Scott's final (and most damning) statement, to be read back to him at trial:
"All of my fancy analytics got me to a bad place. All of your heuristics — ‘don’t trust these guys, it’s obvious’ — totally worked.”
We applied both analytics and heuristics. Scott applied neither. What Scott did was use his training as a hypnotist to play authority games disguised as Socratic argument. In deploying this strategy, he convinced those who supported him financially to harm themselves and their children, all while setting a torch to constitutional and human rights. The only possible mitigation for Scott is if we find out he was not paid to do so. But the flip side of that coin - that he was paid to pull his tricks - should haunt him at night. Because the punishment for that should be severe.
I can forgive but I will never forget. That's great if you see the light for whatever reason. The question all former vaxxers, to whatever level they were and why, need to ask themselves is "Why was it ever okay to deny anyone their fundamental right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, to provide for their families, run their businesses, determine what's right for their own medical needs, to not be censored, demonized and ostracized?" 🤔
I will try to be fair to them (because I think that Christians are supposed to?) because so many trusted and revered well known holy men of the cloth, of every denomination and tradition, around the world, also pushed the shot: they believed the doctors who told them that this was a moral and Christian act to not only protect themselves but also others and the only way to end the pandemic. I even read that some said it was a sin not to!
Yes for Ryan, no for Scott.
Scott's final (and most damning) statement, to be read back to him at trial:
"All of my fancy analytics got me to a bad place. All of your heuristics — ‘don’t trust these guys, it’s obvious’ — totally worked.”
We applied both analytics and heuristics. Scott applied neither. What Scott did was use his training as a hypnotist to play authority games disguised as Socratic argument. In deploying this strategy, he convinced those who supported him financially to harm themselves and their children, all while setting a torch to constitutional and human rights. The only possible mitigation for Scott is if we find out he was not paid to do so. But the flip side of that coin - that he was paid to pull his tricks - should haunt him at night. Because the punishment for that should be severe.
I can forgive but I will never forget. That's great if you see the light for whatever reason. The question all former vaxxers, to whatever level they were and why, need to ask themselves is "Why was it ever okay to deny anyone their fundamental right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, to provide for their families, run their businesses, determine what's right for their own medical needs, to not be censored, demonized and ostracized?" 🤔
I agree. Except, some of them should be asking this question on the inside of a prison cell. Our chore will be to determine which ones.
Amen. Agreed.
I will try to be fair to them (because I think that Christians are supposed to?) because so many trusted and revered well known holy men of the cloth, of every denomination and tradition, around the world, also pushed the shot: they believed the doctors who told them that this was a moral and Christian act to not only protect themselves but also others and the only way to end the pandemic. I even read that some said it was a sin not to!
Perhaps he didn't need to be paid. Toadies to a narrative love to toady for free. They feel important and needed, it puffs up their egos.
Spot on. There is a huge difference between those two people.