Idaho introduces legislation to criminalize those who administer mRNA vaccines

[mrguyorama]

Ah yes, the party of personal responsibility and small government yet again telling me I cannot do something to protect myself from a danger or even control my own body, business, or home.

I don't care what bullshit you can come up with about democrats, at least they don't scream "We want to stop the government from controlling you" and then nakedly do the exact opposite, and then still get voted for even more. Democrats are very open about their belief that accountable government can implement positive regulations.

Republicans: Why the fuck do you let your politicians be so openly two-faced like this? They claim one thing and do the exact opposite, right in your face. Why do you encourage them do put restrictive policy in place if you believe in personal freedom?

[peter_d_sherman]

>"Ah yes, the party of personal responsibility and small government yet again telling me I cannot do something to protect myself from a danger or even control my own body, business, or home."

Your previous comments on HN:

"PayPal data breach notification (maine.gov)"

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34530067

>"mrguyorama: As a resident of the state in question, I'm curious as to why this comes from our state. Did paypal not have to report this anywhere else?"

According to your previous comments on HN -- you do not live in Idaho.

(If I have this wrong, then please correct me -- you have my most humble apology if this is wrong!)

If you do not live in Idaho -- then there are no laws in your State which criminalize those who administer mRNA vaccines.

If there are no laws in your State which criminalize those who administer mRNA vaccines -- then there is no limitation on your personal freedom with respect to being administered mRNA vaccines...

In other words, you are completely free to adminster (or be administered by other people) as many mRNA (and non-mRNA!) vaccines to yourself as you wish, should you wish...

So I don't understand exactly what your issue is, if you are indeed free -- and it would seem that you are...

Perhaps you could help me to understand?

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[dsfyu404ed]

>Why the fuck do you let your politicians be so openly two-faced like this? They claim one thing and do the exact opposite, right in your face. Why do you encourage them do put restrictive policy in place if you believe in personal freedom?

How can you say this with a straight face when there's a story about NY Democratic politicians selling out the right to repair bill to corporate interests?

Politicians say one thing and do the other as long as they think there will be no consequences and in the polarized world where live in that is often.

[Quequau]

Seems like everyday that goes by there's something going on in America that makes me believe they have lost their minds.

[ElevenLathe]

The non-native population largely lost our minds before we even got on the boat to come over. We're a nation of lunatics and have been since before independence.

[mrguyorama]

" But but but but it's the WOKES who are crazy"

Meanwhile non of the 14 year old blue-haired tumbler users they seem to think make up all of the democratic party and represent the only opinions of progressives actually make any law changes, or get elected, or are even thought leaders!

[blame-troi]

We have. Long ago, sad to say.

[zoklet-enjoyer]

We're having a similarly crazy legislative session in North Dakota. It's very disappointing

[euroderf]

Does the Darwin award committee accept nominations for political entities ?

[alexiaa]

Archive link for people in the EU: https://archive.today/2023.02.16-222817/https://www.ktvb.com...

[tjpnz]

Does it stand any chance of passing?

[jasone]

As an Idaho resident, I dearly hope not. And I'd be really surprised if such legislation did pass. Toxic extreme-right rhetoric appeals to a nontrivial proportion of Idahoans, and some politicians are pandering to the fringe of society that wants to see everything burn. But my rough estimate is that only 20-25% of Idahoans think that way.

[HybridCurve]

Some legislation is used purely for political theater so conservative pundits have content which can be spun into disinformation or used to incite outrage to their voter base. Truthfully, both sides do this, but one is consistently more destructive in their approach than the other.

[stuckinhell]

The sooner America splits up into two or more countries the better I think. It's clear the cultural difference inside America are far beyond even different countries in Europe. I guess that should be expected given how large America is.

[onlypositive]

Most Americans agree on most things.

Cultural differences across Europe are FAR greater than anything in the US.

The problem in the US is extremists taking over the microphone.

[channel_t]

I'd say it's more universally an extremely polarized urban vs. rural divide that isn't really defined by the borders of any particular region of the country, although more rural states like Idaho tend to carry over common rural paranoias and resentments into the political space.

[jstarfish]

One does not gain strength through fragmentation.

Russia has been making land grabs. China is dancing around the same. Both countries have roughly similar and institutionalized culture/doctrine.

Meanwhile, the west is repeatedly encouraged to consider taking steps that reduces our global footprint and leads us away from unity. Hmm...

[msf1024]

But where would you split it? Regardless of what the blue/red state maps show, it's really an urban/rural split.

[ElfinTrousers]

If either of the sponsors has any idea what they're talking about, I'll eat my hat. They're just following the party line...you know, like Soviet Communists used to do.