Ok....
Going to address this one item at a time, so settle in my man.
Police brutality sucks. But I've had, on 3 separate incidents in my life, police pull weapons on me. 1 time I did not deserve it. 1 time I put myself in a stupid situation. 1 time it was a misunderstanding.
1st time was being pulled over my frosh year while I was driving back home from UT. Selma cop. Freezing cold outside-- night time. I got out of my vehicle with my hands in my pockets and in my left pocket was an asthma inhaler that the cop said "looked like a Derringer" through the bulge in my jeans. Of course this was after I had to eat pavement and be cuffed.
2nd time I was coming out of a huge bar fight on 6th street that I was involved in, I was maced and held at gun point. I did not start the fight but I did escalate the sh!t out of it.
3rd time I was pulled over by a cop that saw my license plates belonged to a vehicle that had been stolen. Turns out the car theft switch MY plates with the plates of the truck he stole. Of course this was all sorted out after I was in cuffs and had been roughed up a bit and held at gun point WHILE NOT resisting arrest. Both officers were POC.
There are sh!tty cops just like there are sh!try doctors, sh!tty lawyers, sh!tty bus drivers etc. It's what happens when we pass kids along through school that don't deserve to pass and then give them jobs they can't do. I'll leave you to figure out who started that nonsensical practice.
Covid-- I was hospitalized after the Delta variant. It wasn't the covidbthat got me. It was the pneumonia. I'm an asthmatic. I get pneumonia like hookers get cold sores. Just part of life. But I don't whine about and I managed to earn a full football scholarship to this very school despite being a chronic asthmatic. And a resounding "NO"-- to your question. I do NOT regret not taking the experimental profolactic treatment. I beat both variants and spent 1 night in the hospital to clear out my lungs. I was back in the gym within the week.
Why? Because I'm not old, I'm not weak, I'm not fat, and I don't have diabetes. These are the overwhelming reasons people die from covid. The "healthy as a horse" people that die are complete outliers. Statistically--- they are a rounding error-- if you understand laws of average and large numbers.
Covid 2-- yes, I know people that died of covid. One had terminal colon cancer. Was given 8 months to live, died in 6. One died waiting for a kidney transplant. Had been on the donor list for 18 months. 3 that I know that died were huge fat people with diabetes. Mid 30s and 40s-- all of them fat and diabetic. When one died at 37, the newspaper described him as "healthy". I had to chuckle.
One 20 something friend of the family that got in a motorcycle accident, got sepsis, and died "with" covid.
I watched in person as one of my best friend watched his father die with a liver disease and as he read the death certificate, the doctors in South Texas had put "covid" as the cause. My friend was nearly thrown in jail for threatening the doctors for writing that lie on the death certificate.
Covid 3-- I have two doctors in my family. I know dozens of nurses in Austin and New Braunfels. My best friends wife helps RUN Dell children's hospital. Overwhelmingly all of them have said the same thing to me..... ready?
Whether you get the shot or not- you can get covid. It MAY OR MAY NOT make your symptoms less severe. It matters not whether you've had the shot ir not, if you are infected-- because you shed almost an identical viral load when infected-- meaning, even if you've had the shot, your odds of spreading the disease are the same.
Summation-- the "shot" does not prevent you from getting it or spreading it. It only gives YOU a chance of PERHAPS having less severe symptoms.
Here's where you fvcked up. You came in here and used the false equivalent of "the right to choose" and then you assumed everyone in here would fall into your obvious word trap because YOU think we are all "stupid conservatives".
Guess what? I don't give a fvck who marries whom. My other half was a pageant girl her entire life. I know more gay make-up artists and hair dressers that have sat at my dinner table than I can count. Nobody cares about gays getting married. You must, or you wouldn't have brought it up.
Abortion-- yes, you really went there in some sort of ploy for a "gotcha" moment. Epic fail.
It is possible, and roll this around your head first--it is possible to both NOT think abortion is OK, but also not care if someone else does it. I don't believe abortion would be the right choice for my significant other. I wouldn't want that. But you and your girl can abort all the babies you want. I really could give 2 sh!ts. Less folks for me to have to support on food stamps or in the prison system (statistics back that statement up, btw).
I think I've answered all your questions.
You’re right. But again the advantage is still in my favor on majority of this one my friend.
And actually still majority of this I don’t really care either way
here’s the truth:
-i don’t care who marries who either. A few of my close friends are gay and I support them. A friend of mine back home is married and he’s super gay. A friend of mine is about to get married in El Paso. I support him too.
-I appreciate you admitting the truth about police brutality and Covid. Let me ask you, those conditions you have that led you to be hospitalized, did you have them before Covid and if so, I’ll give you that. I’m glad your ok and better.
-Regarding the vaccine, that is correct but would you rather take your chance with a potentially deadly virus?
but once again, my point still stands. Now not all conservatives are stupid, my brother again, super conservative, he’s smart as shit. Smarter than majority of people in the country. I don’t remember saying that all conservatives are stupid. I remember saying I too have conservative views. But I shit on anything I don’t like. Democrat or conservative, I don’t really give a damn who’s who at this point. Anybody in congress or state government or even local government do something I don’t like, I’m gonna take a massive metaphorical dump on them. Here’s what I will say,
There is stupid people on both sides. Not everybody but some. What is that I say? Well Here it is.
examples of stupid on the left:
During the protests/riots and there was one here in Austin last year, I remember the media and alot of ordinary citizens with left views were calling out the right for not following Covid protocols when the virus really got ugly but yet they were out marching in masses. Most without masks on. I could be wrong but from what I’ve seen, yeah.!Now I know what people are thinking, I don’t support the cause and I don’t support the right to protest, wrong and wrong. I support both But what I don’t support is some people use it as an excuse to riot and then there’s a deadly pandemic still out there. I’ll be honest, during that time I was in lockdown separated from my girlfriend, my friends and my job. I wanted CoVid to die down so I can be reunited with all three of those that I listed.
example number 1 of you’re right there is hypocrisy on the left. No double standard.
example number 2: a lot of republicans are saying the election is stolen. This election. Well I’m not even gonna get into this election but I will say is democrats have cheated elections before probably. Recent example, Debbie Wasserman Schultz STOLE the PRIMARY from Bernie Sanders in 2016 in favor of Hillary Clinton
Example number 3: Does the part of me calling out Steve Adler, the mayor of Austin, not ring a bell? I call him out all the time. Every time he talks about safety etc I call him out because of his handling of the winter storm that was done by him and the city council almost killed half of the city. I call him out all the time because of it because that storm almost took away my girlfriend and my cat. After I already lost two people I cared about and that storm triggered my PTSD. Plus he’s turned Austin into a shithole. I’m sorry and if anybody is wondering why I say that, I’ll give you an Example, the Haruka Weiser story. Where campus used to be safe, now it’s not really. Because Austin used to be safe, now it’s not. The city always talks about doing something about it but they never do
now for examples on the right:
- once again the right to choose argument. If anybody out there does not want to take the damn shot, fine. Your call your decision. I won’t judge and at this point I could care less. If anybody doesn’t want to follow protocol too, not to wear a mask fine. There are places that don’t require it but the places that do, just put the damn thing on because there are people that do want to be safe. Now back to the main point at hand, if majority of folk on the right does not want to wear a mask majority of the time, fine; your decision. You don’t want to get the shot, fine your decision. But if Politicans Like Abbott and DeSantis want to push the Narrative of Freedom of choice then don’t be hypocritical jackasses and take away a woman’s right to choose. Because while I don’t fully agree with Abortion either, I understand certain circumstances. Some I won’t list because I don’t want to get in trouble. But because of those unfortunate circumstances if they do happen and lead to a woman’s health being at risk, I understand and I won’t judge them but people who are going out there being immature about it, I won’t and quite honestly I’d prefer the adoption method for the child to go to a Home that can’t have one.
- Gun control, I’d like to address that for a second, I’m a firm believer in gun control just like how I said before i don’t believe in police brutality but I do not agree either that Defunding the police is the answer. We need the police to keep law and order and right now Austin is not law and order. I’ll applaud Abbott for that one because he is 100 percent right but gun control, I believe in that too. While I don’t believe in guns being taken away, I do agree that the shootings need to stop. I don’t think Anybody in congress is saying oh let’s take the guns away. If anybody is saying that, they need to be put in the home. What I do believe is because of all the mass shootings, we need to have stricter and I mean Very STRICTER GUN CONTROL LAWS!!!!!!!!!!! Because it is getting in the hands of very sick people who are either sick or evil. Yes I also get the narrative of the shadow market. But regardless it’s a start. However the republicans are taking it as OH MY GOD THEY WANT TO TAKE OUR GUNS AWAY!!!!! No I don’t think that’s it at all. There’s people who are plain and simple abusing the 2nd amendment.
-The media, let’s talk about the media for a second.
believe it or not, I listen to both sides.
The right: I don’t listen to Tucker but I do listen to Hannity. I don’t listen to Laura Ingraham but I do listen to Will Cain. (example but it’s actually true)
The left: I don’t listen to Rachel Maddow but you better believe I listen to Erin Burnett, Morning Joe, Chris Cuomo, Chris Hayes (Sometime), Lawrence O Donnell, Anderson Cooper
the media does have a part to play in all of this. Do I think they’re the enemy of the people?? No I dont. Because majority of both lie. Thats a fact. There’s more to the media that we don’t know but those i listed that I do watch or listen too, they all made great points along with shit I don’t agree with. Here’s where the divide comes in. While on the left, they’re more fear mongering, the right is pushing out lies. Not all but most because I want to ask y’all this, why in the hell are there people who are deniers at first then they admit they shouldve followed protocol to prevent them from being hospitalized.
where I really get mad, is when it comes to the respect the medical community gets
there are many more but my point still stands. If anybody wants to question my middle ground more, bring it I got plenty more examples
there’s more to this. Our society and unfortunately majority of people have gotten so stupid that it has led to a massive divide. Congress on both sides have become so corrupt that they’re taking advantage of it. There is no middle ground and no unity. I don’t even think I can trust this current congress if a damn cosmic threat happens. That’s how divided we are and that’s how big of a problem it is.
Real quick I’m gonna say something to both sides, because I also forgot to say that there are people on the left who are also stupid and don’t follow protocols because they’re cocky as hell, if you don’t want to follow protocol either fine but this is what I say to both sides, if you are going to abuse your right to choose fine. But I want to speak on behalf of all nurses and doctors out there and to them too because I’ve seen some ugly shit said to nurses and doctors the past year and for them i don’t care what side of the vaccine argument and political side they’re on, if you are a medical professional, I just want to say thank you. Thank you and god bless you. The shit you guys had to go through this past year, damn. You guys are the true heroes in my book. God bless you guys.
to those on the right who have said ugly shit to any medical professional during the biggest crisis: you should be ashamed of yourself. Because this virus is very real and it is a war on our own soil. The doctors and nurses out there they are our own version of our troops because they’re at work making sure we are ok.
To the left: You may think you’re immune but you’re not.
To both: Thank a medical professional once in awhile. And if you’re gonna be stupid with the protocols for Covid going forward, and other future pandemics, don’t be surprised if the nurses and doctors get so fed up with this crap that they say no. If you’re gonna be stupid, why should they give you health care and use beds for people who are stupid and then not give a bed to the people who actually need them.
The divide on all these issues especially Covid it didn’t have to be this way.
