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Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 06:27 AM Mar 2020

We have seen this before. Reagan did this with AIDS

Last edited Thu Mar 12, 2020, 08:06 AM - Edit history (1)

It was gays and IV drug users. AIDS was a gift from God. A curse on the unrighteous.

COVID kills the old, gets them off SS and Medicare. The fuckers see this as a solution.

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We have seen this before. Reagan did this with AIDS (Original Post) Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 OP
COVID will also affect elderly voters. Quemado Mar 2020 #1
This is exactly what I was thinking. HotTeaBag Mar 2020 #5
I would hope not vercetti2021 Mar 2020 #2
I don't wish anything bad happen to anyone, but Quemado Mar 2020 #4
And I'm sure their tribe is preparing in their Baitball Blogger Mar 2020 #3
Seeing this as a solution sounds very Nazi-like MiniMe Mar 2020 #6
You ain't kidding... PCIntern Mar 2020 #7

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
1. COVID will also affect elderly voters.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 06:58 AM
Mar 2020

People over 65 tend to vote conservative. COVID will disproportionately kill off Republican voters. If COVID doesn't kill off elderly Republican voters, it might also make them too sick to vote.

 

HotTeaBag

(1,206 posts)
5. This is exactly what I was thinking.
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:48 AM
Mar 2020

It's doubly ridiculous that Hannity and friends don't give the truth to their viewers, as they are putting Trump's base (and Fox's only real viewership) at risk.

vercetti2021

(10,156 posts)
2. I would hope not
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:00 AM
Mar 2020

I mean these are still human beings I can't condone like any type of advantage it would give Democrats.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
4. I don't wish anything bad happen to anyone, but
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 09:44 AM
Mar 2020

this is a reality: the elderly are more likely to have harmful consequences from contracting the COVID virus, and the elderly tend to vote conservative. We might see this phenomenon show up in voting results.

Baitball Blogger

(46,736 posts)
3. And I'm sure their tribe is preparing in their
Thu Mar 12, 2020, 07:48 AM
Mar 2020

Own unique way to protect their own. I don’t think they counted con a virus that can infiltrate their defenses unseen.

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