Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is facing widespread criticism from political leaders and civil rights organizations after a video surfaced of him making false claims that COVID-19 was designed to attack certain ethnic groups while sparing Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese people — a conspiracy theory that drew accusations of antisemitism and racism.

  • MasterOBee Master/King
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    -82 years ago

    How does someone like this even get near a mainstream party in the US?

    Because despite the media disliking him, he’s reasonable if you watch his interviews and his interactions instead of reading headlines and determining your opinion of him by one bias sentence.

    • Flying Squid
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      12 years ago

      Yes, how ‘reasonable’ of him to suggest COVID-19 was a bioweapon designed to spare Jews and Chinese people. That’s the very definition of a reasonable position that is not in any way bigoted and fucking nuts.

      • MasterOBee Master/King
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        22 years ago

        Yes, how ‘reasonable’ of him to suggest COVID-19 was a bioweapon designed to spare Jews and Chinese people

        Where did he say that, can you provide the direct quote?

        • Flying Squid
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          02 years ago

          Yes, I’ve played that game before. “He didn’t literally say exactly that thing, therefore he didn’t say it.”

          • MasterOBee Master/King
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            12 years ago

            He said viruses can impact different ethnicities differently.

            You’re making up that he said it was created as a bioweapon.

            • Flying Squid
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              12 years ago

              He was talking about COVID in the context of bioweapons that could target ethnic groups. I saw the whole video. You’re not going to be able to gaslight me by attempting to take just the COVID part out of context.

              • MasterOBee Master/King
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                12 years ago

                You must not have read the article. Here ya go:

                Kennedy later posted a video statement on Sunday, saying in part: “Nobody has suggested that these were deliberately engineered changes and I certainly don’t believe that they were deliberately engineered,” but calling it “kind of a proof of concept that you can develop bioweapons that will attack certain ethnicities.”

                • Flying Squid
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                  12 years ago

                  Again- I watched the video.

                  Why are you gaslighting me?