2020 Election MEGAthread

[Woke Locc]

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Here are some tenets of fascism:

anti-liberalism

ftfy

[Patriam1066]

Originally Posted by BlackBellamy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

...that's the current political insult flavor of the day.

George Orwell wrote in 1944 that "the word 'Fascism' is almost entirely meaningless ... almost any English person would accept 'bully' as a synonym for 'Fascist'"

He was being nice. What he means is "any fucking imbecile".

Here are some tenets of fascism:

anti-conservatism
the creation of a nationalist dictatorship to regulate economic structure
the expansion of the nation into an empire
mass mobilization

So yeah, Trump is doing the opposite of that. Pro-conservatism, less regulations, pulling back troops, and none of this Fascist Kennedy Youth Corps like before from previous presidents.

You might call him authoritatian. That's his style. Our government structure is designed to deal with guys like that, it's fine. But if you call him a fascist you're just calling yourself stupid.

I don’t think he’s a fascist, but delegitimizing the elections is more serious than his supporters will admit. I voted for him in 2016 and I regret that immensely, but I’m not particularly partisan or into rhetoric. I don’t care what he’s called, I do care that we’re seriously talking about challenging the elections using the power of the presidency and courts. That is what despots do, and I guess you guys forgot, but we REGULARLY switch parties every 8 years. We have to be OK with people with whom we disagree being in government. Honestly, doesn’t it in theory keep us honest? I say in theory, because I do think now it’s time third and fourth parties be empowered to challenge the two party duopoly. Too many corporate interests keeping good ideas from making it into serious debate

[Fame]

The White House is a virus ridden petri dish.

Kellyanne Conway tests positive for coronavirus.

[Tethler]

He'll have a team of doctors dedicated to him, I'm sure. I have no doubt he'll recover.

[Fame]

Trump campaign manager also has the Rona. What a day.

[Pretzelle]

Looks like the people wearing shirts saying “fuck your feelings” were the real snowflakes all along. Happy for all the red hats and their new novel coronavirus diagnoses.

[Patriam1066]

My son has been an ER and ICU nurse prior to becoming a CRNA. I knew a bit about medications from him. As a virus, I suspected the inflammatory response was killing people, especially given how it killed the elderly, diabetic, and obese primarily. Does dexamethasone treatment in early illness stop it from progressing to the worst case, or do they just go ahead and start antivirals immediately when they suspect a bad case (trump being morbidly obese and geriatric)?

[Mead]

Originally Posted by Patriam1066 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My son has been an ER and ICU nurse prior to becoming a CRNA. I knew a bit about medications from him. As a virus, I suspected the inflammatory response was killing people, especially given how it killed the elderly, diabetic, and obese primarily. Does dexamethasone treatment in early illness stop it from progressing to the worst case, or do they just go ahead and start antivirals immediately when they suspect a bad case (trump being morbidly obese and geriatric)?

Decadron is an anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid. It's being used to stunt the inflammatory process that some patients are experiencing with covid. We've seen very good results starting plasma, remdesivir, and decadron immediately. Some patients receive solu-medrol over decadron. We're cautious starting remdesivir on patients with kidney injury a lot of times associated with sepsis. When or if it resolves we will start the antiviral. These are obviously sick hypoxic and/or septic patients requiring hospitalization.

[Patriam1066]

Hmmm, interesting. I asked because I knew, vaguely, that antivirals are harmful to the liver or kidneys, depending on where they were metabolized. Thanks for the info

[Pretzelle]

Those are not the generally accepted tenets of fascism. It would be helpful if you knew anything at all about history or politics before open your gaping asshole of a mouth.