teachercd Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 4 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: This is so true. Ehhh, I mean, is that really true? No one? There are literally hundreds of thousands of people in the streets protesting to help/protect others. Every single school in the country has been shut down since March. I know Americans love to be the self-loathing crybaby about how horrible it is to live in America but come on. 1 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, teachercd said: Ehhh, I mean, is that really true? No one? There are literally hundreds of thousands of people in the streets protesting to help/protect others. Every single school in the country has been shut down since March. I know Americans love to be the self-loathing crybaby about how horrible it is to live in America but come on. It's an interesting topic. China is likely one of the countries considered "collectivist" and in some ways they are, but when it comes to school they do a s#!t job taking care of kids with disabilities. They focus on the best of the best. The U.S. takes care of educating every child regardless of what kind of future they might have. That's collectivist. 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Just now, BlitzFirst said: Let's put it this way...if everyone was looking out for their neighbor, Bernie would have the nomination right now and we'd all be holding hands and skipping toward Medicare for all. That didn't happen. Thus, it's safe to assume that people don't like looking out for others as much as Socialist Democrats do in this country. Thus, what they said may not be EXACT but the spirit of what they said is true. People don't want to have to give others "free rides" and "handouts" etc. They don't feel its their responsibility to do so. They're right, it's not. But they can choose to work together for the common benefit of all mankind/womankind and that's not the choice most make. Whoooooo, man and womankind? Ummmm, there are plenty more genders than that! Ha Yeah, I get what you are saying, not really sure it is on the same topic as the virus stuff that this dork was tweeting about but I do get it. I still agree with you that Sanders was f#&%ed by the D's. 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Moiraine said: It's an interesting topic. China is likely one of the countries considered "collectivist" and in some ways they are, but when it comes to school they do a s#!t job taking care of kids with disabilities. They focus on the best of the best. The U.S. takes care of educating every child regardless of what kind of future they might have. That's collectivist. You are probably right, I don't know what they do in China for kids that are struggling but if I had to guess I would assume they are all but weeded out. Link to comment
FrantzHardySwag Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Interesting Study that might be one to watch moving forward. People could have fought off the virus and still test negative for antibodies, yet still have a t-cell response (up to 11 years with SARS). Also could mean we are much closer to herd immunity than antibody testing shows, which would explain why NYC's numbers fell off a cliff, even with opening things up, yet only having 20ish percent having antibodies... 1 1 Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, teachercd said: Ehhh, I mean, is that really true? No one? There are literally hundreds of thousands of people in the streets protesting to help/protect others. Every single school in the country has been shut down since March. I know Americans love to be the self-loathing crybaby about how horrible it is to live in America but come on. OK, "nobody" might be hyperbole. But, there's a difference between paying taxes to help others or to a charity and actually changing how you do something in your life because it would help others. That something is something you would have to do every day and it's an inconvenience for you. THAT'S where the vast majority of Americans fail in helping their neighbor. In ways, I'm sure I fall in this too. 1 Link to comment
commando Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 3 hours ago, knapplc said: Hope nobody was planning a vacation to Europe anytime soon. Thanks, Trump! does this make us a s#!t hole country? 1 Link to comment
Decoy73 Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, FrantzHardySwag said: Interesting Study that might be one to watch moving forward. People could have fought off the virus and still test negative for antibodies, yet still have a t-cell response (up to 11 years with SARS). Also could mean we are much closer to herd immunity than antibody testing shows, which would explain why NYC's numbers fell off a cliff, even with opening things up, yet only having 20ish percent having antibodies... We’re learning. Link to comment
teachercd Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 2 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: OK, "nobody" might be hyperbole. But, there's a difference between paying taxes to help others or to a charity and actually changing how you do something in your life because it would help others. That something is something you would have to do every day and it's an inconvenience for you. THAT'S where the vast majority of Americans fail in helping their neighbor. In ways, I'm sure I fall in this too. And don't forget CHAZ...those wonderful people were totally helping their fellow Americans...get raped, shot, beaten stolen from and murdered. 1 Link to comment
teachercd Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 49 minutes ago, BlitzFirst said: Well, that's what we've been led to believe anyway right? Just like those cops were poisoned by Shake Shack employees...except they weren't even poisoned and didn't go to the hospital at all. I select a 'wait and see' approach to news nowadays...because we've seen one sensationalized headline repeated ad nauseam about this stuff in Chaz and that's it. I mean...it came from CNN. Then the Mayor stepped in to shut down the "country". CNN is reputable. 1 1 Link to comment
Moiraine Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Not that Trump's dumb a$$ comments were worthy of a response, but the U.S. has done about 7% more tests than the E.U., but the U.S. has a 575% higher current 7 day average # of cases. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109066/coronavirus-testing-in-europe-by-country/ 1 1 Link to comment
mrandyk Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 12 hours ago, BigRedBuster said: This is so true. You see it everyday. If Americans generally had self-awareness or respect for others I wouldn't hate going out into public so much. Can't go anywhere without running into a$$h@!es inconveniencing others for no good reason. Link to comment
teachercd Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 9 hours ago, mrandyk said: You see it everyday. If Americans generally had self-awareness or respect for others I wouldn't hate going out into public so much. Can't go anywhere without running into a$$h@!es inconveniencing others for no good reason. Where do you live?? 1 Link to comment
knapplc Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 This whole thing has been such a s#!t-show compared to responses by other countries. 1 Link to comment
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