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"In that case, I’m going full counter intuitive. Stop all the suppression. Let everything out in the open. People are going to make their own decisions. Let the misinformation, the crazy conspiracies, and the truth compete for ears and eyes. Playing whack-a-mole with the wacky conspiracies only makes them seem more plausible. Airing them out in the light will expose their source, and their idiocy."

Given all the airline miles goalposts everywhere are earning due to being moved each and every time a mole is whacked (and re-wacked after someone rediscovers it months later), this strategy will only work if we can whack the moles faster than grifters like Candace Owens can craft new ones. On this front, I'm skeptical.

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This is easily the most outrageous comment/suggestion you have ever made Steve. I've grown to accept those who don't want to get vaccinated as a fact of life. I have no interest in trying to convince them. Not my job, hell not even my concern. Their decision will impact the rest of us as we fail to get over the goal line regarding covid...so be it, we'll all just live however we chose to live. Hopefully they'll make it through it as well.

With that out of the way, the idea we should let every crackpot wanting to increase pillow sales become the beacon of light for those in the wilderness is pure and utter nonsense. The crazies, the influencers' if you will, if allowed to run amuck, will only make it worse. The mere suggestion that we should simply let them spew and then people will quickly see through their gibberish is so quickly and patently dispatched i am stunned you would even suggest it.

Think not? Let's recap the big lie. Every legitimate source available, including government officials in pure red states, have plainly stated the election was not rigged, not a hoax and without question legitimate. Yet, as long as trump and all his hangers-on are able to stand and spout, roughly 35% of those on the right believe his bullshit.

Simply stated, allowing manure to be spread only insures the crap to continue to stink up our country and make people look stupid (please note i didn't call them stupid). Please explain to me why and how having countless more windbags sharing with us this noxious "data" is somehow going to magically make it better?

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