[mjburgess]

Is the vaccine mandatory? Who said it would "stop" the disease?

Which "conservatives" said Russia wouldn't invade? The realist view of IR is, largely, the conservative one -- and many conservatives were saying Russia was strongly inclined to engage in this sort of politics.

I have no idea what you're talking about. This just seems like apologetics for conspiracy theories.

"'They said' X was a conspiracy, and it isnt! When I say Y is, soon you'll find out it isnt too!".

Well 'They' didnt say it was; these mythologies of persecution reveal a lot.

[keneda7]

Not the original person you responded to by in my eyes when you say the vaccinated can't get covid and the vaccinated cant spread covid you are implying it will stop the disease but again that is just my opinion. Both the CDC director and our current president said these things...

[mrcheesebreeze]

1) its mandatory if you want to keep your job in many places, and if you want to travel. Its not a choice.

2) its been claimed multiple times the vaccine could prevent the spread of covid or gaining it if I remember correctly.

3) fox news and many other groups claimed russia wouldn't invade. many disagreed but that is beside the point, we are talking about the slander of speculation.

4) that quote is a useless flanderization of my argument, I claimed many groups use the conspiracy argument to silence speculation.

as we see now its highly likely we are in recession, thats hardly a conspiracy theory I am pushing.

[warning26]

Yeah this guy’s a nutcase. The Biden admin repeatedly said Russia would invade Ukraine amidst Russia’s persistent denials.

[DIARRHEA_xd]

Perhaps you misread? The parent comment says:

> It was a conspiracy theory, according to liberals, to believe that the vaccine would be mandatory and that it would not stop the disease.

> It was a conspiracy that russia would invade ukraine according to conservatives until it happened.

You appear to be agreeing with him? In any case, the use of "nutcase" isn't productive.

[mrcheesebreeze]

yeah I was providing two examples for each side, if I remember fox news claimed russia wouldn't invade.

The whole point was to show that its a common tactic regardless of your "side" of the political spectrum to demonize speculations as foolish conspiracy theories.

I was attempting to avoid being biased.