Covid-19

[The_Man_With_No_Plan]

Re: Covid-19

You find it easy to defend a lying, corrupt, incompetent, Buffon?

Trevor Noah over here thinks Trump is a jerk.

[JL25and3]

Trevor Noah over here thinks Trump is a jerk.

For a long time now, I’ve been hoping to hear someone make an intellectually honest defense of Trump and his presidency. You said Tex made it easy to defend Trump supporters, but you didn’t actually do so. And you didn’t even suggest a defense of Trump.

By the way, saying that liberals can be silly isn’t a defense of Trump or his supporters.

[PettittesPrincess]

Re: Covid-19

Why are people buying bottled water? I can't think of any reason to buy bottled water. Is Covid-19 going to come out of faucets?

Tap water is disgusting.

[JL25and3]

Tap water is disgusting.

Depends on where you are.

[theDurk]

Re: Covid-19

Tap water is disgusting.

No, your tap water is disgusting. Mine comes from a 230-foot Artesian well drilled in 1936 that tests, and tastes, better than bottled.

[PettittesPrincess]

Re: Covid-19

No, your tap water is disgusting. Mine comes from a 230-foot Artesian well drilled in 1936 that tests, and tastes, better than bottled.

Not everyone has that. So that’s why people buy it. If I have to drink it I will but hopefully I don’t have to.

[Yankees1962]

Re: Covid-19

For a long time now, I’ve been hoping to hear someone make an intellectually honest defense of Trump and his presidency. You said Tex made it easy to defend Trump supporters, but you didn’t actually do so. And you didn’t even suggest a defense of Trump.

By the way, saying that liberals can be silly isn’t a defense of Trump or his supporters.

They have no legitimate defense except to deflect from his incompetence and corrupt behavior.

[Yankee Tripper]

Re: Covid-19

For a long time now, I’ve been hoping to hear someone make an intellectually honest defense of Trump and his presidency. You said Tex made it easy to defend Trump supporters, but you didn’t actually do so. And you didn’t even suggest a defense of Trump.

By the way, saying that liberals can be silly isn’t a defense of Trump or his supporters.

You’re going to be waiting a long time because there isn’t one.

[kan_t]

What I've read says people feel the need of being in control of something. And stocking up on toilet paper and water are relatively low cost and it helps some people feel like they're doing something to prepare against a possible quarantine.

And some of it I think is like a rock rolling downhill and gathering momentum. People see other people doing it so they do it, too.

Yes it's also due to lack of information they have. There would be lots fake information flowing around. Some are unintentional. They're just panic. Some are intentional. They try to make a profit from the situation.

[The_Man_With_No_Plan]

Re: Covid-19

For a long time now, I’ve been hoping to hear someone make an intellectually honest defense of Trump and his presidency. You said Tex made it easy to defend Trump supporters, but you didn’t actually do so. And you didn’t even suggest a defense of Trump.

By the way, saying that liberals can be silly isn’t a defense of Trump or his supporters.

I feel like I've attempted it a few times on this forum, but it's ultimately pretty futile. Especially here. People are very passionate about the issue, and it's not worth angering someone and risk being hated on a forum where I mostly just want to talk baseball. I also don't want to turn this thread into another Trump thread (if that hasn't been done already).

I also don't want to be accused of avoiding the questions... so I'll quickly say that defending Trump himself as a person is pretty impossible. But he ran at a time where people were very frustrated with American politics and was lucky to be doing it against someone who had a lot of skeletons in her closet and wasn't exactly the most likable person. It was an insane shock when he won, and I feel like the left has dealt with that by trying to make everything he does seem like the worst thing ever. That's really my biggest complaint. If he was treated and reported on fairly, his shtick would get pretty tired and it would be easy to legitimately criticize him, but when an entire party has to passionately be 100% against every single thing the dude says, they back themselves into an impossibly non-existent corner... and that's essentially what happened. They're about to nominate a guy who can barely construct a sentence, but he's going to get major national support just because he disagrees with Trump.

But whatever. I could go on, but I'm sure people don't care. I'm boring myself at this point. Just didn't want to seem like I was ignoring the issue.

[theDurk]

Re: Covid-19

Not everyone has that. So that’s why people buy it. If I have to drink it I will but hopefully I don’t have to.

So...."Some tap water.....most tap water" not "Tap water is disgusting". Excesssive generalization is one of the things we are taught not to do on this forum.

[HelloNewman]

Re: Covid-19

They're about to nominate a guy who can barely construct a sentence, but he's going to get major national support just because he disagrees with Trump.

The irony meter is always overtaxed at nyyfans, but I'm pretty sure this gem just broke it.

[The_Man_With_No_Plan]

Re: Covid-19

The irony meter is always overtaxed at nyyfans, but I'm pretty sure this gem just broke it.

I must say... my first instinct is to doubt myself, but I'm not sure I understand this. Did I make a grammatical/syntactic error? Or is the irony that Trump is a horrible public speaker? You might have to walk me through this one.

[Texsahara]

I feel like I've attempted it a few times on this forum, but it's ultimately pretty futile. Especially here. People are very passionate about the issue, and it's not worth angering someone and risk being hated on a forum where I mostly just want to talk baseball. I also don't want to turn this thread into another Trump thread (if that hasn't been done already).

I also don't want to be accused of avoiding the questions... so I'll quickly say that defending Trump himself as a person is pretty impossible. But he ran at a time where people were very frustrated with American politics and was lucky to be doing it against someone who had a lot of skeletons in her closet and wasn't exactly the most likable person. It was an insane shock when he won, and I feel like the left has dealt with that by trying to make everything he does seem like the worst thing ever. That's really my biggest complaint. If he was treated and reported on fairly, his shtick would get pretty tired and it would be easy to legitimately criticize him, but when an entire party has to passionately be 100% against every single thing the dude says, they back themselves into an impossibly non-existent corner... and that's essentially what happened. They're about to nominate a guy who can barely construct a sentence, but he's going to get major national support just because he disagrees with Trump.

But whatever. I could go on, but I'm sure people don't care. I'm boring myself at this point. Just didn't want to seem like I was ignoring the issue.

Actually, people do care. We've asked every Trump supporter that's posted to defend that support and always get something else. Like your post. You didn't say a thing in defense of his policies or actions. You criticized other posters, the left, HRC, the media, and Joe Biden. "He's not being treated fairly" is not a defense. It's also debatable. But either way it's a terrible reason to support him if that's all you have.

[YankeePride1967]

Re: Covid-19

I still have trump supporter friends blaming this on the media and the democrats and why are we panicking over 50 deaths. The panic (hoarding) is because we are greedy and selfish, if the media and we are taking it seriously because it is serious. Of course if you use Trump as your voice and example which sadly his cult members do, you wrongly compare this to the flu and business as usu. which is why I haven’t left the house in a week and won’t unless I have to. If we all took this seriously and if Trump took it seriously in January when first approached or early February when again he was told but called it a hoax, we might be with South Korea or China that did and now are reporting fewer cases.