Robert F. Kennedy Jr: COVID-19 was specifically engineered to avoid harming Jews

[Xanchez]

Source: Jerusalem Post

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was caught on camera spouting antisemitic COVID-19 conspiracies regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and Jewish people at a press event. The footage was obtained and released by the New York Post on July 15.

Kennedy, the nephew of former US president John F. Kennedy, claimed that COVID-19 was a bioweapon that had been specifically engineered to impact white and black people, but to spare both Jewish and Chinese.

"There is an argument that [COVID-19] is ethnically targeted," says Kennedy in the video. "COVID-19 attacks certain races disproportionately. COVID-19 is targeted to attack Caucasians and black people. The people who are most immune are Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese.

"We don't know whether it was deliberately targeted or not but there are papers out there that show the racial or ethnic differential and impact," he added.


Read more: https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-750182

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And he has the balls to deny he said that, despite being on video:

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[wryter2000]

1. He's lost his mind

[Xanchez]

17. When was the last time you think he was sane?

Approximately?

[wryter2000]

25. I have no idea

Until now, I haven’t been following him

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

48. It would have to be before 2005

Because scientific and medical researchers were up in arms about his anti-science bollocks by then that I know of.

[Snooper9]

53. Yep batshit fucking crazy

nt

[HelpImSurrounded]

2. More time and money than brains

Such a sad legacy for the Kennedy line. He needs to shut up.

[BlueMTexpat]

14. This! eom

[lamp_shade]

3. A family intervention is needed. He's nuts.

[efhmc]

12. Sadly true.

[LiberalFighter]

36. Probably none around that want to waste time doing it.

[Pachamama]

45. +1000000

And quickly

[applegrove]

4. More tropes to get the base to feel resentful of Jewish people. Steve Bannon

must be laughing his a** off.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

5. What the hell?

Was he dropped on his head as an infant?

[Major Nikon]

15. Evidently brain rot drugs makes you anti Semitic

Not to mention an asshole

[padah513]

6. And this is the guy who Bannon wants to run against President Biden?

[jaxexpat]

7. Mosquitoes, in my yard, are specifically engineered to bother my wife....not me.

Clever, eh? and I'm not even a reformed observant (or vice-versa). Must send 'thank you' note to Chinese scientists working for Fauci and Hillary. Shalom, my peeps.

[Novara]

20. Remember when people actually backed away from people spouting crazy conspiracies?

I do. They were shamed into oblivion. Now there's no such thing as shame anymore.

But just think what he's saying: scientists in Wuhan worked diligently to cause a global pandemic that would target all races but specifically NOT target Jews (which one could argue is more of a belief than a race although it's both).

I'll never completely understand the mechanism behind conspiracy thinking. Instead of going for the easiest, most logical explanation (such has certain ethnicities having a better or worse immune response to certain viruses), they make up some crazy theory to fit their brand of hate. AND PEOPLE FOLLOW THAT SHIT. That's the scariest part.

[jaxexpat]

22. I think there's a direct relationship between.....

....understanding the psychology of conspiracy theory adherents and wrapping our heads around the facts of dark matter. There are comonalities:
They both exist
They both are incomprehensible.
They're both awkward icebreaker conversation subjects.

They're basically identical!

[TheBlackAdder]

26. Perhaps some want to believe the fantastical because reality is dull and boring.

.

Viewers are now so conditioned to watch movies where there is non-stop action that they can no longer sit and watch 2001 A Space Odyssey because it is so slow moving. Movies also spout a bunch of outlandish and implausible plots, so they are being accustomed to thinking that way. They need that constant rise of endorphins to keep going. FOX news always shows those Red Alert messages every 10-15 minutes and plays beeps and tones to drive the 'runner's high' in their viewers to keep them addicted to watching. When they turn off TV, they experience withdraw symptoms.

.

[Novara]

30. Yabbut, one has scientific support. The other does not.

Conspiracy theories have no basis in fact.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

49. The chief mechanism behind conspiracy thinking

Is stupidity, be it natural or willfully ingrained.

Most conspiracy fools have learned, at the hands of effective brainwashers, not to trust those who deal in reality, like scientists or, well, anyone who is expert in a subject, be it math, history, geography, psychology--doesn't matter the topic. Experts are not experts to them, but some kind of evil at work to destroy their world.

A substantial percentage of conspiracy theorists have been brainwashed since birth that faith is superior to reason and facts. They're the people brainwashed to deny reality if it conflicts with their beliefs.

Not all of them are religious, but a good many are, because religion is one of humanity's most effective brainwashing tools. But it can happen to all kinds of people, for many different reasons. Various forms of senility, a traumatic head injury or prolonged substance abuse can make an otherwise sane person become a gullible fool.

And then there are people that you just can't figure the cause.

Example: Linus Pauling, a brilliant person in his work as a scientist, but a shockingly bloody fool when it came to Vitamin C.

I don't know what causes otherwise brilliant people to believe crazy bollocks, but something happens to their brains that makes them impervious to reality when it comes to a particular topic (or topics, as the case may be). It's like they turn off the ability to say, "Is that true?" and jump straight to believing whatever they hear. Maybe they're vulnerable at that time for assorted reasons, such as mental fatigue or emotional strain. Or maybe it's arrogance that they are so smart, they don't have to verify anything. If it "makes sense" to them, that's good enough, because they're so smart donchaknow?

But something makes their minds weak enough to stop questioning and simply believe.

[Novara]

52. Many people don't know how to question

And the country is sorely lacking critical thinking skills, period, so even smart people don't learn how to question.

Remember adages like "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is"? I'm old enough to remember QUESTION AUTHORITY bumperstickers. It seems I grew up in an era where people were more skeptical. I even had a class in logic when I was young. No one actually teaches it anymore and with the plethora of online lies, people without critical thinking skills can't tell the difference between true reporting and made-up bullshit. Fuck, Fox "News" calls itself news; it is not. For that matter, neither is msnbc most of the time: it's opinion masquerading as news. With those lines so blurred, it's no surprise there's a ready-made audience willing to suck up whatever their bubble tells them. "I saw it on TV! It must be true!"

[Skittles]

8. he is mentally ill

sad

[Roy Rolling]

9. Dumb as a Rock

RFK, Jr. is a Caucasian Herschel Walker.

[Pototan]

10. He's rolled off the orchard...

...so much for the apple and tree theory.

[Skittles]

13. it's not BALLS that makes him deny it

he is a SICK FUCK

[3Hotdogs]

16. This will make him a maggot superstar.

He is now in position to take the nomination from Trump.

[oldsoftie]

18. The death rate in Africa was much lower than Israel dumbass

And of course we'll Never know the REAL numbers out of China since they lie about everything like that

[Xanchez]

19. He knows Bannon wants him to make African Americans distrustful

It’s a plan.

[Joinfortmill]

21. The family needs to make a statement clearly denouncing his statements. Now would be good.

[leftyladyfrommo]

54. The family did make a statement. I think it was his

sister.

They are appalled.

[Joinfortmill]

55. Yes, glad they did

[twodogsbarking]

23. He got whacked hard with the stupid stick.

[milestogo]

24. He overestimates the capacity of genetic engineering.

Does the virus look up your genetic profile on ancestry.com? 123.com? Do we really know that much about ethic/genetic susceptibility to a virus?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

50. I don't know about susceptibility for viruses

But some disorders and diseases do have a higher risk within specific genetic/ethnic populations. For example, sickle cell anemia for black people is definitely genetic, and Tay-Sachs for some communities like Ashkenazi Jews, Acadians, Cajuns and the Amish (all populations of Europe that have been excluded/insular) have indications of it.

The sickle cell anemia gene (not the condition) may even be a mutation in response to malaria. Those who carry the gene from only one parent, but don't have the disorder itself, seem to have a higher resistance to malaria; however, those who get the disorder because both parents were sickle cell carriers tend to have a higher likelihood of succumbing to malaria. Something still being studied, of course, but learning more about the possible genetic relationship between sickle cell and malaria could unlock clues to combating both of them.

[Oppaloopa]

27. I read he works down here in Florida as a consultant for Morgan&Morgan on environmental issues

[Chrisdutch]

28. RFK Jr. out where the buses don't run

The apple not only fell far from the tree, but it also rolled to the other side of the planet. I think his appeal, such as it is, will drop as he continues to campaign. I'm sensing some Ron DeSantis disease here, as the more he opens his mouth the more people will be turned off. Talk about trying to milk a brand.

[prodigitalson]

29. I'd really love to hear Larry David's inside take on this.

Probably never will but I'm sure it would be fascinating and funny.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

32. He already tried claiming David supported him.

And Larry had to clarify that he supported him as a human being but would never vote for him.

[Rebl2]

31. I would think

his wife would not appreciate this.

[ImNotGod]

33. his family needs to have an intervention before his mental state gets worse. nt

[sakabatou]

34. RFK Jr. can go fuck himself with a giant cactus.

[wolfie001]

35. Beyond the pale!!!

Not a Democrat. A stupid effing bigot!

[LudwigPastorius]

37. By next week, I expect to see Bob, Jr. standing on a street corner with his pants...

around his ankles singing "The Old Gray Mare".

[SpankMe]

38. Proof needed

People who make outlandish statements like this need to have proof. A whistleblower's testimony, an authenticated leaked document. Something.

It may be possible to create a virus that would target certain specific genetic ancestries. But I think there'd be more evidence of this somewhere in the scientific medical community.

For RFK to say that the virus was designed to not affect Ashkenazi Jews, this smacks of the "Jews own the world" trope which is patently anti-Semitic.

This man is dangerous to Democrats and to America. It's bad enough we have to put in extra effort and dollars getting our candidates elected. Now, we have to expend resources to be sure that whackjobs like this don't get elected and won't impact the ability of our people to win.

[Warpy]

39. Jeez, he just sounds wackier and wackier

which is amazing because he started out pinning my wack-o-meter.

He's got to be a paid operative sent to damage the Democratic Party.

[Xanchez]

40. He just defended himself, saying it was off the record. Ha ha.

See, he’s only anti-Semitic of the record you see

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[Ilsa]

41. I wonder if he's still using botox or something to help his

spastic vocal cords, and if it has paralyzed his brain instead.

[RussBLib]

42. you're done

We can "accept" this kind of garbage from the GOP but not from "Democrats." I think I have finally found someone whose voice makes me cringe even more than Donald J Trump's voice.

[SouthernDem4ever]

43. He's become a total weirdo

Has anyone had him clinically analyzed yet? Something's wrong between his ears. Of course, same with Dump but magats support him anyway. Bizarro world.

[Wonder Why]

44. RFK, Jr was specifically engineered to harm Jews.

[Torchlight]

46. It's difficult for me to understand how any enlightened person

could hold a favorable opinion of someone so far off the rails of rational thought and behavior. But he's got a fan club, so I guess they are in fact, out there somewhere, whispering about flat earths and mumbling over faked moon landings. I'm officially placing him in the Alex Jones category from now on.

[LeftishBrit]

47. Ugh!!!!!

[cstanleytech]

51. Simply proves that every family has a relative that's an asshole. Mine is my younger brother whom

while I still care about him is a complete and utter Trump supporting asshole that would throw me and my older brother under a bus.