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Screwworm Parasite 'No Longer Contained in Texas' as Trump USDA Doubles Down on Efforts to Blame Biden
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In those times were the government actively defunding the program and many many others whilst doing blatant corruption such as awarding themselves millions of dollars by leveraging courts? All whilst screaming "rigged elections"?
If not, then why the fuck you stepping in for Trump. You know, just let the bad news for him be bad news. You don't gotta stand up and be like "Don't worry MAGA dumbies and people who worry a lot - this happens all the time. What Trump is doing here has happened before and we pulled through" - which is the effect of your comment, whether intended or not.
So now conservative news junkie monitoring Lemmy will go to r/conservative having written an article "top ten times screw worm made it this far" and no one will care about the issue or why it's happening THIS TIME anymore.
I think the comment was trying to be a dis about the GOP being the screwworms.
and one raging lunatic in particular.
The "joke" is about Trump. Not the GOP.
If you're going to explain something then fucking explain it, rather than introducing more confusion.
Yikes... I said 'I think.' I was just guessing about the original comment, not writing a thesis. It was just a poor joke from the OP and there is no need to get so pressed over it.
If that’s the case they need to go back to school and take a few writing courses.
Maryland case - Maryland Confirms 1st Human Case of Flesh-Eating Screwworm in US.
More recent Florida case - One case of New World Screwworm in Florida detected last week
Both of these cases happened abroad and travelled to the US, where it was identified and treated. The cases happening in Texas are actually spreading locally. There's a huge difference between these situations
I didn't raise these examples nor do I have any desire to discuss them. I'm responding to a claim another user was citing them as "versions of the GOP" or reference points indicating the GOP... Rather than real world screwworm encounters events.
For this purpose it doesn't matter where they're from or what people think of the, and as stated, I didn't choose or raise them. I'm merely saying they're actual events, and not references to the GOP.
I swear, people online never seem to be able to follow the threads of an arguments or whose saying what.
Oh, honey...
Then the person I replied to should have said it was a dis about Trump, not "a dis about the GOP".
I was responding to the person thinking they were clearing things up, when they were adding confusion.
The original commenter was calling trump a screwworm. It didn't land and was poor delivery, but you seem to have missed the point.
Also, a basic understanding of epidemiology is enough to know the difference between cases contracted while traveling and cases spreading locally. Especially when the contracted cases were handled properly.
Yes, Trump fits the joke, but that's not "the GOP", which was the explanation given by the second commenter.
The GOP have sworn fealty to trump, ipso facto, they're the same picture
They're not the same fucking words though if you're explaining something to someone you moron. We're not drawing pictures here we're using words.
Damn dude, are you sure you don't have some unresolved issues to work through? I was just telling you what went over your head from the other comments, I didn't even agree with what they were saying. But instead you chose to start attacking and insulting me? Whatever. You do you. Over there.
"I was just telling you what went over your head"
No you weren't. You were telling me it was about the GOP, when it was about Trump's infidelity.
Also, "unresolved issues"? Don't stigmatize mental health. That's a real loser move... And I was already doing my shit over there until you called me back with your reply.
How about this, you shut up, take the L, and you won't have to reply to me again. It's simple. Leave me alone, to do my shit. Over there.
The L is yours, dude. You can stop replying any time you want...
So what were you saying the comment was about? The GOP?
No, it was about Trump.
It was actually about screwworms, but for some reason you got all upset about someone conflating the GOP with trump even though they've made every effort to make themselves an extension of him. Not sure why you even care that much...