Who here has already been vaccinated? Who is not planning on getting vaccinated?

[Cypress]

Unfortunately, the Republican party supports demagogues, not patriotism. Democrats support an authoritarian Federal government as usual.

I am curious, what are some real-world examples of Democrats implementing authoritarianism?

[Doc Dutch]

I am curious, what are some real-world examples of Democrats implementing authoritarianism?

Any Federal law that restricts people from doing something within their home or against their views.

How many of those in the past 30 years haven't been Democrats implementing authoritarianism? Gun bills, mandatory this or that.

Don't get me wrong; the Republicans have moved hard towards authoritarianism. I can blame them for acting like Democrats or just being fascist assholes, but the results are they want to do the same: Mandate Federal Laws for all to comply or suffer the consequences.

The purpose of the Federal government is in the Preamble to the Constitution. It's one thing to protect citizens from hurting others. It's another to protect citizens from hurting themselves. Worse, to "protect" them from thinking rude thoughts.

I have a right to not be vaccinated. I chose to be vaccinated because it's the logical thing to do. If someone is mentally ill or have logical, albeit religious or other conditions, compelling them to avoid vaccination, what would our Founders think ideologically?

IMHO, they'd think, "No. Don't force someone without a solid legal reason to do so."

Of course, in those days, "solid legal reason" meant what a counself of 30ish+ rich, white, male landowners believed it to be. They almost always had the paperwork to back it up. You know, just like the Yankees treated the Native Americans.

[Cypress]

Any Federal law that restricts people from doing something within their home or against their views.

How many of those in the past 30 years haven't been Democrats implementing authoritarianism? Gun bills, mandatory this or that.

Don't get me wrong; the Republicans have moved hard towards authoritarianism. I can blame them for acting like Democrats or just being fascist assholes, but the results are they want to do the same: Mandate Federal Laws for all to comply or suffer the consequences.

The purpose of the Federal government is in the Preamble to the Constitution. It's one thing to protect citizens from hurting others. It's another to protect citizens from hurting themselves. Worse, to "protect" them from thinking rude thoughts.

I have a right to not be vaccinated. I chose to be vaccinated because it's the logical thing to do. If someone is mentally ill or have logical, albeit religious or other conditions, compelling them to avoid vaccination, what would our Founders think ideologically?

IMHO, they'd think, "No. Don't force someone without a solid legal reason to do so."

Of course, in those days, "solid legal reason" meant what a counself of 30ish+ rich, white, male landowners believed it to be. They almost always had the paperwork to back it up. You know, just like the Yankees treated the Native Americans.

I personally know people who live under authoritarianism in the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, and to be honest it is a diservice to real authoritarianism to compare it to anything the modern Democratic Party has done. For that matter, I would be throwing elbows to live under a President Pence rather than an Aleksandr Lukashenko.

[Nordberg]

8 days until shot #2.

[ExpressLane]

Fully vaccinated about a month ago. Moderna

[Joe Capitalist]

He didn't recommend that. He just asked one of the dumbest questions ever asked by a US President on global television. It made him a laughing stock.

Of course he didn't. I was just mincing words like FoxNews does daily. I love asking the TrumpTards about what Trump said that day. Their responses are hilarious.
One said he was just kidding, which begs the questions:
Why are you making jokes during a Pandemic press conference?
If you were kidding, why did you say you were being sarcastic a day later?

One TrumpTard said he was just innocently 'spitballing' ideas.

The TrumpTards are so far up Trump's ass, they could be mistaken for polyps.

[Joe Capitalist]

Then don't ask or respond.

Okay, then I won't. On to the IGNORE list you go. Adios, mutherfukker.

[Doc Dutch]

Of course he didn't. I was just mincing words like FoxNews does daily. I love asking the TrumpTards about what Trump said that day. Their responses are hilarious.
One said he was just kidding, which begs the questions:
Why are you making jokes during a Pandemic press conference?
If you were kidding, why did you say you were being sarcastic a day later?

One TrumpTard said he was just innocently 'spitballing' ideas.

The TrumpTards are so far up Trump's ass, they could be mistaken for polyps.

One day I suspect most Trumpers will calm down enough to admit "Yeah, that was pretty fucking stupid".

[anatta]

In this pandemic, it almost seems like a patriotic duty to get vaccinated and try to adhere to CDC guidelines.

I am sure that is basically how South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, et al. were able to put the kibosh on this pandemic.

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