All good.

I don’t believe pushing my views on anyone. You can lead a horse to water...

I’ve changed my beliefs in life multiple times and dramatically so.

Russiagate was the false claim Trump colluded with the Russians to win the election.

This was proven false and while Russia intervenes, it's mostly to troll, China steals copyright, and both parties tried to use social media to influence the election and Hillary was found to do more of the fuckery. I've read more on Russiagate, general interference I'm far less familiar with.

Also, two things can be true at once.

lol.

I'm not sure what you're talking about or what your objection is. Can you elaborate?

If all you got from that article is "conspiracy theory" and "red scare paranoia", fair enough, but I disagree.

I'm concerned about Marxism because these people (1) say they're Marxists and (2) act like Marxists. If it acts like a duck....

Marxism has been around forever so it's not a "new" issue. But true enough, just because an idea is marxist it doesn't mean it's good, bad, etc. But Marxism is a promotion of the state over anything else. The big brother government. I think that's contrary to America, American values, and the constitution and will create more issues than it solves. Furthermore, I think the utopian Marxist ideas introduced to us in the past 50 years or so have a destabilizing effect on our relationships and society.

The crux of the issue for me is this, if anyone is sensible they should care about the economy, all Americans, and injustices. The problem is the BLM movement is not just about racial justice. It has tons of other issues and in my opinion, being used as a Trojan Horse for tons of Leftist ideas. It's like when Comcast tries to sell you a deal that includes phone and internet when you just want the internet. Or bills in congress which sneak in various clauses at the last minute, etc. It's a false choice, by the way, the idea of "we Marxists will save you" (instead of good economic policy by whomever is in office to give power and wealth back to the people).

Everyone should have the right to protest or no one should. The Democrats are all pro-protest because that's their base. They will in one breath say don't go to a funeral or hang out with your family and in another say go protest. It's hypocritical and obviously partisan and doubly so when they're busted without masks on or going on trips with their family. Rules for you, not for me. I touched on this in the COVID thread.

I'm not okay with violence, looting, intimidation, pulling down statues, or destruction of private property on either side of the aisle. I know people are pissed off, I think it comes from economic anxiety but this is just a violation of law and order on a massive scale.

I think most people are so inundated with nonsense 24/7 it's hard to actually understand what the issues are, how to combat them, etc. They don't know about the values of BLM for example so they go with what "sounds good". They don't know about the leadership, the lobbies, the think tanks, the private donors. Compound that with people on both sides being absurdly toxic. It's all so exhausting, isn't it?

I love the GNR community, only one I've been involved with.

Probably my last post here though for XYZ. I haven't built the relationships to sustain posting amongst other things.

Please check this out:

https://spectator.org/four-stages-of-marxist-takeover-the-accuracy-of-yuri-bezmenov/

Drive by post, think of it what you will.

The WHO was resistant to scientific findings that the virus isn't transmitted via mouth/nose as previously recommended and is more sporific and airborne in nature. It's on Reuters, picked up by the NYT and the journals are being published. If that's not clear there's partisan politics, ideological agendas, and profit incentives at play, I don't know what to tell you.

Masks have been proven ineffectual prior to COVID for every other respiratory issues known to man. China, et. al. wear them reflexively and as a matter of paranoia. There's also tons of other variables in play here but Twitter dorks will then draw wrong conclusions from data to get "Orange Man Bad" points and spreads misinformation. The virus is several microns smaller than N95 mask perforations anyway. It's a way of the government trying to create the illusion of control first and foremost and partisan politics second.

"Cases are exploding". I haven't looked at all the data but certainly not in places like Michigan and NYC. The hospitalization and death cases have dropped off dramatically. Yet Michigan's governor stokes fear, presents the data in a partisan way, and promotes the same unhinged racist "anti-racist" dogma pushed by anti-scientific loonies and ideologues everywhere. "It's gone but could come back! Ahh!!!!!!"

Furthermore, we know exactly who COVID is infecting. People with respiratory issues, pre-existing conditions, obese people, old people. Yet the propaganda and fearmongering continues.