Forgive This!

You want forgiveness? Then exile and ostracism are what we must demand in return. [The Rude Awakening] November 02, 2022 [WEBSITE]( | [UNSUBSCRIBE]( Forgive This! - The Atlantic published an article by a Brown economist asking for a “pandemic amnesty.” - The outrage is palpable, and for good reason. - If they want forgiveness, they need to accept banishment from public life. An “Economic Nuke” is set to devastate America on Wednesday, November 2nd at exactly 2 p.m. Learn about [this simple strategy]( that has given people the chance to take home profits of as high as 1,295%...1,620%...and even 2,650% during a bear market But hurry. Because once this hits, it’ll already be too late. [Watch this emergency broadcast now]( [Click Here To Learn More]( [Sean Ring] SEAN RING Dear Reader, Happy Hump Day! I hope you’re sitting down for this one. And now it comes. The point of no return. They - the other side - finally admit it. They were wrong about the virus, the masks, the injections, and the government-mandated private-sector shutdown. And now, they’re asking for forgiveness. I don’t blame them. Forgiveness is better for them than a firing squad. The only reason why I wish I didn’t leave Facebook is so I can show you how against this whole charade from the very beginning. Too many of my hometown friends were for lockdowns, masks, and jabs. I couldn’t believe it. Was this the “Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave?” Let’s dig in… Last Christmas The last Christmas I saw my parents was in 2019. In fact, that’s the last time I’ve seen my parents. Why? Because of a stupid flight ban that never should’ve been implemented. To this day, the only reason why I can enter the US is that I relented on the stupid jab. But it’s been three long years of FaceTime calls and no hugs. We’ll remedy that this Christmas, but it’s been far too long. All because of bad government policy. [SJN] Ok, there’s some good government policy happening now. Boracay Let’s get past the pejoratives. I’m not an “anti-vaxxer.” Micah has all his shots. I’m not a “covid-denier.” I’m pretty sure I caught a farm-fresh, free-range, completely inorganic version when Pam, Micah, Andy, and I vacationed in Boracay in February 2020. Why aren’t I sure? Because Filipino medicine hadn’t caught up yet. But when I was laid up in a Cebu hospital for three days and nights with a 190/120 blood pressure reading, I was pretty sure that had to be it. And for the next six months, I had no energy. None. But I got through it and didn’t get the jab. Quite naughtily, we got one of those fake vax cards to get in and out of our supermarket. But life had become untenable. Thanks to USAID suffocating the Phils government, a shot was all but inevitable. From [USAID]( Since March 2020, the United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Department of Defense, and State Department, has invested more than Php1 billion ($22.6 million) to the Philippines' COVID-19 response. Additionally, many of USAID's ongoing development projects valued at more than Php5 billion ($100 million) a year across the health, economic development, governance, education, and environment sectors have mobilized to address the impacts of the virus. The assistance builds upon the longstanding U.S.-Philippines development partnership in the Philippines. Over the past 20 years, the United States — the world's largest provider of bilateral assistance in health — has invested nearly Php29.6 billion ($582 million) in the Philippine health sector, and has provided nearly Php228.8 billion ($4.5 billion) in total assistance to advance the country’s development goals. Quick question: do you think the Phils government would get all that aid if they said, “We think you’re overstating the dangers of this virus to a country with all-day sun and zero fat people.”? And unfortunately, when the USG says “Jump!” the Filipinos ask, “How high?” Masks and Shields Oh, it wasn’t just the masks. In the Phils, we had to wear these stupid shields for almost two years: [SJN] Yup. The shields and the masks. No one could breathe, and we all looked like idiots. Why? Because the Phils government had to please its master. And that’s the onion. Every other government - well, the ones that are still Western-aligned - listen to the American government. Yes, that’s horrifying. And if you think the USG is full of morons, you should try the mouthbreathers that run the Philippines government. My god, they couldn’t find their bare asses with their own hands! To wit, the Philippine citizenry recently voted Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as President. Yes, the son of the man (and shoe-ladened woman) who looted the country in the 80s. There’s just no respecting that kind of choice. [This “Metaverse Mistake” Could Cost You A Fortune]( Wired Magazine says it’s “arguably as big a shift as the telephone or the internet.” Which is why the biggest companies in the world are jumping in with both feet. Facebook. Apple. Microsoft. But I’m afraid most folks are making one simple mistake. And if you’re not careful, it could stop you from profiting off the biggest opportunity in the last generation. [Click here to learn how to sidestep this critical error (and what to do instead)]( [Click Here To Learn More]( Quasi-mandatory Jabs Back to the jabs. I wasn’t taking that mRNA crap. So, when USAID got the AstraZeneca jab into the Phils. We decided to take it. I detailed that story in [this edition of the Rude from November](. Now, I could enter the US, Italy, and Qatar without hindrance. But honestly, it’s been nearly a year since the first shot, and I still don’t feel 100%. [SJN] And that’s why I’m indignant over this [Atlantic]( column. Here’s a choice passage: The people who got it right, for whatever reason, may want to gloat. Those who got it wrong, for whatever reason, may feel defensive and retrench into a position that doesn’t accord with the facts. All of this gloating and defensiveness continues to gobble up a lot of social energy and to drive the culture wars, especially on the internet. These discussions are heated, unpleasant and, ultimately, unproductive. In the face of so much uncertainty, getting something right had a hefty element of luck. And, similarly, getting something wrong wasn’t a moral failing. Treating pandemic choices as a scorecard on which some people racked up more points than others is preventing us from moving forward. We have to put these fights aside and declare a pandemic amnesty. We can leave out the willful purveyors of actual misinformation while forgiving the hard calls that people had no choice but to make with imperfect knowledge. Los Angeles County closed its beaches in summer 2020. Ex post facto, this makes no more sense than my family’s masked hiking trips. But we need to learn from our mistakes and then let them go. We need to forgive the attacks, too. Because I thought schools should reopen and argued that kids as a group were not at high risk, I was called a “teacher killer” and a “génocidaire.” It wasn’t pleasant, but feelings were high. And I certainly don’t need to dissect and rehash that time for the rest of my days. Moving on is crucial now, because the pandemic created many problems that we still need to solve. The author still doesn’t get it. Many, many people were right and warned others about it. Chris Masterjohn and Robert Malone come to mind. But they were silenced and alienated. And the “pandemic” didn’t create problems. The reaction to the pandemic created problems. Unless and until we admit government missteps caused far more harm than good - yes, I’m looking at you, former Governor Cuomo - we’ll never get past this. Unscientific “science followers” who couldn’t explain Farr’s law told parents to jab their children, grandparents to get off the park bench, and “anti-vaxxers” to flat-out die. I’ve got no interest in forgiveness. Well, unless I get something significant in return. Wrap Up Here’s what I want: banishment, ostracism, exile. Whatever you want to call it. I want those on record as being entirely wrong about the pandemic and subsequent government action to suspend themselves from the public space. I don’t want to hear from you for ten years like the Old Athenians used to do. Elon’s $8 blue check charge is a start in the right direction. If you’re so useless to the private sector that you can’t afford $8/month for your blue check, you’re not an authority. You’re a parasite. Let’s start removing these parasites from our arena. Then we can talk about forgiving them. Maybe. All the best, [Sean Ring] Sean Ring Editor, Rude Awakening [Paradigm]( ☰ ⊗ [ARCHIVE]( [ABOUT]( [Contact Us]( © 2022 Paradigm Press, LLC. 808 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore MD 21202. By submitting your email address, you consent to Paradigm Press, LLC. delivering daily email issues and advertisements. To end your Rude Awakening e-mail subscription and associated external offers sent from Rude Awakening, feel free to [click here.]( Please note: the mailbox associated with this email address is not monitored, so do not reply to this message. We welcome comments or suggestions at feedback@rudeawakening.info. This address is for feedback only. For questions about your account or to speak with customer service, [contact us here]( or call (844)-731-0984. 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