You First, Dude
I think people will take horse medicine because the horses seem smarter.
Welcome to Mississippi, where the Governor explains why they ain’t afraid of no damn Covid.
After Mississippi became the world’s No. 1 hotspot for COVID-19, Gov. Tate Reeves told attendees at a Republican Party fundraiser in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, that Mississippians “are a little less scared” of COVID-19 than other Americans because most share Christian beliefs.
“When you believe in eternal life—when you believe that living on this earth is but a blip on the screen, then you don’t have to be so scared of things.”
So, you gotta wonder why they were so scared of the terrorists of 911 that they willingly gave up their “freedoms” at the airports, over the telephones, anywhere outside of a free speech zone, and pretty much entering any sports arena.
Tate, 2,996 people died on 911. That was pretty much the first hour of Covid.
You’re gonna need to come up for some better excuses for incompetent governing. This one is dumber than bean dip.
Apparently, Patriotism is now the next-to-the-last refuge of a scoundrel.
1Faux- religion was always #1 for scam artists scoundrels.
2It’s people like this who redirect anybody investigating becoming Christian. And it sounds a lot like “death panels.”
3The picture with shit eating grins on the fake religious and fanatic religious morons makes me nauseous. Wonder how many families of dead covid victims share the governor’s belief now. Is that also the belief held by abbutt and desantis? I’ve seen both of them in the same poses with the faux religious trumpf, their chosen spiritual leader.
4My attitude to these “prayer” spouting hypocrites is-“You can pray into one hand and crap into the other. Guess which one overflows first.”
5Aaaand….we’re back to the joke about the guy who said ‘God would save him’ who drowned in a flood and then questioned what happened when he got to the Pearly Gates. God (allegedly) said, “I sent a neighbor with a pickup, a fire truck, and a guy in a boat. What more did you expect?”
6Supposedly, over 70 percent of the calls to poison control in Mississippi concern the horse dewormer. If you want to believe God will protect you then why are you rushing to the animal feed store to clear their stock of dewormer? It’s the selective adherence that always gets me. Even removing God, there’s the obvious juxtaposition of taking a medicine meant for animals all the while shunning a vaccine because “you don’t know what’s in it.” The good folks at Fox Noise have never felt the need to tell the truth, but now they are killing people.
7Ironic. Deadly ironic. The QOP have never been consistent about anything. Their hypocrisy freak flag blew in every direction depending on what they ‘thought’ would serve them best.
But now? Yeah. They are consistent with the stupid. Doubling down and doubling back to support quackeries that have been disproved multiple times.
They all must be wearing oxfords with fake laces because they are too stupid stupid to tie their shoes. 1, 2, 3 easy step too stupid. Vaccinate, wear a mask, social distance … 1,2, 3 too stupid to follow the obvious.
8I believe in in Ivermectin and Jesus…
9“When you believe in eternal life—when you believe that living on this earth is but a blip on the screen, then you don’t have to be so scared of things.”
. . . . . which is the same thought process as held by Muslim suicide bombers.
10A doctor in Missouri has reported that a lot of the Ivermectin poison cases are because the dummies are taking dosages specified for horses. I will take it as an axiom that people in Mississippi are not smarter than theones in Missouri.
So math quiz time: if on average a horse weighs 1400 pounds and the average human in Mississippi weighs 300 pounds (an understimate if you look at the Governor in the photo), then what proportion of a horse dose should an alleged human in Mississippi take? [answer: it’s a trick question. Zero, since even Mississippi humans should not be taking horse dewormer.]
Sadly, even though all you have to do is type in 300/1400 into Google and it will do the arithmetic for you, most of the Missourians probably think Google is only for finding porn … and Ivermectin.
11This probably would be better saved for one of my full length commentaries, but people are leery of that. So, here goes nothing. The problem with conservative thought processes is that they are stuck on individual rights. That has also seeped into their religion. So, in essence they have perverted both at the same time.
We don’t vaccinate and wear masks to protect ourselves. We do it to protect everyone we come in contact with. We do it to avoid clogging the hospitals. We do it so we are not a burden on our families and society. In other words, we do it for everyone but ourselves.
So, as much respect as one can have for the “live with no fear” mentality, I simply cannot fathom a group of people who claim to be people of God and yet are too selfish to look out for their fellow man. Great, God protects you. Does he/she protect me from you? Is the measure of my protection somehow an extension of my stated beliefs or are my actions going to govern whether I’m worthy of that protection?
Protestants believe in the justification by faith mantra. In other words, a simple outward expression of faith can outweigh a lifetime of bad acts. The problem with that is that my expression of faith should transform my acts. I simply use the phrase “faith justified by good works.” If that is true then my attitude towards the vaccine and masks would partly define those good works. If I’m treating others the way I want to be treated then I’m protecting them from me. If I’m not and instead relying on God’s protection then I’m running the risk that God may choose not to protect me because I violated his/her greatest commandment.
Beyond the simple mechanics of sin and basic faith precepts is the concept of a collective or “general will.” One cannot be a true believer and consider all of this as just about me. We belong to a family. We belong to a society. We belong to a community. Belonging demands certain responsibilities and one of those is looking out for other members of that family, society, or community in very basic ways. So, whether you call yourself a believer or not, one cannot enjoy the benefits of membership without also sharing in its costs. This is basic stuff.
12Amazing that licensed medical doctors are prescribing Ivermectin to humans and keep their licenses. I guess in many states like mississippi and misery, that’s acceptable practice. Wondering if drs ronny jackson and scott atlas practice medicine in those states.
13Seems like the math for figuring the IQs of the idiots taking horse dewormer could be like 1400/300 x 10. Or maybe x 6 or 8. Wonder if they’re on hydroxychloroquine, too.
Aren’t they the same people too scared to go to Krogers without a gun?
14Nick @ 12, whose “we”?
[quote]We don’t vaccinate and wear masks to protect ourselves. We do it to protect everyone we come in contact with. We do it to avoid clogging the hospitals. We do it so we are not a burden on our families and society. In other words, we do it for everyone but ourselves.[/unquote]
Won’t list all the childhood vaccines, or those air mobility special shots for world wide duty, but those shots were received to protect “me” as well as others. “…clogging the hospitals…” are secondary thoughts; most of “us” do it to avoid the hospital. As with the “choices” of diet and exercise, some of us do it simply because we feel better, not ‘just’ the science of it all.
Times changed Nick, good health has always been a choice. But this dying thing that seems to have raptured the anti-vaxxer maskholes is a new wrinkle on too stupid to tie their shoes.
15Yes, Slipstream, and like suicide bombers they don’t care how many unwilling participants accompany them to “paradise.” It’s almost as if religion and morality are mutually exclusive.
16Republican political leaders, and talking numbskulls on conservative tv networks should be asked by their constituents & viewers:
Have you taken the COVID vaccine?
17Have you self administered horse wormer?
These abusers of Invermectin will certianly be dewormed, but it may not spare them from becoming worm food.
18Tate Reeves is a godly man who will cheerfully sacrifice his citizens on an altar of Ignorance to please his imaginary invisible sky demon, who just happens to think exactly as Tate does.
19Mississippi isn’t more Christian, they’re Southern Baptist. The SBC left Christianity a long time ago just as the Taliban left Islam.
F…ing people are proud of their ignorance.
20Not that Bellevue!
21You guys have it all wrong! Nothing like a shot -or two- of Invermectin to clear the cobwebs-and worms…I did two years hard labor in the Midwest. Religiousity drips from the corn stalks. Invermectin cannot clear it.
Montag@19: agreed about Tate Reeves. But it’s not an imaginary invisible sky demon, it’s an orange-faced blithering con-man for whom he’s willing to sacrifice his constituents.
22Ida made landfall around 10 hours ago and it’s still a cat. 2.
23As it heads into?
Mississippi.
Hospitals all over the south are at, or close to capacity with (mostly unvaccinated) covid patients, and severe personnel shortages.
So a major hurricane is just what the doctor ordered.
I expect hospitals not damaged to be completely overwhelmed. And the ones left damaged or without power or water will have to be evacuated to hospitals who knows how far away, overwhelming them as well.
So yeah. Thanks Tate.
Your policy rationale’s gonna be remembered.
On election day I hope.
I’m not religious first off, but if they believe this is their god’s will, what message are they taking from the covid attack on their citizenry on top of Ida? I don’t have an answer but if I were them, I’d be concerned about what’s next. Go ahead and listen to your governor and think about getting the hell out of there.
24My daughter caught some kind of parasite and Ivermectin was prescribed. It worked. Covid-19 is not a parasite. End of story.
Could we please stop talking about religion? I pains me to see otherwise sane and reasonable people bible-blabbing. Howzabout some Zoroastrianism?
25Tate Reeves is as stupid as he looks. Which is saying something.
26I understand the complaint Ormond. My thought process is that many of them are coming from that vantage point, so I try to meet them where they are at and beat them at their own game. They really don’t like it when you can use their own words against them.
27Evangelicals go for more end of life interventions than, for instance, atheists. And, of course, their clinging to their guns like pacifiers isn’t exactly an act of bravery.
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