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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by jskdvsksnb on Sunday October 18, 2020 @09:06AM (#24817598)
The protests have been very small, despite the media doing their best to promote them.

If you look at someone like Doug Ford, the extremely conservative, pro-business premier of Ontario, he has consistently advocated for masking and lockdowns as needed. He was tight-fisted with funds for testing, and overly eager to reopen businesses before fall/winter when outdoor dining would be untenable. That set the stage for our current outbreak, but he hasn't done anything on the level of Trump or Rick Scott.

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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by treeman79 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @11:05AM (#24818346)
Had several boat parades involving many thousands of boats, crowds of tens of thousands.

Media had a brief report that a boat flipped over. No other mention of the rally.

Seeing daily rallies and parades Driving around now. Zero mention on local news channels.

Drove threw 3 states. We saw one Biden bumper sticker. No signs. Thousands of Trump signs.

Media is extremely biased in its reporting.

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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by colejohnson66 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @03:57PM (#24820609)
> Drove threw 3 states. We saw one Biden bumper sticker. No signs. Thousands of Trump signs.

Is it at all possible that those three states were “red” states?

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Re:The pandemic has eroded democracy and respect for human r... by treeman79 on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:38PM (#24821322)
2 out of 3
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