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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#161 » by jmb987 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 3:40 pm

hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
gorz wrote:
durka wrote:The problem with the world today is that people like you think they are the "average intelligent person" when you're literally the complete opposite of that. The average intelligent person is someone who listens to doctors and scientists who have to dedicated their lives to education in their fields. It's all a conspiracy though, right?



That mindset is exactly the reason why our society is doomed for failure unless we stand up and hold those above us accountable. We are taught at an early age to blindly trust in our 'authority figures' professors lawyers doctors govt leaders etc never to question or challenge that authority bc after all "they know whats best for us." This naiive mentality is the equivalent of walking into a car dealership and expecting the car salesmen to be completely honest with you and not rip you off. This doesn't mean to always reject authority but rather discern when authority is overstepping their boundaries especially when our basic rights and liberties are being infringed upon. Historically censorship or Silencing any dissenting views that goes against the govt and any mainstream narrative were massive redflags and precursor to a tyrannical govt. A free society embraces our basic God given rights as well tolerating speech that opposes other worldviews..I get it the notion that our govt and the system is morally bankrupt and intellectually disingenuous leaves us lost and utterly helpless that results in delusional thinking as a self defense mechanism.
this is what happens when you have no common sense. You find yourself ranting about nonsense and comparing doctors and scientists to used car salesmen. Can we start a conversation now about the real issue with our society, mental health? Seems like a good time to introduce that topic.


Oh the irony. How many epidemiologists consulted mental health professionals or economists BEFORE implementing lockdowns? The people who have their noses so far up medical professionals a**es they forget that their education is very focused, very specialized. MDs and Epidemiologists have absolutely zero training on economic consequences and virtually no training on mental health.
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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#162 » by G35 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:14 pm

The problem with the media is they are slanted. They only show one side of the narrative and then they make it seem as if everyone is like that and any objection "is just a small but vocal" fringe group.

If we could see multiple sides in the mainstream we could get a better picture of what is happening.

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Post#163 » by GameChannel » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:14 pm

gorz wrote:
durka wrote:
gorz wrote:This covid thing is definitely getting out of control and I'm not talking about the transmission of the virus. Encouraging the reprimanding of players for breaking protocols which btw only validates the unconstitutional powers of federal govt, snitching on your fellow man to authorities for celebrating a family gathering without a mask. What is this the gestapo of nazi germany? Right now ppl still seem to be okay for the most part bc ppl are still optimistic that the pandemic will eventually go away but what if it doesnt go away for any foreseeable future. What if the narrative gets pushed by the media that the virus is constantly mutating and thus there is no feasible solution to cure the spread of virus in spite of vaccine inoculations. The possibility of another year goes by and not only are we are still wearing masks everywhere we go, secluded from our friends and families, prohibited from entering stores leaving the country w/o proof of vaccination, prohibited from working job unless vaccinated, all venues concerts and sporting events get cancelled.what then? Will the citizens of America and around the world continue to accept the new norm and still comply and abide by the rules from the govt or will they rise up and revolt? I think the average intelligent person can infer that we have been suckered and by that point it might be too late.

The problem with the world today is that people like you think they are the "average intelligent person" when you're literally the complete opposite of that. The average intelligent person is someone who listens to doctors and scientists who have to dedicated their lives to education in their fields. It's all a conspiracy though, right?



That mindset is exactly the reason why our society is doomed for failure unless we stand up and hold those above us accountable. We are taught at an early age to blindly trust in our 'authority figures' professors lawyers doctors govt leaders etc never to question or challenge that authority bc after all "they know whats best for us." This naiive mentality is the equivalent of walking into a car dealership and expecting the car salesmen to be completely honest with you and not rip you off. This doesn't mean to always reject authority but rather discern when authority is overstepping their boundaries especially when our basic rights and liberties are being infringed upon. Historically censorship or Silencing any dissenting views that goes against the govt and any mainstream narrative were massive redflags and precursor to a tyrannical govt. A free society embraces our basic God given rights as well tolerating speech that opposes other worldviews..I get it the notion that our govt and the system is morally bankrupt and intellectually disingenuous leaves us lost and utterly helpless that results in delusional thinking as a self defense mechanism.


There is so much wrong with this. I don't even know where to start.

Get this through your head - NO ONE is infringing upon your rights by asking you to wear masks and refrain from unnecessary contact with other people during an effing pandemic!

People like you conveniently choose when to stand for your freedom and when to support these authority figures based on your agenda. Take all those Conservative/Republican s**theads for example. You ask them to wear a mask and they scream back, "My body, my choice!".. yet the same idiots are quick to vote for immoral, corrupt white supremacists because they will ban abortions cuz conveniently, the same "My body, my choice!" mantra doesn't apply when it comes to enforcing their beliefs on other women.

People keep blasting mainstream media as some source of immoral propaganda wherein its the fringes of the darkest corners of the internet that indulge in baseless propaganda and spread misinformation. They dismiss scientists and Doctors when it comes to pandemics like Covid. But have no problems relying on the same doctors if they were to get cancer or suffer injuries in a car accident. Because they choose to trust the doctors only when its convenient for them and dismiss the same doctor when it goes against their ideological and political beliefs.

No government in the world wants to drive itself to financial ruins from lockdowns and a halted economy. No government wants to hand out free money to its citizens. But a lot of governments around the world are doing just that. Not because they don't want Instagram hoes from getting together at parties, getting **** and post insta stories that will give their parents a shame-induced heart-attack. They do it because that is the only way to curb the spread of a virus that will result in a massive loss of life if left uncontrolled and crumble their society.

Think about it. Even with half-assed lockdown measures, the US has has 23+ million cases so far with almost 400k deaths in less than 10 months. Compare this to annual flu numbers of approx 100k deaths annually WITH A FULLY OPEN SOCIETY. If Covid was left uncontrolled, the US would have had 100s of millions of cases and millions of deaths. Sure, you and the likes will measure the final deaths as a mere percentage compared to the total infections, but millions of preventable deaths is not something to dismiss as collateral damage.
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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#164 » by Raptors_South » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:24 pm

Steven Adams on the bubble:

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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#165 » by G35 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:29 pm

GameChannel wrote:
gorz wrote:
durka wrote:The problem with the world today is that people like you think they are the "average intelligent person" when you're literally the complete opposite of that. The average intelligent person is someone who listens to doctors and scientists who have to dedicated their lives to education in their fields. It's all a conspiracy though, right?



That mindset is exactly the reason why our society is doomed for failure unless we stand up and hold those above us accountable. We are taught at an early age to blindly trust in our 'authority figures' professors lawyers doctors govt leaders etc never to question or challenge that authority bc after all "they know whats best for us." This naiive mentality is the equivalent of walking into a car dealership and expecting the car salesmen to be completely honest with you and not rip you off. This doesn't mean to always reject authority but rather discern when authority is overstepping their boundaries especially when our basic rights and liberties are being infringed upon. Historically censorship or Silencing any dissenting views that goes against the govt and any mainstream narrative were massive redflags and precursor to a tyrannical govt. A free society embraces our basic God given rights as well tolerating speech that opposes other worldviews..I get it the notion that our govt and the system is morally bankrupt and intellectually disingenuous leaves us lost and utterly helpless that results in delusional thinking as a self defense mechanism.


There is so much wrong with this. I don't even know where to start.

Get this through your head - NO ONE is infringing upon your rights by asking you to wear masks and refrain from unnecessary contact with other people during an effing pandemic!

People like you conveniently choose when to stand for your freedom and when to support these authority figures based on your agenda. Take all those Conservative/Republican s**theads for example. You ask them to wear a mask and they scream back, "My body, my choice!".. yet the same idiots are quick to vote for immoral, corrupt white supremacists because they will ban abortions cuz conveniently, the same "My body, my choice!" mantra doesn't apply when it comes to enforcing their beliefs on other women.

People keep blasting mainstream media as some source of immoral propaganda wherein its the fringes of the darkest corners of the internet that indulge in baseless propaganda and spread misinformation. They dismiss scientists and Doctors when it comes to pandemics like Covid. But have no problems relying on the same doctors if they were to get cancer or suffer injuries in a car accident. Because they choose to trust the doctors only when its convenient for them and dismiss the same doctor when it goes against their ideological and political beliefs.

No government in the world wants to drive itself to financial ruins from lockdowns and a halted economy. No government wants to hand out free money to its citizens. But a lot of governments around the world are doing just that. Not because they don't want Instagram hoes from getting together at parties, getting **** and post insta stories that will give their parents a shame-induced heart-attack. They do it because that is the only way to curb the spread of a virus that will result in a massive loss of life if left uncontrolled and crumble their society.

Think about it. Even with half-assed lockdown measures, the US has has 23+ million cases so far with almost 400k deaths in less than 10 months. Compare this to annual flu numbers of approx 100k deaths annually WITH A FULLY OPEN SOCIETY. If Covid was left uncontrolled, the US would have had 100s of millions of cases and millions of deaths. Sure, you and the likes will measure the final deaths as a mere percentage compared to the total infections, but millions of preventable deaths is not something to dismiss as collateral damage.



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Post#166 » by gorz » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:32 pm

djw wrote:
gorz wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote: this is what happens when you have no common sense. You find yourself ranting about nonsense and comparing doctors and scientists to used car salesmen. Can we start a conversation now about the real issue with our society, mental health? Seems like a good time to introduce that topic.




No this is what happens when you become indoctrinated by a liberal education system which is run and funded by the govt. Not only do we get piss poor education we are not taught how to critically think..we are taught how to think. In other words how to be a good slave to the system.

Let me see if I get this right.

So what you're basically saying is that we need to "think critically" because everything everybody does is for his or her own interest only and everybody is trying to rip people off? That's what car salesmen do, that's what lawyers do, that's what doctors do and that's what the goverment does. So basically that's also what you and I do.

Now let me try this critical thinking of you. As everyone is always acting in way that puts them in a better situation over the others, that what you do here as well. With what you are saying, you try to come out on top so that's obviously not the best situation for all of us.

Therefore, as a society we should do the opposite of what you are saying as your proposal is aiming at benefiting you but not us.

Thanks for getting this point across.



No the car salesmen analogy in reference to the govt is to carry the same level of skepticism going to dealership lot as the public views towards our govt. Why? Bc they have given us plethora of reasons to doubt them time after time. When ppl dismiss or ignore their own intuition and keep giving them the benefit of the doubt its bc of the lack of critically thinking skills. Which refers ack to my statement how we aren't taught to think for ourselves but rather how they want us to think.. when we as a society are cognitively unable to put two or more pieces together and draw a rationale/logical conclusion that is a huge problem. We are victims of systemic indoctrination and group think. False. Normal regular law abiding citizens are trying to improve their lives yes but not at expense of other ppl. The same can not be said for the govt.
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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#167 » by hoosierdaddy34 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:35 pm

gorz wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
gorz wrote:

That mindset is exactly the reason why our society is doomed for failure unless we stand up and hold those above us accountable. We are taught at an early age to blindly trust in our 'authority figures' professors lawyers doctors govt leaders etc never to question or challenge that authority bc after all "they know whats best for us." This naiive mentality is the equivalent of walking into a car dealership and expecting the car salesmen to be completely honest with you and not rip you off. This doesn't mean to always reject authority but rather discern when authority is overstepping their boundaries especially when our basic rights and liberties are being infringed upon. Historically censorship or Silencing any dissenting views that goes against the govt and any mainstream narrative were massive redflags and precursor to a tyrannical govt. A free society embraces our basic God given rights as well tolerating speech that opposes other worldviews..I get it the notion that our govt and the system is morally bankrupt and intellectually disingenuous leaves us lost and utterly helpless that results in delusional thinking as a self defense mechanism.
this is what happens when you have no common sense. You find yourself ranting about nonsense and comparing doctors and scientists to used car salesmen. Can we start a conversation now about the real issue with our society, mental health? Seems like a good time to introduce that topic.




No this is what happens when you become indoctrinated by a liberal education system which is run and funded by the govt. Not only do we get piss poor education we are not taught how to critically think..we are taught how to think. In other words how to be a good slave to the system.


you think you gave us critical thinking? :lol: :lol:
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Post#168 » by G35 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 5:20 pm

hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
gorz wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote: this is what happens when you have no common sense. You find yourself ranting about nonsense and comparing doctors and scientists to used car salesmen. Can we start a conversation now about the real issue with our society, mental health? Seems like a good time to introduce that topic.




No this is what happens when you become indoctrinated by a liberal education system which is run and funded by the govt. Not only do we get piss poor education we are not taught how to critically think..we are taught how to think. In other words how to be a good slave to the system.


you think you gave us critical thinking? :lol: :lol:



The public school system is so full of teachers trying to indoctrinate kids into thinking the "right way". There are several articles on this subject but I picked the one from the Huffington Post because it is unbiased.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karen-keller-bans-boys-legos_n_564f5009e4b0879a5b0abc9e

A Washington State school district is denying reports that a kindergarten teacher banned boys in her classroom from playing with Legos.

The Bainbridge Island Review reported on Karen Keller's alleged classroom rule in October. Keller, who has taught at Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary since 2008, said that she only let girls play with the popular building blocks in her classroom.

“I always tell the boys, ‘You’re going to have a turn’ -- and I’m like, ‘Yeah, when hell freezes over’ in my head,” she told Bainbridge Island Review. “I tell them, ‘You’ll have a turn’ because I don’t want them to feel bad.”

She added that forbidding the boys from using Legos wasn't her initial plan, but after she was unable to entice the girls with pink and purple Legos, she felt that the "girls-only Lego club" was her only option.



You don't even know the lies that were told to you as a child in the interest of furthering agendas. This "social engineering" does not just go one way, it goes the whichever way of the interests of the advocate.....
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Post#169 » by hoosierdaddy34 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:04 pm

G35 wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
gorz wrote:


No this is what happens when you become indoctrinated by a liberal education system which is run and funded by the govt. Not only do we get piss poor education we are not taught how to critically think..we are taught how to think. In other words how to be a good slave to the system.


you think you gave us critical thinking? :lol: :lol:



The public school system is so full of teachers trying to indoctrinate kids into thinking the "right way". There are several articles on this subject but I picked the one from the Huffington Post because it is unbiased.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karen-keller-bans-boys-legos_n_564f5009e4b0879a5b0abc9e

A Washington State school district is denying reports that a kindergarten teacher banned boys in her classroom from playing with Legos.

The Bainbridge Island Review reported on Karen Keller's alleged classroom rule in October. Keller, who has taught at Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary since 2008, said that she only let girls play with the popular building blocks in her classroom.

“I always tell the boys, ‘You’re going to have a turn’ -- and I’m like, ‘Yeah, when hell freezes over’ in my head,” she told Bainbridge Island Review. “I tell them, ‘You’ll have a turn’ because I don’t want them to feel bad.”

She added that forbidding the boys from using Legos wasn't her initial plan, but after she was unable to entice the girls with pink and purple Legos, she felt that the "girls-only Lego club" was her only option.



You don't even know the lies that were told to you as a child in the interest of furthering agendas. This "social engineering" does not just go one way, it goes the whichever way of the interests of the advocate.....


The stellar example of “Critical thinking” has led him to lump all teachers into one single quote. Brilliant! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post#170 » by The_Hater » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:23 pm

Maybe George would prefer to go back into a bubble in order to make his millions this season?

And if the season gets cancelled, he can do whatever he wants.
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Post#171 » by Pattycakes » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:58 pm

Has this become the undersole of reddit? wtf
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Post#172 » by ninjamilk23 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:17 pm

jmb987 wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
gorz wrote:

That mindset is exactly the reason why our society is doomed for failure unless we stand up and hold those above us accountable. We are taught at an early age to blindly trust in our 'authority figures' professors lawyers doctors govt leaders etc never to question or challenge that authority bc after all "they know whats best for us." This naiive mentality is the equivalent of walking into a car dealership and expecting the car salesmen to be completely honest with you and not rip you off. This doesn't mean to always reject authority but rather discern when authority is overstepping their boundaries especially when our basic rights and liberties are being infringed upon. Historically censorship or Silencing any dissenting views that goes against the govt and any mainstream narrative were massive redflags and precursor to a tyrannical govt. A free society embraces our basic God given rights as well tolerating speech that opposes other worldviews..I get it the notion that our govt and the system is morally bankrupt and intellectually disingenuous leaves us lost and utterly helpless that results in delusional thinking as a self defense mechanism.
this is what happens when you have no common sense. You find yourself ranting about nonsense and comparing doctors and scientists to used car salesmen. Can we start a conversation now about the real issue with our society, mental health? Seems like a good time to introduce that topic.


Oh the irony. How many epidemiologists consulted mental health professionals or economists BEFORE implementing lockdowns? The people who have their noses so far up medical professionals a**es they forget that their education is very focused, very specialized. MDs and Epidemiologists have absolutely zero training on economic consequences and virtually no training on mental health.


This is very interesting. I've always thought that MDs have at least the basic knowledge about mental health or at least more knowledgeable than someone who works in the food industry or garment industry. "Virtually no training" just sounds so unreal for an MD who on average spend a decade studying medicine before becoming licensed. Do you mind attaching the link of the article where you got this information?
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Post#173 » by C3H6N6O6 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:22 pm

NY 567 wrote:Society in general has gone way to far with this Covid lunacy. This is a free country. Good for George Hill

How is it a free country if you have to wear a seatbelt while driving? Why can't I smoke in every bar I go to? Lets start a revolution brother and make this country truly free.
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Post#174 » by Heej » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:43 pm

ninjamilk23 wrote:
jmb987 wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote: this is what happens when you have no common sense. You find yourself ranting about nonsense and comparing doctors and scientists to used car salesmen. Can we start a conversation now about the real issue with our society, mental health? Seems like a good time to introduce that topic.


Oh the irony. How many epidemiologists consulted mental health professionals or economists BEFORE implementing lockdowns? The people who have their noses so far up medical professionals a**es they forget that their education is very focused, very specialized. MDs and Epidemiologists have absolutely zero training on economic consequences and virtually no training on mental health.


This is very interesting. I've always thought that MDs have at least the basic knowledge about mental health or at least more knowledgeable than someone who works in the food industry or garment industry. "Virtually no training" just sounds so unreal for an MD who on average spend a decade studying medicine before becoming licensed. Do you mind attaching the link of the article where you got this information?

Gonna preface this by saying I'm not a doctor but having dated people that are in med school, and having a sister who's currently in rotations right now, I can confidently tell you that whatever they do cover in these topics is very broad and minimal at best; unless they're focused on psych.

The education they get in med school is highly compartmentalized, and while some disciplines (the osteopathic ones in particular) have a little more training in looking at things from a holistic/systems approach most of their training and studying seems like its very much on a need-to-know basis. Like memorizing minute interactions and details of the human anatomy and rote memorization of diseases with pre-set specific algorithmic responses to how to deal with them.

I wouldn't expect an MD to be capable of making any kind of assessment on public mental health impact, because they're simply not trained to do that. Their focus is on whatever health issue is in front of them and it's very tunnel vision-y.

And to be completely honest it's kind of just indicative of our educational paradigm as a whole where there's minimal inter-disciplinary interaction in general and people trend more and more towards hyper-specialization. Hell, we see that in athletes now (hyper-specialization in their chosen field) and they're worse off for it; it's not at all unlikely that most of the experts we look to for advice come into their profession compromised or structurally weaker due to it just like the expert athletes are when they enter their profession.
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Post#175 » by lamscott » Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:16 pm

Can we all stop talking about Conspiracy theories etc. YOU ALL are PEONS. Literally peons. If you aren't an expert and are on the front lines, you are a peon with a peon opinion that isn't worth anything. So lets stop talking like we are experts, or smart.

The issue is whether George Hill can be forced into not seeing his family, is it in his employment contract? If not, then what is the precedent. If it is Union rules, then he will have a hard time fighting it. Simply he follows or is fined or he can go play some where else, right?
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Post#176 » by hoosierdaddy34 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:46 pm

gorz wrote:
djw wrote:
gorz wrote:


No this is what happens when you become indoctrinated by a liberal education system which is run and funded by the govt. Not only do we get piss poor education we are not taught how to critically think..we are taught how to think. In other words how to be a good slave to the system.

Let me see if I get this right.

So what you're basically saying is that we need to "think critically" because everything everybody does is for his or her own interest only and everybody is trying to rip people off? That's what car salesmen do, that's what lawyers do, that's what doctors do and that's what the goverment does. So basically that's also what you and I do.

Now let me try this critical thinking of you. As everyone is always acting in way that puts them in a better situation over the others, that what you do here as well. With what you are saying, you try to come out on top so that's obviously not the best situation for all of us.

Therefore, as a society we should do the opposite of what you are saying as your proposal is aiming at benefiting you but not us.

Thanks for getting this point across.



No the car salesmen analogy in reference to the govt is to carry the same level of skepticism going to dealership lot as the public views towards our govt. Why? Bc they have given us plethora of reasons to doubt them time after time. When ppl dismiss or ignore their own intuition and keep giving them the benefit of the doubt its bc of the lack of critically thinking skills. Which refers ack to my statement how we aren't taught to think for ourselves but rather how they want us to think.. when we as a society are cognitively unable to put two or more pieces together and draw a rationale/logical conclusion that is a huge problem. We are victims of systemic indoctrination and group think. False. Normal regular law abiding citizens are trying to improve their lives yes but not at expense of other ppl. The same can not be said for the govt.


Or so he saw on a You Tube channel and was told to cite to all the “libtards” of the world. He figures this gives him coverage and justification for his whacked out beliefs.
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Post#177 » by gorz » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:40 pm

hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
gorz wrote:
djw wrote:Let me see if I get this right.

So what you're basically saying is that we need to "think critically" because everything everybody does is for his or her own interest only and everybody is trying to rip people off? That's what car salesmen do, that's what lawyers do, that's what doctors do and that's what the goverment does. So basically that's also what you and I do.

Now let me try this critical thinking of you. As everyone is always acting in way that puts them in a better situation over the others, that what you do here as well. With what you are saying, you try to come out on top so that's obviously not the best situation for all of us.

Therefore, as a society we should do the opposite of what you are saying as your proposal is aiming at benefiting you but not us.

Thanks for getting this point across.



No the car salesmen analogy in reference to the govt is to carry the same level of skepticism going to dealership lot as the public views towards our govt. Why? Bc they have given us plethora of reasons to doubt them time after time. When ppl dismiss or ignore their own intuition and keep giving them the benefit of the doubt its bc of the lack of critically thinking skills. Which refers ack to my statement how we aren't taught to think for ourselves but rather how they want us to think.. when we as a society are cognitively unable to put two or more pieces together and draw a rationale/logical conclusion that is a huge problem. We are victims of systemic indoctrination and group think. False. Normal regular law abiding citizens are trying to improve their lives yes but not at expense of other ppl. The same can not be said for the govt.


Or so he saw on a You Tube channel and was told to cite to all the “libtards” of the world. He figures this gives him coverage and justification for his whacked out beliefs.




Why is anything thats not "mainstream" a whacked out belief? You do realize lobbying runs almost all sectors of society right? Corporate lobbyists get lawmakers to change or influence laws to eliminate their small competition essentially meanwhile in exchange lawmakers recieve kickbacks, donations for their campaign or straight into their pockets. likewise Special interest groups who own these msm network corporations financially incentivize their anchors journalists network producers etc to portray a certain narrative which suits their agenda aka propaganda. If anything smaller media outlets are much less prone to bias information bc they have much more sovereignty to the dissemination of their own content and not funded or controlled by any corporate/special interest entity.
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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#178 » by alebaba » Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:53 pm

If doesn't like it, he can just go ahead and stay home and give up his money, which I doubt he'll do.. Nba players are turning into straight divas.
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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#179 » by hoosierdaddy34 » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:01 am

gorz wrote:
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gorz wrote:

No the car salesmen analogy in reference to the govt is to carry the same level of skepticism going to dealership lot as the public views towards our govt. Why? Bc they have given us plethora of reasons to doubt them time after time. When ppl dismiss or ignore their own intuition and keep giving them the benefit of the doubt its bc of the lack of critically thinking skills. Which refers ack to my statement how we aren't taught to think for ourselves but rather how they want us to think.. when we as a society are cognitively unable to put two or more pieces together and draw a rationale/logical conclusion that is a huge problem. We are victims of systemic indoctrination and group think. False. Normal regular law abiding citizens are trying to improve their lives yes but not at expense of other ppl. The same can not be said for the govt.


Or so he saw on a You Tube channel and was told to cite to all the “libtards” of the world. He figures this gives him coverage and justification for his whacked out beliefs.




Why is anything thats not "mainstream" a whacked out belief? You do realize lobbying runs almost all sectors of society right? Corporate lobbyists get lawmakers to change or influence laws to eliminate their small competition essentially meanwhile in exchange lawmakers recieve kickbacks, donations for their campaign or straight into their pockets. likewise Special interest groups who own these msm network corporations financially incentivize their anchors journalists network producers etc to portray a certain narrative which suits their agenda aka propaganda. If anything smaller media outlets are much less prone to bias information bc they have much more sovereignty to the dissemination of their own content and not funded or controlled by any corporate/special interest entity.


I have worked in media, I have worked in government, I have worked in the corporate sector, I’ve worked in public education. I completely understand spin and corporate influence on the media and the government. I also understand in order to critically think you can’t just reject everything because of its source. The ability to critically think is the ability to determine what is legitimate and what is bull and what the driving is for the bull. Just blindly rejecting everything that comes from government and the media is just being a different colored sheep, but you are still a sheep. The majority of people in media, in our government, in the medical field, in the scientific community are everyday people just trying to make the best decisions based on the data available. Yes on occasions there are agendas or simply biases but you have to be smart enough to pick those out. So no, I can’t take anyone seriously who just rants about the government or the media as a whole. It’s loony tunes.
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Re: George Hill not happy about COVID protocols 

Post#180 » by G35 » Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:13 am

hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
G35 wrote:
hoosierdaddy34 wrote:
you think you gave us critical thinking? :lol: :lol:



The public school system is so full of teachers trying to indoctrinate kids into thinking the "right way". There are several articles on this subject but I picked the one from the Huffington Post because it is unbiased.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/karen-keller-bans-boys-legos_n_564f5009e4b0879a5b0abc9e

A Washington State school district is denying reports that a kindergarten teacher banned boys in her classroom from playing with Legos.

The Bainbridge Island Review reported on Karen Keller's alleged classroom rule in October. Keller, who has taught at Captain Johnston Blakely Elementary since 2008, said that she only let girls play with the popular building blocks in her classroom.

“I always tell the boys, ‘You’re going to have a turn’ -- and I’m like, ‘Yeah, when hell freezes over’ in my head,” she told Bainbridge Island Review. “I tell them, ‘You’ll have a turn’ because I don’t want them to feel bad.”

She added that forbidding the boys from using Legos wasn't her initial plan, but after she was unable to entice the girls with pink and purple Legos, she felt that the "girls-only Lego club" was her only option.



You don't even know the lies that were told to you as a child in the interest of furthering agendas. This "social engineering" does not just go one way, it goes the whichever way of the interests of the advocate.....


The stellar example of “Critical thinking” has led him to lump all teachers into one single quote. Brilliant! :lol: :lol: :lol:



If you think it is just one teacher, this is how these things are able to spread. Belief that people would never do that.

I don't know anyone else's situation but I have been "essential personnel" since this thing has started. I work with all types of government workers and on a federal facility. There is no consistency on an individual basis and I live in California where they are trying to lock us down hard. There have been scares at my job of this person may have been infected, or this person is getting a covid test but no one has stopped coming to work...no one is going to stop coming to work. Not that anyone feels like they can't get covid, but on an individual basis we are all aware of the risks and willingly accept the consequences.

It is like people forgot people use to work in coal mines or when you had sail across the ocean more than likely half the crew was not going to make it. Why would anyone undergo that sort of danger? Because it is an acceptable risk. This is why some countries were able to expand and some countries are still struggling because they will not take risks. They only want to do something unless there is absolute certainty......I can't understand that mentality......
I'm so tired of the typical......

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