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[โ€“] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a way he saved us from fascism. In the very first months of the pandemic there were several instances of police overstepping and enforcing isolation rules like it was martial law. I know it wasn't a good response, but we could have been under martial law for years instead.

[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Who do you think I'm talking about? Trump was all around terrible. He wanted the virus to spread while he and his party thought it was killing black people more then white people.

My original comment was about my Biden friends who all flocked back to theaters then he signaled the "end" to the pandemic.