Substack writer Sarah Reynolds on Emily Oster’s “amnesty” argument: “It is a stark and loaded word indeed when used to refer to anything Covid-related because it establishes two parties: victims and perpetrators.” Go read this. It suggests that Oster’s amnesty proposal is a beta test of the forgiveness theme in advance of a coming narrative shift, e.g.,
"Modern social institutions—particularly schools—have been caught for decades in an escalating spiral of harsh selection for conscientiousness and conformity. Since 2000 especially, Head Girls have cemented their dominance across a great many bureaucratic institutions and white-collar professions, and they have used their growing influence and seniority, above all, to recruit and promote more Head Girls like themselves. The problem is that traits like conscientiousness correlate not at all with raw intelligence and ability. Thus, our world has come to be steered by fleets of extremely agreeable, deeply concerned, highly productive and overly socialised Emily Osters—midwits who have very few original thoughts, and who make up for that by caring a lot about what other conformist midwits of similar status think about them."
I think you have the right of it, as does Sarah. Things are reaching the "sweep everything under the rug and try to forget about it" phase. We must do everything we can do not allow that, and indeed to dig in and find out exactly what did happen, why it happened, and who made the decisions. Public executions might be optional at that point, but punishments for clear and specific actions need to be meted out. We need to make to make it abundantly clear what must not happen the next time there is a pandemic emergency, because there absolutely will be and the same psychopathic behavior will again raise its head and attempt to snap up the opportunity.
Good news and bad news. Good: that was brilliant thanks for sharing. Bad: I am now going to spend the rest of afternoon reading Sarah's blog instead of the 50 other things I was suppose get done. Second thought it's not that bad.
This topic is particularly poignant for me at the moment. My mother (totally bought-in-to-vaccines Dem) has had a well controlled auto-immune issue for the past couple decades. Otherwise healthy. Double vaxxed and boosted, caught Covid recently and now her auto-immune issues are out of control. In the past two weeks, they suspected pulmonary embolism (negative), cancer (suspected negative, awaiting biopsy), now it’s persistent out of control pneumonia, raging gall bladder issues that have appeared out of nowhere, and her auto-immune urticaria issue is no longer under control with a medication that has been effective for her for over a decade. Her entire body is essentially experiencing an inflammatory attack. Never once has it occurred to her that this may be vaccine related. Sadly, before this happened, my mother also had a lot of judgement for a friend of hers who was refused cancer treatment at a local hospital because she wouldn’t get vaccinated. This is making it difficult for me to feel the level of sympathy I know I should for my own mother. I’m sure she quietly has the same thoughts about me, my husband and my children (none of us vaxxed). Her hubris is making not only forgiveness difficult, but even just basic human empathy.
"we do not accept your apology......Get F**ked and go to jail though not necessarily in that order.....don't forget and don't forgive. God F**king speed."
Taking Sarah's hypothesis one step further: this 'trial balloon' article isn't for us, the dissenters. It's for the duped normies on the verge of learning what's been done to them.
Normies who read this piece will be thinking, 'yes, I said bad things about the unvaxxed/unmasked; we ALL said bad things; we deserve forgiveness now." This ritual will serve as advanced buy-in to forgive their abusers when the truth comes out.
"We all said bad things, daddy. I forgive you. Please don't be mad."
It is conspicuous happening just after CDC said states are free to mandate yearly jabs for kids, while removing all liability for damage to all people forever.
There's a book, The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout. Stout says the most reliable sign that someone is a sociopath is "the pity play," because when the sociopath gains our pity and wins our sympathy, that means he can "continue with his game, whatever it happens to be."
Do you think, just maybe, that this applies to the call for amnesty?
Excellent recommendation. Thank you. Oster's crapfest definitely read like a test balloon. I would say, "Good luck with that," except I don't want the good Lord to mistake my sarcasm for sincerity. I wish Oster the worst luck in the world selling her horsecrap. Also, I could watch that TikTok from Reynolds's Substack on repeat forever. I think literally forever. If I had serious money, I would pay to have it broadcast in every possible place for the next six months.
Matthew Crawford's take on this story includes: "I'm going to want to hear Emily Oster's apology delivered as she stands with Ernest Ramirez, holding his hand."
The last two years has taught me (as well as many of your readers) a couple things.
1. Pharma/CDC/FDA/Govt can't be trusted
2. There's nothing in the main stream news except what someone else up higher wants you to read (or allows you to read) and they support Pharma.
It's the 2nd issue that stands out to me here.... as she says: "Fear. Because she’s afraid she did something so wrong that it might be considered illegal. (And if not her, whoever encouraged her to write the piece.)"
Yes...they allowed this to be printed...I agree it was to gauge the response and how bad it'll be after midterms should they be investigated. Because they know the midterms will be tough on the blue team. And because many of these people made a ton of money off this whole covid situation...and they'd like to keep it...and live out their days enjoying their lives & money....Fauci wants to enjoy his retirement! But part of them is fearful they won't be able to.
Great catch. I think the "powers" have no idea just how hard they proverbially poked the sleeping bear! People are furious—and I've lost count of how many I know personally who now refuse to believe ANYTHING put out by the CDC, NIH, FDA and the White House Press Corps after this. The surveillance acronyms lost their credibility years ago. Like Robert Yoho said, military tribunals with true punishment and choking off these unelected bureaucracies by defunding them are the only real "cure."
See also:
https://www.eugyppius.com/p/once-more-on-renowned-fool-emily
"Modern social institutions—particularly schools—have been caught for decades in an escalating spiral of harsh selection for conscientiousness and conformity. Since 2000 especially, Head Girls have cemented their dominance across a great many bureaucratic institutions and white-collar professions, and they have used their growing influence and seniority, above all, to recruit and promote more Head Girls like themselves. The problem is that traits like conscientiousness correlate not at all with raw intelligence and ability. Thus, our world has come to be steered by fleets of extremely agreeable, deeply concerned, highly productive and overly socialised Emily Osters—midwits who have very few original thoughts, and who make up for that by caring a lot about what other conformist midwits of similar status think about them."
What a great article by Sarah. Thanks for sharing Chris.
I think most of her "guilt" is from betraying her most sacred principle in life:
The avoidance of being last to know something socially.
That is what many Oster's of the world fear the most.
Her worse nightmare has come true - on a very big issue - and she can not hide.
She is right. This was ghostwritten. It is a trial balloon.
The best we can do is a military tribunal.
You can't ever give an inch to psychopaths. I wrote a book about it. Here's a free download: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/t2feeen29q
I think you have the right of it, as does Sarah. Things are reaching the "sweep everything under the rug and try to forget about it" phase. We must do everything we can do not allow that, and indeed to dig in and find out exactly what did happen, why it happened, and who made the decisions. Public executions might be optional at that point, but punishments for clear and specific actions need to be meted out. We need to make to make it abundantly clear what must not happen the next time there is a pandemic emergency, because there absolutely will be and the same psychopathic behavior will again raise its head and attempt to snap up the opportunity.
Good news and bad news. Good: that was brilliant thanks for sharing. Bad: I am now going to spend the rest of afternoon reading Sarah's blog instead of the 50 other things I was suppose get done. Second thought it's not that bad.
This topic is particularly poignant for me at the moment. My mother (totally bought-in-to-vaccines Dem) has had a well controlled auto-immune issue for the past couple decades. Otherwise healthy. Double vaxxed and boosted, caught Covid recently and now her auto-immune issues are out of control. In the past two weeks, they suspected pulmonary embolism (negative), cancer (suspected negative, awaiting biopsy), now it’s persistent out of control pneumonia, raging gall bladder issues that have appeared out of nowhere, and her auto-immune urticaria issue is no longer under control with a medication that has been effective for her for over a decade. Her entire body is essentially experiencing an inflammatory attack. Never once has it occurred to her that this may be vaccine related. Sadly, before this happened, my mother also had a lot of judgement for a friend of hers who was refused cancer treatment at a local hospital because she wouldn’t get vaccinated. This is making it difficult for me to feel the level of sympathy I know I should for my own mother. I’m sure she quietly has the same thoughts about me, my husband and my children (none of us vaxxed). Her hubris is making not only forgiveness difficult, but even just basic human empathy.
"we do not accept your apology......Get F**ked and go to jail though not necessarily in that order.....don't forget and don't forgive. God F**king speed."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwL56G1N0BM
Taking Sarah's hypothesis one step further: this 'trial balloon' article isn't for us, the dissenters. It's for the duped normies on the verge of learning what's been done to them.
Normies who read this piece will be thinking, 'yes, I said bad things about the unvaxxed/unmasked; we ALL said bad things; we deserve forgiveness now." This ritual will serve as advanced buy-in to forgive their abusers when the truth comes out.
"We all said bad things, daddy. I forgive you. Please don't be mad."
It is conspicuous happening just after CDC said states are free to mandate yearly jabs for kids, while removing all liability for damage to all people forever.
There's a book, The Sociopath Next Door, by Martha Stout. Stout says the most reliable sign that someone is a sociopath is "the pity play," because when the sociopath gains our pity and wins our sympathy, that means he can "continue with his game, whatever it happens to be."
Do you think, just maybe, that this applies to the call for amnesty?
Excellent recommendation. Thank you. Oster's crapfest definitely read like a test balloon. I would say, "Good luck with that," except I don't want the good Lord to mistake my sarcasm for sincerity. I wish Oster the worst luck in the world selling her horsecrap. Also, I could watch that TikTok from Reynolds's Substack on repeat forever. I think literally forever. If I had serious money, I would pay to have it broadcast in every possible place for the next six months.
Matthew Crawford's take on this story includes: "I'm going to want to hear Emily Oster's apology delivered as she stands with Ernest Ramirez, holding his hand."
https://roundingtheearth.substack.com/p/apology-games
Thank you so kindly, Chris!!
The last two years has taught me (as well as many of your readers) a couple things.
1. Pharma/CDC/FDA/Govt can't be trusted
2. There's nothing in the main stream news except what someone else up higher wants you to read (or allows you to read) and they support Pharma.
It's the 2nd issue that stands out to me here.... as she says: "Fear. Because she’s afraid she did something so wrong that it might be considered illegal. (And if not her, whoever encouraged her to write the piece.)"
Yes...they allowed this to be printed...I agree it was to gauge the response and how bad it'll be after midterms should they be investigated. Because they know the midterms will be tough on the blue team. And because many of these people made a ton of money off this whole covid situation...and they'd like to keep it...and live out their days enjoying their lives & money....Fauci wants to enjoy his retirement! But part of them is fearful they won't be able to.
Great catch. I think the "powers" have no idea just how hard they proverbially poked the sleeping bear! People are furious—and I've lost count of how many I know personally who now refuse to believe ANYTHING put out by the CDC, NIH, FDA and the White House Press Corps after this. The surveillance acronyms lost their credibility years ago. Like Robert Yoho said, military tribunals with true punishment and choking off these unelected bureaucracies by defunding them are the only real "cure."
This is what is dropping into the mainstream. Sarah's spot on:
https://rumble.com/v1r2ts2--live-daily-show-louder-with-crowder.html
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