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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,127 posts)
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 01:56 PM Aug 2021

Rand Paul Implores Defiance of Covid Mandates from 'Petty Tyrants' in Wild Rant

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is calling for across-the-board defiance of future Covid-19 mitigation measures implemented by the CDC — including mask mandates and any potential lockdowns.

In a wild rant posted to Twitter Sunday, the Kentucky senator — speaking direct-to-camera before a dark blue backdrop — railed against the “petty tyrants and bureaucrats” implementing new mandates.

“It’s time for us to resist,” Paul said. “They can’t arrest all of us. They can’t keep all of your kids home from school. … We don’t have to accept the mandates, lockdowns and harmful policies of the petty tyrants and bureaucrats. We can simply say no. Not again.”




Paul then took on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and President Joe Biden directly.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/they-cant-arrest-all-of-us-rand-paul-implores-defiance-of-covid-mandates-from-petty-tyrants-in-wild-rant/ar-AAN6xwC

No wonder his neighbor kicked his ass.
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Rand Paul Implores Defiance of Covid Mandates from 'Petty Tyrants' in Wild Rant (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 OP
"To use fear and propaganda." LakeArenal Aug 2021 #1
Murderer Eliot Rosewater Aug 2021 #2
They can't arrest us all but they can start with him. rickyhall Aug 2021 #3
+1 Xoan Aug 2021 #17
Fucking punk. 2naSalit Aug 2021 #4
this guy? NightWatcher Aug 2021 #5
He is either psychotic or a sociopath. Or both. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #6
He is not psychotic. Caliman73 Aug 2021 #8
Sociopathy is a psychiatric condition. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #13
Yes sociopathy can be a psychiatric condition...any diagnosis related to mental health can be... Caliman73 Aug 2021 #16
"So, I repeat again: The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin." - John S. McCain TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 #7
Really. Why else is this nut from KY so adamant against common sense measures to fight Covid? SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #12
His words will get people killed liberal_mama Aug 2021 #9
I REALLY want to start a fund..... lastlib Aug 2021 #10
The Doctor is Knuts! Stash the ether, Kwick! Baked Potato Aug 2021 #11
My God Kentucky what the hell is wrong with you? underpants Aug 2021 #14
He's the living avatar for the current GOP on this virus. herding cats Aug 2021 #15
Rand Paul is a fake doctor LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 #18

LakeArenal

(28,833 posts)
1. "To use fear and propaganda."
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 01:59 PM
Aug 2021

He’s one of the pros at that.
Fear mongering is actually what he’s doing in that statement. Along with A LOT of propaganda.

Caliman73

(11,742 posts)
8. He is not psychotic.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:32 PM
Aug 2021

Psychotic means that you have "broken" with reality. A person who is psychotic cannot distinguish between internal mental processes, and external perceptions of the shared reality. When a person has auditory command hallucinations and visual hallucinations, which lead to active delusional process, that is psychotic. People who suffer from psychosis, do not intentionally do so. It is a part of a neurochemical process that can lead to people making decisions on information not supported by the shared reality. Those people are typically victims, though they can be dangerous.

If Rand Paul were to be analyzed for his mental health, he would likely be said to be narcissistic or have anti-social tendencies. That would put him in line with Sociopathy. This is intentional and deliberate malice for his own personal benefit.

We need to stop equating people like Paul with psychiatric conditions. He is not psychotic, he is a deliberate liar with self serving motives.

Caliman73

(11,742 posts)
16. Yes sociopathy can be a psychiatric condition...any diagnosis related to mental health can be...
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 03:09 PM
Aug 2021

Here is information on psychosis from the NIMH

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/raise/what-is-psychosis

psychosis by its nature means a break from reality. Paul has not broken with reality. He knows very well what the reality is but chooses to lie about it.

There is a major difference.

SWBTATTReg

(22,156 posts)
12. Really. Why else is this nut from KY so adamant against common sense measures to fight Covid?
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:43 PM
Aug 2021

Infringing on the rights of Americans to infect the rest of us who did their patriotic duty and got vaccinated, masked up, and socially distanced themselves away from others so all of us can be safe. Just like the Fed. judge ruling against desantis and his efforts to prevent students from common sense measures to mask up, etc., the judge said that desantis nor the state of FL couldn't make one rational argument in front of the judge for the anti-masking edicts the idiot governor is putting forth...not one valid argument.

Idiots got an audience and they are bound and determined to kill as many Americans (don't care) as long as they have an audience and as long as they feed their narcissist egos nonstop.

lastlib

(23,263 posts)
10. I REALLY want to start a fund.....
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 02:41 PM
Aug 2021

...to pay his neighbor to give him another ass-whippin'.... God, I DESPISE this scumbag!

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
15. He's the living avatar for the current GOP on this virus.
Mon Aug 9, 2021, 03:07 PM
Aug 2021

Say insane things to rile the masses, while making sure your vaccinated and safe.



Hypocritical herders of their flocks, politicizing a deadly global pandemic.

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