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Evil Incarnate's avatar

Had one of those Thanksgiving arguments without trying. It was eye-opening.

We had a house guest, a realtor who is a really smart guy, and has helped us make a lot of money over the years. We've had heated discussions before, and I've known for a long time he's sympathetic to Democrats.

The subject of government censoring people came up. At first, his response was all about how social media can keep stuff off of their websites if they want to. I told him a lower court and an appeals court had ruled the government was pressuring these companies to censor opinions by people who were experts in various fields of medicine. Had to show him an article to get him to understand, yes the government really was censoring.

His response flabbergasted me. In his mind, in the early stages of covid the government didn't really know what was going on, and they HAD to censor people to minimize vaccine hesitancy, and save lives. Told him the clot shot had actually killed people. He just doesn't believe it- he took the vax, and he's fine. And he doesn't know anyone adversely affected.

I'm guessing maybe around half the population thinks like he does. What can one do?

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Swabbie Robbie's avatar

2 donuts to take the jab?! That is insulting. I am holding out for the cheese burger and fries.

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