Give this lady a Darwin award (posthumously, of course).
Originally Posted by : Unvaccinated Trump supporter who spread coronavirus conspiracy theories dies of COVID-19
On Tuesday, the Cape Cod Times reported that Linda Zuern, a former member of the Bourne, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen and a Trump-supporting figure in the local Republican Party, had died of COVID-19.
Zuern died at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston of severe complications caused by COVID-19, according to the report. She was 70 years old and had not been vaccinated.
"She was a strong woman who believed in speaking the truth and defending our freedoms in America," Republican State Committeewoman Deborah Dugan told the Cape Cod Times. Dugan was at Zuern's bedside when she died. "I would describe her to people as a little woman but a mighty warrior."
For months, Zuern, a member of the pro-Trump group the United Cape Patriots, had promoted conspiracy theories about the pandemic on Facebook. She has shared articles accusing the World Health Organization of a coverup of the "Wuhan Virus" and claiming COVID-19 is cover for "globalists" to usher in "U.N. Agenda 2030" — a sustainable development initiative right-wing conspiracy theorists assert is a plot to create a one world government.
Zuern also expressed support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, posting their creed of "WWG1WGA" (Where We Go One, We Go All).
Zuern promoted the use of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment of COVID-19 during a Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates meeting in December and questioned whether officials "had looked into preventative measures that people could use besides a vaccine to help build up their immune system," the Cape Cod Times reported.
Peter Meier, chair of the Board of Selectmen, said Zuern cared deeply about others. "She definitely left her mark on the community," he added.
According to the report, Zuern and her mother contracted COVID-19 while returning home from a trip to South Dakota — a state where Republican-motivated policies have let the virus propagate with little control.
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
If you knew what these people go through before they die you wouldn’t wish it on anyone.
I’ve intubated more people than I care to remember but you didn’t really answer my question did you? It’s OK, I’ve seen enough of your posts to make a safe assumption.
Originally Posted by Eleazar:
In 20th century American eschatological systems this usually is said to be a mark on the hand or forehead that negates any possibility of the person being redeemed.
It should be noted that, apart from being unscriptural, these “Left Behind” ideas about the prophetic scriptures are novel interpretations that arose in America in and just before the 20th century. These were not the historic views of the church.
Originally Posted by Katipan:
The really sick part of this episode of Saw is that the unvaccinated being swayed by a CP death would solely depend on what CPer died.
The word of GOD is all I need, come out and be ye separate.
Originally Posted by Stro39:
I think its extremely likely everything you don't agree or challenges your world view with is "propaganda".
no what he said is a fact. It's 100% propaganda, so much so you aren't allowed to disagree on political issues. They had to ban any sub that had people that disagreed with their narratives, that's how pathetic it is. And of course China bought into it, shareblue took over r/politics and they only allow Orange Man Bad posts and ban anything that might make the dems look bad. It's sad, because the creator (who is now dead) would never have wanted reddit to go down that dark, evil path that they went down.
QAnon Anti-Vaxxer Called COVID a Hoax Even as His ‘Lungs Stopped Functioning’
A former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first to call COVID-19 a hoax has died from COVID-19.
By David Gilbert
August 30, 2021, 8:00am
Robert David Steele, a former CIA officer turned conspiracy theorist who claimed to be the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax, has died from COVID-19.
Steele, who was among the earliest QAnon promoters and helped the conspiracy theory move from the fringes of the internet into the mainstream, was hospitalized with symptoms of COVID-19 earlier this month. But he continued to spread anti-vaccine and COVID-denial conspiracy theories until the end.
“I will not take the vaccination, though I did test positive for whatever they’re calling ‘COVID’ today, but the bottom line is that my lungs are not functioning,” Steele wrote in his final blog post on August 17, accompanied by a picture of him hooked up to what appears to be a ventilator.
“We will never be the same because now we know that we’ve all been lied to about everything,” Steele added. “But, now we also know that we can trust each other. I’m alive today because I had a network that put me into a good hospital in Florida.”
Steele’s death was confirmed by his friend and fellow conspiracy theorist Mark Tassi in a video posted to Instagram on Sunday evening. In the video Tassi says he was in touch with Steele in recent days and claimed the hospital had prevented the former CIA officer from using hydroxychloroquine tablets.
Steele was in Florida for the final dates of his Arise USA tour, a three-month trek across all 50 states, during which he spread conspiracy theories about COVID-19, election fraud, and former President Donald Trump’s supposedly imminent return to office. The tour had run out of money, but Steele was continuing to show up to events on his own.
Steele was joined for parts of the tour by Richard Mack, the head of the “Constitutional Sheriffs” movement, a group working to radicalize American law enforcement.
In his video, Tassi claimed without evidence that Steele’s illness may have been linked to the attention his tour had gotten, and added that he was forced onto a ventilator because “they” wanted Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis to look bad.
“Robert has died, and the whole thing is very suspicious,” Tassi said.
Steele helped take QAnon from fringe message board shhhh and into the mainstream in early 2018, helping the conspiracy theory reach a much wider audience.
Steele was also a frequent guest on Alex Jones’ Infowars show, spread 9/11 conspiracies, and shared deeply antisemitic opinions.
As documented in a recent report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights, Steele has has long history of antisemitism, including the times he called for all Jews who are not sufficiently “loyal to the Republic” to be jailed, and said that we must “eradicate every Zionist who refuses to be loyal to their country of citizenship and the rule of law.”
When he was interviewed for a VICE documentary about QAnon last year, Steele declared at the time that he was the first person to call COVID-19 a hoax.
Hours after Steele’s death was announced, he was already being lauded as a “warrior to the end” on QAnon channels on messaging app Telegram. And just as the final years of his life were defined by conspiracy theories, his followers reacted to his death by boosting conspiracies about how he “really” died, including claims that he was poisoned or “killed with a heart attack.”
The article Cochise quoted says the words QAnon, conspiracy theory, and conspiracy theories 15 times. Even throws in an InfoWars and 4chan reference for good measure.
Remember kiddies - if you're against getting the jab, you're one of those Q loving whack jobs!
Originally Posted by Bowser:
The article Cochise quoted says the words QAnon, conspiracy theory, and conspiracy theories 15 times. Even throws in an InfoWars and shhhh reference for good measure.
Remember kiddies - if you're against getting the jab, you're one of those Q loving whack jobs!
The article is reporting on the death of someone who was unabashedly one of those whack jobs. What part of it is false?
