol Hill this week was tragically blighted by his sweeping memory loss regarding almost everything he said & did on Covid https://t.co/qob5LTWfnj
— James Bovard (@JimBovard) January 10, 2024
Come on now.
Society was locked down. Insane. Society put the interests of adults ahead of children. Reprehensible. Your rights were suspended. For nothing. But here you are defending it all and its architect.
I've said this before, but yours is an example of Melbourne Syndrome. Like Stockholm Syndrome, except here those who were lied to bond with the people lying.
Lost souls.
I have my own disagreements with past COVID policy and do not mind criticism of such. I just don't think it was the greatest crime our government has ever committed in its history. Silly me, thinking slavery or war or racial genocide are worse.
OK, we're not close. We're just going to fundamentally disagree and leave it at that. Thanks.