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Shermann

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9. Fear mongering FAIL

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 04:29 PM

May 2020

This is really an absurd false equivalence, the last I checked suicides and drug overdoses aren't exponentially contagious.

If he's going to fear monger, he really should stay focused on the specter of lasting or irreversible damage to the economy. That's a very real thing and he wouldn't even have to exaggerate that much.

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Trump Adviser Says Lockdowns Will Kill More Than Virus [View all] applegrove May 2020 OP

LIE. roamer65 May 2020 #1

just Like their idiot king they no longer know what is truth and what is a lie Thekaspervote May 2020 #2

Yes, to be perfectly safe refuse to work from home Zambero May 2020 #3

Well there was no initial restriction . . . . Iliyah May 2020 #4

Joy Reid played a clip of some asshole saying that this morning tulipsandroses May 2020 #5

+1 applegrove May 2020 #7

Ok, so you claim that the lockdowns will cause more deaths. Prove it, give us some numbers and ... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #6

Well, Newest Reality May 2020 #8

Fear mongering FAIL Shermann May 2020 #9

Virus on track for 100,000+ by the end of May greenjar_01 May 2020 #10