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KY_EnviroGuy

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7. This is not good news for Kentucky.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 10:22 PM

Jul 2020

Even if the KY-SC strikes down this ruling, the MAGAts will still be emboldened to break the rules at will, many of which are already doing so in stores and restaurants.

Our rules don't have much legal teeth and this just makes things worse, not to mention that Kentucky is surrounded with red states that still are not taking the pandemic seriously.

Republican care only about business interests - always have, always will.

KY......

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Judge Strikes Down ALL KY Gov. Beshear Covid Orders, Cites 'Uproot Liberty' 'No Cause For Alarm' [View all] appalachiablue Jul 2020 OP

As I usually counter when presented with such arguments... regnaD kciN Jul 2020 #1

+1 Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 #10

Doctors should be free to not wash their hands before surgery! unblock Jul 2020 #2

OMFG!!!! elleng Jul 2020 #3

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The soldiers volunteered to be there. They knew Phoenix61 Jul 2020 #5

The American colonies and early republic faced pandemics DBoon Jul 2020 #6

Yellow Fever then was a huge problem. Many of the views appalachiablue Jul 2020 #8

This is not good news for Kentucky. KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2020 #7

+1 appalachiablue Jul 2020 #9

"Liberty' and "Individuals' vs. the Common Good is straight appalachiablue Jul 2020 #11

Holy crap. These trumpsters have all drunk some kind of kool aid that is really messing up their BComplex Jul 2020 #12

The freedom to swing your virus... B Stieg Jul 2020 #13

This kind of thing is why our state's covid rate is going up Bayard Jul 2020 #14

Idiot judge was chairman of his local Republican Party dalton99a Jul 2020 #15

This ruling won't stand. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #16

I don't get it. The idea that a theoretical "herd immunity" justifies allowing the pandemic its ... marble falls Jul 2020 #17