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poobusdoobus -16 points ago +1 / -17

It's a new variant called Delta, which is much more contagious than the previous strand. It's not "Oh, hey look, COVID is back, woops, didn't see that coming." No one knew how infectious this strand would be until it hit. Do you think all the doctors and healthcare workers are just making up their heavy case loads?

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poobusdoobus 3 points ago +4 / -1

Do you think I posted this topic here to justify their desire to remove male genital? No. But, you win more flies with honey than vinegar. If you understand how someone arrives at a terrible ideology, you can help combat it. Personally, I am a Christian. I don't feel as though anyone is beyond redemption, ultimately. Just look at Rosaria Butterfield. She went from being a lesbian who taught queer theory at Syracuse University to being happily married to a man and homeschooling children in an ultraconservative church. If we understand people's hurts, which are many times legitimate, we can reach them better than those that play into their hatred.

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poobusdoobus 6 points ago +6 / -0

I'm not justifying their commentary; I'm just saying that there are men out there who abuse women and those women sometimes like it completely taint their views of men. Of course, this isn't one sided- women certainly manipulate men and men will get screwed in divorce cases, even if they're the more dependable parent. But if we pretend like there aren't men who treat women like crap or who rape/sexually assault them (like Joe Biden, I might add), we'll push women on the fence towards ideologies like FemaleDatingStrategy.

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poobusdoobus 2 points ago +6 / -4

Source for those interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/comments/owin70/97_of_modern_birds_do_not_have_penises_because_of/

For those unfamiliar with r/FemaleDatingStrategy, it's essentially a female "incels" dating subreddit there man hate is acceptable. Which is sad, because a lot of them women have legitimately been treated like crap by men, but then that translates into some of them hating men and wishing men didn't have dangly parts.

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poobusdoobus -14 points ago +2 / -16

I do understand your concern and frustration. I've had family that broke their bones recently that couldn't get it taken care of because of Covid and we were steamed about it. But I also have several other family in the medical field right now and they are getting swamped with Delta cases. Apparently, the major hospital in my hometown has 0 beds available because of Delta cases. It's extremely frustrating, I empathize with you as I had a similar experience, but the hospital is weighing admitting your grandmother, who probably is not going to die because of her injury, versus keeping a spot open for someone who will very probably come in shortly and need emergency care pronto or they die. I don't say this to be rude or that guy, but just to give some context and let people know this isn't just a hospital profit thing or something like that.