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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by orangecat on Thursday October 21, 2021 @02:03PM (#28948501)
On one side are the computer scientists and engineers who understand the nature of the problem.

Which includes Republicans: https://twitter.com/tonylovasco/status/1448672694065668105

If you want to make scientific ignorance a political issue, we can discuss nuclear power, GMOs, unreasonable COVID restrictions, and plenty more.

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Re:Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found securit... by dane-pgp on Thursday October 21, 2021 @07:04PM (#28951892)
> we can discuss nuclear power, GMOs, unreasonable COVID restrictions

If you want to discuss those things, it's worth first pointing out that the US had the worst Covid death toll of the G7 countries[0] and that red states had higher case and death rates than blue states[1].

Also, it's possible to accept the science of nuclear power and GMOs while still not trusting large corporations to exercise sufficient care and restraint when given control over nuclear material and life itself, especially when the government agencies ultimately responsible for regulating those technologies are half the time appointed by a party that doesn't believe in regulations or government.

[0] https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-death-rate-worse-brita...

[1] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/03/10/politics/covid-cases-deat...

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