U.S.A. Politics Thread

[Alkatjo]

people die

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[New Years]

if the death rate for covid was a flat 99.99% then to reach the death rate we're at daily there'd be OVER 100k cases a day, MATTHEW

[bloody jumper]

if the death rate for covid was a flat 99.99% then to reach the death rate we're at daily there'd be nearly 100k cases a day, MATTHEW

We all know Matthew is not the smartest.

[cHeEsEpIzZa2]

reminder there has been 70 9/11's worth of covid deaths in the usa so far

so? 9/11 wasn't bad because it killed a lot of people (it didn't), it was bad because it caused huge damage to nearby buildings, destroyed a landmark, and killed completely innocent people just... randomly. on a traditional warfront, you know a soldier is probably going to die. he might accomplish great deeds for the country, but he probably will die. but in 9/11, random people, with no warning or reason, died. when you think about it, all the damage of 9/11 was caused by 2 people. imagine if CIA had an army of even just 100 on planes. THAT is why 9/11 was so bad.

[plad101]

so? 9/11 wasn't bad because it killed a lot of people (it didn't), it was bad because it caused huge damage to nearby buildings, destroyed a landmark, and killed completely innocent people just... randomly. on a traditional warfront, you know a soldier is probably going to die. he might accomplish great deeds for the country, but he probably will die. but in 9/11, random people, with no warning or reason, died. when you think about it, all the damage of 9/11 was caused by 2 people. imagine if CIA had an army of even just 100 on planes. THAT is why 9/11 was so bad.

Did you get a lobotomy or just straight up brain removal

[Alkatjo]

woah woah plad, you can't just refute his argument like that. you need to challenge him.

[Unova2]

so? 9/11 wasn't bad because it killed a lot of people (it didn't),

3k loving people wasn't a lot?? the buildings were more important than those lives??

[Justanaverageguy]

This is one hell of a hottake. Property can be rebuilt. 9/11 was traumatic because it presented a level of vulnerability the American public hadn't felt before. Before 9/11 the proverbial bad guys were always "over there" and abstract in the minds of the U.S. people. 9/11 exploited vulnerabilities in domestic infrastructure to attack domestically, causing the eyes of the public to swivel from foreign battlefields to paranoia about its own soil and security, a massive change from the way such things had been addressed previously.
Covid is the same thing. These aren't "America" problems. Deadly diseases wiping out huge swaths of a population was, to the public, something that happened in poverty. It was a "China" issue, or an "Africa" issue. We were dissociated to the point that people have been pointing out or vulnerability to mass pandemics for years and there was no major update to our system of response.

[bloody jumper]

I'm pretty sure he's either baiting and he's stupid, or he's not and he's REALLY stupid, either way, just don't give him the attention he wants.

[maxxamillion]

3k loving people wasn't a lot??

ive killed more people than that in my sleep

[Justanaverageguy]

I'm pretty sure he's either baiting and he's stupid, or he's not and he's REALLY stupid, either way, just don't give him the attention he wants.

I took the bait, god help me.

[plad101]

ive killed more people than that in my sleep

[RADICAL_PROBLEM_USERINCEL]

so? 9/11 wasn't bad because it killed a lot of people (it didn't), it was bad because it caused huge damage to nearby buildings, destroyed a landmark, and killed completely innocent people just... randomly. on a traditional warfront, you know a soldier is probably going to die. he might accomplish great deeds for the country, but he probably will die. but in 9/11, random people, with no warning or reason, died. when you think about it, all the damage of 9/11 was caused by 2 people. imagine if CIA had an army of even just 100 on planes. THAT is why 9/11 was so bad.

you weren't alive during 9/11

[Alkatjo]

what if those 3k people were all convicted child enthusiasts.

[Justanaverageguy]

Why the forget did it devolve to this