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Guttermouth's avatar

The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip from your fingers.

I will never, ever, EVER comply, Brandon, and the more you threaten, insult, and mock me, the more resolutely I will hate you and your gang of thugs and psychopaths.

Thank you for completely and utterly shattering my trust in public health, federal government, and mainstream media. I will now default to assuming literally every pronouncement any of you make is an outright lie designed to hurt or control me while enriching yourself.

I was a very good girl, once. Having the faith of someone smart and hardworking and patriotic like me, happy to be a good soldier, would have been a feather in your cap.

Let's go Brandon.

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Aranapequena's avatar

"and they came at significant cost". Besides the cost of lost liberties, the mandates have cost good will. As a leader of a group, when I ask my group to do something, they tend to give me the benefit of the doubt, up until the time they perceive I'm lying, or incompetent. I was already somewhat cynical before Covid. But as an example, this is the first year I decided not to get a flu shot. Everything I hear from a governmental agency I view through the lens of "what is their ulterior motive?, cause they are likely lying" lens now. You don't regain trust easily. Especially when you attack the roots of a persons needs (job, health, safety, security).

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