# Let me be real clear: this message board does NOT need conservatives **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 28, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474 "2021-07-28T02:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1234
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474/1234 "2021-08-08T03:34:31Z")
Let me recap why I pitted the supposedly ‘rational’ conservative D\_Anconia. > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/156): > > Public health officials are already beginning to revise their mask guidance. Are you saying that they’re making unscientific decisions? > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/157): > > Possibly, but as far as I know, the guidelines have NOT changed yet. Do you know something we don’t? > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/159): > > The CDC just might actually be a little slow with this round of mask guidance, just as they were slow with the initial mask guidance. It’s also worth noting that the CDC is not the only health agency. The CDC makes decisions based on science; they are not to be confused with the science itself. > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/160): > > I just think it’s odd that now some people think they know better than the CDC. > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/161): > > I trust the CDC a lot of the time, but they’ve made some bad calls and their mask guidance is an example. Deciding not to track breakthrough cases is another. They’re not infallible. And again, they’re not the only public health agency on earth. > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/164): > > CDC changed its guidance. So what does that tell you? > [@Are you wearing a mask if you go out in public?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-wearing-a-mask-if-you-go-out-in-public/852448/172): > > It tells me they don’t know what they are talking about. But for the last 18 months, officials at all levels of government have been imploring us to “follow the guidelines”. It can’t be both. One can’t have their cake, and eat it. There you have it. D\_Anconia was on using “CDC guidance” when it supported his worldview, and then dropped them like a heavy sofa when it didn’t. That is so motherfucking dishonest - and people like D\_Anconia, Octoputz, and others know it. They’re just trolling or being otherwise facts-resistant. That is disingenuous. That’s the opposite of fighting ignorance. That’s fighting to defend ego and ignorance. And that is why I created this thread, to expose this horse shit for what it is. I don’t give a god damn if some middling, know-nothing “moderates” like @panache45 or @Oredigger77 don’t like it. They just want consensus and peace. People who want good things, who want a society based on pluralism and inclusion don’t have that option anymore. We are forced to be militaristic assholes. Don’t blame me for being a militaristic asshole in defense of a value system that has worked well for all of us but is now under attack. Blame the assholes who a) attack this ethic and b) those who moderate and refuse to defend the values most of us here on SDMB have long subscribed to. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-me-be-real-clear-this-message-board-does-not-need-conservatives/947474)._