Sorry, but "I don't think people like you should have any rights and I would prefer it if you didn't even exist. Debate me." is not a call for a calm, rational, reasoned debate.
On arrival in Japan: "I don't really want a toilet to spray me in the butt."
Upon returning from Japan: "What, am I just supposed to wipe my own ass like some kind of caveman?"
One week after returning from Japan:
I'm sorry, but if your country was one close election away from total economic and societal implosion and becoming a rogue state internationally, that one close election was not the main problem.
Out of curiosity, when was the last time massive student protests turned out to be on the wrong side of history, and the state using police violence against them turned out to be right?
You'd better shut this down right now, Americans. You're looking more and more like 1938 Germany every day. We all know what happens if you get to 1939.
Please, stop making these terrible arguments in order to dismiss threats of annexation by the US. ๐งต
1. "He's just joking, trolling, negotiating, or being Donald."
Clearly not. Stop it.
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To be clear, "we strongly recommend masks indoors" = "we know that COVID-19 is airborne, we know it's not mild, we know the pandemic isn't over, but our courage falls short of mandating protections because the loud people will get mad at us if we do."
Listen, folks. If *Canada* can't trust the USA anymore, literally no one in the world can. Please keep this in mind as you keep normalizing this insane rhetoric, US media.
Going to say it again. The XBB.1.5 variant (Kraken) that is absolutely rocketing in the USA and spreading globally, which has both major immune escape and high ACE2 binding, *evolved in New York*.
Not in China.
In. The. USA.
COVID is:
* Airborne
* Still evolving rapidly
* A risk to all age groups
* Capable of re-infecting
* Dangerous beyond respiratory effects (i.e., long COVID is very real)
COVID is NOT:
* Endemic
* Inevitably becoming milder
* A cold or the flu
* A regional problem
* Over