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Unread 05-13-2020, 02:21 PM
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Default R.R. Reno and First Things are depraved and dangerous!

COVID-19-positive, deliberately violating social-distance protocols, and acting like he’s a hero for it. What a scumbag.
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Nevermind. Resigning was the right thing to do.

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Death cult that's made its bed with the capitalist elite fine-tunes its death cultery to better benefit the capitalist elite, news at 11.
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Unread 05-13-2020, 05:26 PM
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I agree that he is irresponsible not to wear a mask. I also agree that his sneaky behavior is not admirable.

For scientific (not political) reasons, however, please do not confuse “Covid-positive” with “antibody-positive.” He said he was the latter. Being antibody-positive means he has been infected in the past, has recovered, and is most likely immune, at least until the virus significantly mutates. If he can’t catch the virus again, then he probably can’t be contagious either.

That being said, it IS irresponsible and hateful to cause needless anxiety in those who do not know he is (probably) immune.

Whenever antibody tests become widely available, many of us may find out we have the same enviable status. Short of a vaccine or a cure, such testing would be one of the best ways to lower social anxiety, and I hope it will be soon.

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Unread 05-13-2020, 05:41 PM
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I don't really understand the rude attitude here. It is simply a rude headline without substance offered about anything.

" scumbag. "

I don't see anything in that article that really justifies your being apparently so offended and resorting to name-calling. Name-calling is simply a way to dehumanize someone and dismiss him/her in order not think about what he or she is saying; it's a cop-out.

"COVID-19-positive"

I'm not sure, but it sounded like he is positive for "antibodies" indicating he had coronavirus, not that he currently has it.

I don't know what part makes you think he is "acting like a hero". Unless you mean, he is being bold enough to do what he believes in, as I imagine you are. I can hardly blame someone if what he believes doesn't always correspond with everything the government says or does! The government is not exactly the holiest basis by which to make choices about the most important things in our life.
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Reno wants people to die of covid-19 because he doesn't like the aesthetics of masks. He is using his position of influence to try and bring about the deaths he hopes to see. "Scumbag" is letting him off easy.
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"Reno wants people to die of covid-19 because he doesn't like the aesthetics of masks. He is using his position of influence to try and bring about the deaths he hopes to see."

Are you reading the same article? Where does he express some intention or hope to bring about death, via his influence or merely by not wearing a mask?
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Unread 05-13-2020, 05:57 PM
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He expresses it, without the slightest hint of ambiguity, right here: https://twitter.com/rr_reno/status/1...806300161?s=20
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Claudia, you are right about what the antibody test means. But the article makes clear that he was violating the order before he knew that—including, no doubt, when he was contagious. There is almost unquestionably at least one death on his hands, at least one person that he, R.R. Reno, personally stripped of life because he didn't want to look uncool.
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Unread 05-13-2020, 06:15 PM
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He expresses it, without the slightest hint of ambiguity, right here: https://twitter.com/rr_reno/status/1...806300161?s=20

You must really have something against this person, if you want to spin that in order to try to portray him as hoping lots of people will die. I don't think you would succeed in convincing any real judge. There's just not enough to go by in that to speak so negatively and make such accusations about a person.

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