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9 hours ago, gfNDfan said:
and your point by pointing out the suspects are black is.....? It's called street crime. Happens by and TO people all over the US every day - opportunity - a old couple walking early in the morning. An easy pick but something went south and he was shot. Very sad - too bad ALSO he was basically run out of UND. Way to go haters - happy now?
I dunno.....for some reason it mattered and was very well publicized that the cop that killed George Floyd was white....but when two black people kill a white guy the races of the offender are sanitized. Just wondering why there isn't any consistency?
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1 hour ago, Oxbow6 said:
Local radio in GF last night stated juveniles were "black males".
Totally senseless and tragic.
And doesn't fit the narrative so you'll never hear anything more about it unless you go out looking for updates. White guy that got an education, followed the rules and wasn't constantly breaking the law or hurting people, finally hits the finish line only to be snuffed out by two teenagers in an inner city weeks later.
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Very sad. Another reminder of why it's important to enjoy the ride and not just the finish line goal.
You never know when your number will get called.
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5 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
Huh? I'll quote mikejm here, "Don't impose your droplets on me". It doesn't mean I'm asking you to take care of me. I'm asking for some common courtesy. Are you so reckless with your other decisions? Do you speed often? Drink and drive? Please just make the right decisions, they do affect others.
The second you step outside of your house you've made the decision to breath the same air (and droplets) as the public. No one is imposing it on you.
And yet another ridiculous comparison by you trying to compare not wearing a mask to intentionally commiting a crime......but I suppose with the way the media is running with this just give it time and anything is possible.
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Just now, Bison06 said:
Straw man.
Two things can be true at once. The virus is serious(so is influenza and many others) and at the same time we are blowing it way out of proportion in our country.
Mic drop. Close the thread.
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3 minutes ago, mikejm said:
Don't impose your respiratory droplets on me.
If you are scared you are free to wear a mask, avoid crowds/social distance, or just stay inside a bunker for the rest of your life. YOU can control that.
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8 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
One could argue that those going into public or to gatherings without a mask are also not capable of taking care of themselves or others.
So now you don't just want government but you want me to take care of you because you can't? Do you want me to balance your checkbook for you? Do you want me to show up at your house when it starts raining and remind you that you should roll up your car windows? When you crack a beer should I have to come over and tell you to not consume more than 3 or else it's considered binge? Geez listen to yourself!
I'm not overly worried...most people aren't. I am at minimal risk as are many others. I've made the decision to enjoy life instead of living scared. You don't have to agree with me....you can take more precautions than me...that's your right. But don't try impose your fear on me. It's not that hard.
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4 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
Is altru selfish for requiring all employees, patients, and visitors to wear masks? Sanford? Mayo?
Sorry bro but the selfish are the ones who claim it’s their civil liberty to be in public with no mask. It’s a form of entitlement and privilege, you should understand that right?
Hospitals and long term care facilities are a different deal.....because many of the people there aren't able to protect/take precautions themselves. If they were fully able to care for themselves and/or make their own decisions by definition they wouldn't be in either of those places.
Try again.
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5 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
Oh you got me I’m selfish. Just like every hospital system out there too?
Yes you are. I think we had a break through today.
The same hospital systems that allegedly were so full that Navy medical ships were needed......stadiums like the Fargodome were getting equipped with beds.....and campus dorms were considered being used as makeshift hospitals? Those same hospital systems? I never heard what came of all of that, did you?
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Just now, Redneksioux said:The only type that I would trust to protect the one wearing.
Now we are drilling down to the problem. So what you are saying is that in order for YOU to feel safe, you expect product A. If YOU can't get product A, everyone else should have to acquiesce to your fears whether your fears are justified or not, even if they don't share the same fears/beliefs?
Remind me.......which side of the masks vs no masks are the selfish ones?
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1 minute ago, Redneksioux said:
Yeah we could do that if we had the ppe. Anyone know where I can buy some n95 masks?
So N95 masks are the only types that work?
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15 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
Serious answer. I've been very aware of the risks prior to March as I have a couple immunocompromised individuals in my family. Now that our country is losing roughly 1,000 lives/day to a novel virus that we have no idea of long term side effects, sure my concern has grown.
Same here. Have immunocompromised people in my family too. The reality is that the condition that causes them to be immunocompromised in the first place is multiple times more likely to negatively affect their lives than whatever the latest virus is that SE Asia has slung across the ocean every couple years. I'm capable of making informed decisions regarding the risks we are willing and not willing to take. Unfortunately others are apparently not so capable so they want to impose their misery on others
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39 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
So how would personal responsibility apply to the thousands of asymptomatic covid carriers today?
Personal responsibility would be those that are vulnerable, or just freaked out by the media, having the burden on them to wear the appropriate protective mask/accessories if they chose to partake in public activities (which is a voluntary activity). It's really not that hard of a concept. Much easier than draconian threats for every single person to wear a mask 24/7.
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9 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
No but HIV wasn’t spread through the air. Did he not recommend protected sex? Was there a group of right wingers promoting unprotected sex and sharing needles?
Another weak example. I believe that the right wingers response was that those that were affected or could easily be affected should take precautions.....i.e. personal responsibility.....look up the concept. There weren't mandates flying around that even people at no risk (husband and wife for example) had to wear rubbers when they got it on.
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6 minutes ago, Bison06 said:
No, no, no. What would have been best is to make EVERYONE lock down and shutter their businesses to stop the spread.
Yep. You know it sounds ridiculous when you say it out loud.....but that is exactly what is happening. Amazing the number of people that can't take a step back and see the craziness of it all.
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24 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
Back in the 80s wasn’t there a handful that called HIV “the gay cancer”? Pretty in line with our president calling covid the “wuhan flu” no? I don’t recall masses of right wingers fighting for their right to spread HIV though.
and we were reporting covid deaths through the CDC just like we were reporting flu deaths, until the White House made moves to make the covid counts less transparent, so there’s that!
If anyone that tested positive for HIV would have been placed in a quarantine until a vaccine was found we could have stopped the spread of that virus right?
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8 hours ago, gfNDfan said:
That old creep was probably checking on his "wild grass" growing on the berm he tried suing the city over mowing a few years ago. Must have had some spare time from attending Trump rallies or maybe making sure his old law partner was still SEAworthy. (EEEWWWW - sorry;-(
Looking forward to see what Hal comes up with for the new steak place. I think he'll nail it and that place will be a dining sensation downtown. That being said Ely's Ivy is doing a great job on 3rd Street.
Trump rallies? Only if he was protesting. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://digitalcommons.law.utulsa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi%3Farticle%3D3177%26context%3Dtlr&ved=2ahUKEwij3fyPstTqAhUJK80KHRJtA1MQFjAAegQIAhAB&usg=AOvVaw1OHsBnTXsqcfPCJ7M1XvL1
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45 minutes ago, Langster019 said:
We bought through seat geek. Not some scalper.
What do you think the Seatgeeks and Stubhubs of the world are? They are a sanitized market exchange for scalpers.
Refunds typically go back to the original purchaser. Could be up to you to track them down.
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If teachers have to go back to the classroom instead of being able to teach remotely who is gonna walk their dogs for them in between the 2 hours of zoom per day that they have?
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1 minute ago, wxman91 said:
Whole bunch of wrong in here.
- Hate speech is constitutional
- College campuses can decide who to invite or not invite to speak, not a 1st amendment issue
- Social media is private business, not a 1st amendment issue
- Court challenges to the Constitutionality of COVID restrictions have been thrown out - see: https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10451
- How many of those protesters in Michigan that showed up like a militia were arrested?
If a college and/or social media site wants to only report the far left version of events so be it.....but then own who you are and don't be afraid to announce yourself as a "Democrat" college....or a "liberal" social media site. In the case of colleges, it seems like a the publicly funded aspect of it might cause problems when it comes to being prejudiced towards certain beliefs.
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8 minutes ago, UND1983 said:
My kid's teacher taught 2 groups for 40 minutes each a week this past spring when it went to online learning. You're damn right they don't wanna come back to work.
Great point. So with the significantly less contact time.....shouldn't that mean one teacher can cover more sections.....which equals fewer teacher positions?
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47 minutes ago, Redneksioux said:
Maybe the black lives matter folks should just leave the country too eh?
No, but the people that truly don't feel safe in large urban areas could try something different by voting red instead of blue as 40-50 years of the latter helped create the situation they find so offensive.
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1 hour ago, UNDBIZ said:
Although I'd like schools to reopen as well, if the bold text above happens, then who will teach the kids? Most schools are already struggling to find quality teachers.
How many teachers do you know that got into the Fargo, Grand Forks, Bismarck school system (i.e. any decent size school system).......that did a 180 and quit to do something completely unrelated? Teachers love to whine about pay and make threats regarding no one being left to teach kids.....but very few actually leave the strong union, great benefits, and a 12 month salary for working 9 months per year gold mine.
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It's called retirement. He was 60+ years old, did you expect him to work forever?