@martinvermeer
@statsguy

Thanks to both of you for explaining rationally the situation rather than going full doomerism.
As a child of a generation where we nearly all got measles, I can perfectly understand that there was a non-negligible cost of this rudimentary vaccination system and that modern vaccines are a better choice, but the "we're all going to die" version really gets on my nerves.
(though yes, measles as an adult is more dangerous, that's why we got it as children)

@grickle

You've read "Le grand méchant renard" ?
Awesome comic book !

@tiny_m

You're aware that it's Puritan thinking, right ?

@futurebird

@jwildeboer

As we've seen in France, being on the second turn ballot is the real victory.

@futurebird

The interpretation I've read (which makes sense, but I have no idea if it's actually true) is that he believes in culling the herd.

@beecycling

Sure.
That's why careful and reasonable assessment of the threats and opportunities is necessary, rather than FUD.

@randahl

@beecycling

They have to do it at enough key places to offset the counter-effect that we've seen with the Pretti-Good answers to the Minneapolis situation (as far as Texas).
They don't have enough goons to do that.

And the chilling effect has to also offset the anger effect.

Remember, don't comply in advance.

There are reasons to worry (and to register as an observer in order to prevent them from succeeding), but not to capitulate.

@randahl

@randahl

As pointed by Devereaux, Bouie and probably many others, they don't have enough goons to do that, and by far.
And as shown by Minneapolis, if they try that in some voting places (which is the maximum their numbers can allow), getting their behavior on camera won't bring them good results overall.

I'm not saying that they won't try it, but they can't pull it out with the current political equilibrium.

@TechConnectify

Tired : let's do this.
Wired : let's do this on Peertube.