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--- Quote from: james_s on March 12, 2023, 07:05:13 am ---I was really shocked to learn the UK had arrested several times more people for speech violations than Russia, that's truly terrifying that a modern, civilized nation would be doing that. The law is so broad and vague that any one of us could be charged.

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Your citations for this blatantly ridiculous claim?
BrianHG:

--- Quote from: ebastler on March 12, 2023, 08:35:47 am ---
--- Quote from: EEVblog on March 12, 2023, 06:23:13 am ---Bringing it back to Adams, he has a famous list of hoaxes:
https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1631295633138016259

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The fact that Scott Adams frames all of these as "hoaxes", despite the fact that many of them are well-documented to be true (including proper context), is bad, but unfortunately what I expect of Adams these days.

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Yes, a few of them are well 'videoed' as they were news broadcasted live and and available on youtube.

For example, yes, Trump on live TV did suggest and tell a medical professional that maybe we should inject bleach to get rid of covid.

And I did think that Dave was referring to some more important credible scientific errors in news past, not these BS politically charged mumbo jumbo issued listed in his attached link.  Trying to defend or acknowledge that junk shouldn't be worth anyone's time.
Nominal Animal:

--- Quote from: BrianHG on March 12, 2023, 09:11:48 am ---For example, yes, Trump on live TV did suggest and tell a medical professional that maybe we should inject bleach to get rid of covid.

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I could not find any clips where he suggested anyone do that, only clips where he suggested that doing something like that should be looked into.

Are you sure you remember the clip right, and are not just parroting a statement oft repeated you like?  Again, to make sure your emotions don't color your view, consider reviewing the clip again, but imagining the speaker is someone else; and see if you still truly believe in the above statement you made.

Besides, if adults are so stupid that when they hear someone talk about injecting disinfectant, go and kill themselves with bleach, I consider it a win for the species: Darwin award worthy.  Same goes with cats in microwave ovens, repeated strain injury warnings on keyboards, and so on.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: ebastler on March 12, 2023, 08:35:47 am ---The fact that you buy into this, and repeat the "hoax" framing, is disappointing.
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I'm at least somewhat trying to keep this thread Scott Adams focussed, unlike most here it seems.


--- Quote ---You are using this forum to push your own opinions and agenda. Not what I would expect from a good host -- and specifically a host who has the power to determine which threads get locked, which posts deleted, which users banned.
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I'm a user like anyone else. I have opinion like anyone else. But not once, in 12 years have I ever banned anyone from this forum for having an opinion I don't like.
And do you really think I'm pushing "opinions and agenda" here? Really? You have absolutely no clue how restrained I am on here, nor do you have a clue what my "agenda" is.
Someone has to keep this forum from turning into shit, because I can assure you if there weren't a few mods here trying to at least keep the wheels from falling off the billy cart, then it would have died long ago.

How about you actually post something on topic in this thread instead of mind reading me. Another thing Adams teaches BTW, brining it back on topic again. Let's see you actually try...
PlainName:

--- Quote from: Nominal Animal on March 12, 2023, 03:53:59 am ---
--- Quote from: Kim Christensen on March 11, 2023, 04:01:15 pm ---Trump's famous interview where he muses about injecting disinfectant to cure COVID is a good example of what I'm talking about. Here is someone with a huge audience and power casting doubt on the very scientific method that you and I advocate for. It's a classic tactic of trying to make an unqualified, uninformed, & unscientific opinion (Trump's) equal to that of real scientific researchers. That's the kind of testing and questioning that I'm against.
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I understand, but still disagree.

He was still "musing" or "asking questions", not suggesting people actually do so.  "It would be interesting to check that.  It sounds interesting to me." (Followed by a shrug.  I just reviewed the YT video.)

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That is Trump's MO, presumably used to prevent any negative comeback. "Some smart people have said he fiddles with kids. Maybe he does - I don't know." Of course, he says that kind of thing not because anyone has actually said what he purports but to plant the idea, and then reiterates that he's not saying that "but maybe there's something in it".

Specifically to the bleach thing, there is surely a time and place to ask things and suggest things, and when speaking as The Official Word in front of the entire world is surely not it. He did it then to a) bring his idea forward where it couldn't be dismissed, and b) make sure everyone knew he owned it. But, again,  he gave himself an out, just in case.

Trump is actually a great example of how 'just asking' is really not that at all.
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