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[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Could be. I know her well enough as legit and saw her photo. Whether she had "The COVID" or not, she was hella sick for a bit.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I'm not suggesting people don't get sick.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I know.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Once again, Wizz is desperately trying to weasel around this issue.

He's a shill. 100%.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I'm 95% on board with you. I'm especially pissed about the WP open-source article scientism censorship.

The mental gymnastics it takes to twist yourself into knots justifying all the "authorities'" shit is evidence of 1) a shill (knowing or unknowingly), 2) very effective but never bulletproof dogma, and/or 3) a person might be about to break free of the brainwashing.

Regardless if he's a "shill" or not, name calling doesn't help. It alienates those who want a civil forum, and without providing the proof every time you make such an extraordinary claim it reflects poorly. I prefer a more descriptive form of name-calling: "He's an unskeptical authority-believing nay-sayer." It's a little longer but doesn't carry the baggage and clearly explains my beefs.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

There are a number of sensible people in this forum.

I call out the shills to give the decent folks an unambiguous heads-up.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think that's a very valuable service to the community.

I suspect it would be even more valuable and deeply respected if presented with evidence and tact, if at all possible.

It would be easy enough to start a page https://saidit.net/wiki/index#wiki_saidit_wiki_subpages to keep track of individuals and evidence if needed. Few folks bother with the wikis and prefer to start new subs that don't amount to much.

A guard dog with teeth to back up the bark is far more effective.