Absurd is a good description of the politics going on in the US right now. Vaccination status has become a tribal badge. I would feel relief if Trump hacked up some blood clots and died from Covid. It's not rational. Trumps fascist faction threatens lives in many ways. The fight or flight response toward threats is embedded in this discussion.
It might be different in Europe. I'm guessing
The main difference, in this part of europe anyway, is the ratio. Between anti-vax and sane people. Between far right and the rest. There's the same overlap though. Far right politicians claiming absurd nonsense about vaccinations.
The family of Sigrid Kaag found the man standing at her door with a burning torch on Wednesday evening "threatening and anxiety-inducing." The D66 leader and future deputy prime minister spoke in a tweet of "absurd and terrifying events." She spoke out against the hardened tone and threats that...
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He got 6 months in prison. I'm guessing that would be different in the US.
The D66 and Forum voor Democratie often clash about the coronavirus policy, but things got out of hand on Wednesday. D66 parliamentarian Sjoerd Sjoerdsma even felt threaten by Pepijn van Houwelingen (FvD). During a heated debate, the latter said to Sjoerdsma: "And your time will come. There will...
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Far right fascist threatening dems with "tribunals".
Although the smoking gun is missing, they clearly have ties with Russia
Dutch far-right politician Thierry Baudet, one of the main backers of the 2016 referendum on Ukraine and the EU, has links to Russia, takes a soft line on Moscow, and has hinted at taking Russian money, according to a report by investigative television programme Zembla. The claims of Russian...
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They (the far right party) proclaimed today they are pro-life. Irrational far right populism became a US export product. Because Spain, Poland, Ireland, Morocco and other countries didn't/don't allow abortions, we sent
abortion ships and parked them at their coasts so women there could be helped. That's how by far most here feel about abortion rights. That's how absurd far right is being right now. They basically parrot nonsense from conservative americans on social media. It's laughable. We have a low tolerance for irrational bs in NL, especially the part actually called Holland, but most countries in Europe have similar Trump wannabees feeding the same flawed human beings.
Your comments about a different tune has been something of public debate here recently. Whether the sane portion of society is keeping a door open for the nutters to return to earth. Instead of pushing them further away and declaring them subhuman. The ratio difference makes that an entirely different discussion here. I have no idea how I'd handle a situation where seemingly the other half are batshit crazy anti-vax fascists, but I'm sure it would only motivate me more to demand from others they stay rational and reasonable. It's really the only thing that can get us through this era of information, need to vax people against bs and give them a daily booster shot.
The recuctio ad absurdum was Dr's implication you cannot suggest people should not hate on people suffering or dying from covid and still wish the most horrible covid experience on Trump. That's like saying you can't hate on a lack of gun control cause a gun can kill hitler.
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