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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
You're shitting me. Are you this stupid?
Fauci is an expert. The CDC is an expert.
You need degrees, practice, and recognition in your field. IN YOUR FIELD, MORONS, not from Joe Rogan.
The attacks on their qualifications and abilities are repulsive, Do you really want to be a part of that bullshit?
I mean, really, you can't tell who is an expert here? Really?
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1. You’re arguing against a point I did not make. I’ll chalk it up to misunderstanding.
I didn’t say Fauci wasn’t an expert. He is. One of many. Many who were constantly on the news stating varying opinions. Having the CDC, WHO, Fauci, Osterholm, etc., speaking in news shows constantly undercut their collective credibility.
They should have spoken sparingly, and coordinated. This would have provided clarity and signaled authority. It didn’t help that many of the experts contradicted themselves (even Fauci in January 2020 stated he did not believe that Covid would be an issue in the US, but reserved the right to change his opinion, rather than saying the wise and true thing - “I don’t know”).
If you wish the public to follow your directives, limit them and do not debate them with the hoi polloi. That was my point.
2. Attacks on expert credibility are not repulsive in the least. They are easily assessed and determined to either hold heft, or not. The notion anyone should blindly follow any expert simply because he’s an expert is moronic. Experts are routinely wrong about all sorts of things. Economists have the worst records of all.
This doesn’t mean stupid critiques should be countenanced. But again, it isn’t hard to separate the stupid critiques from the valid ones. And you know what shields a statement from critique? NOT BEING ON TV 24/7, TALKING ABOUT IT. Say it once, say it well, and refuse comment thereafter.
3. I can tell who is an expert here. You can tell who is an expert here. The audience needed to be persuaded, however, is far bigger than us, or those of our intelligence. Fauci appearing on news shows everyday created a huge record that dishonest critics could use to attack him. The more he spoke, the more fuel he created for his opponents.
Every lawyer states the following to his client when facing deposition by an opponent: “Say only what serves you and say it in as few words as possible.”
