Subj : Re: Biggest Crash Ever!
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Dan Cross
Date : Fri Apr 03 2020 07:14 am

On 31 Mar 2020 at 06:55p, Aaron Thomas pondered and said...
 
 AT>  DC> According to Rush Limbaugh, who you've admitted you
 AT>  DC> listen to, it's just the common cold.  So what's the
 AT>  DC> big deal?
 AT> 
 AT> Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer; why not check him out once in a while?
 AT> He's not always right, and not all conservatives are following his
 AT> advice. Rush's commentary is as good as mine.

Why would I?  His "entertainment" is at best puerile and
immature.  At worst, he's actively harmful by spreading
misinformation.

 AT>  DC> But right-wingers can't understand that, because they lack
 AT> 
 AT> I don't know where you're from, but I don't see these "right-wingers"
 AT> anywhere. Everyone except the liberal media is thrilled with the economy
 AT> (before the virus.) The only thing democrats don't like about the strong
 AT> economy is that there's a Republican who helped ignite it.

I know a lot of economists.  They universally agree that
we are headed for a long recession, if not depression.
Further, the acuity of unemployment claims underlies the
truth about Trump's numbers: they were illusory.  Under-employed,
low-wage service sector jobs cut down on the rate, but
weren't indicators of economic strength or security.
A 2% growth rate was hardly "booming".

Further, it baffles me that you right-wing types still
talk about "before the virus" like that's a thing.  Had
Trump taken the virus seriously instead of golfing or
holding rallies, perhaps we could have staved off the
worse of the economic damage.  But he didn't.

 AT> Why hate? Why choose sides over generalizations? If a democrat did
 AT> anything to help the USA instead of his or herself, I'd give them credit
 AT> for it. Why are democrats and/or liberals so reluctant to do the same
 AT> for republicans?

They're not.  They just see the truth.

My metric is this: there are objective indicators of
fact in this world; things that are measurable in
scientifically and statistically sound ways.  When one
party aligns most closely with those things most often
and the other does the opposite, I tend to believe the
ones who align with fact over those who align with
"alternative fact."

The Republicans and the right-wing live in a fantasy
world built on lies.  But reality doesn't care about
your belief system; reality just is.

Again, we see reality sweeping away the facade of the
right-wing lie factory.

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