# Rand Paul is an infected anal fissure **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 21, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928 "2021-07-21T00:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/21 "2021-07-23T10:48:19Z")
“Supported” you mean? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/22 "2021-07-23T10:49:00Z")
McConnell to my knowledge has long been pro-vaccination (he had a childhood bout with polio). I don’t recall his speaking out about Rand Paul and other colleagues’ dopey attitudes regarding immunization. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/23 "2021-07-23T10:53:20Z")
As I just got through posting elsewhere: once you get people believing conspiracy theories, then any reversal just comes off as if they got to you, too. That’s why you shouldn’t try to leverage conspiracies for political purposes. You lose control. The evidence is against you, so you push your followers to ignore evidence. Be careful what you wish for. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/24 "2021-07-23T10:56:06Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > “Supported” you mean? 🙂 The suggestion that Republicans have ever held any views other than the ones they currently espouse is a thoughtcrime. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/25 "2021-07-23T10:57:42Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > McConnell to my knowledge has long been pro-vaccination (he had a childhood bout with polio). > > I don’t recall his speaking out about Rand Paul and other colleagues’ dopey attitudes regarding immunization. The beef I have with him and other “leaders” is precisely the feeble attempts at confronting colleagues and right wing media influencers about that dopey attitude. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/26 "2021-07-23T11:25:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > What do you mean? Republicans have always ~~been at war with Eastasia~~ supported vaccination. > [@Smapti](#): > > Not for long he didn’t. > [@Gyrate](#): > > Like I said: Republicans have always opposed vaccination. These three posts in a row? Perfection. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/27 "2021-07-23T12:15:21Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > McConnell to my knowledge has long been pro-vaccination (he had a childhood bout with polio). I thought maybe he got bitten by a radioactive turtle. Too bad Sean Halfwitty couldn’t stick to a decent principal for once in his sorry life. Guess you can’t embrace science even a tiny bit without the MAGAbots forcing you back in line. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/28 "2021-07-23T22:54:00Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I thought maybe he got bitten by a radioactive turtle. I thought he _was_ one. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/29 "2021-07-23T22:58:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > I thought maybe he got bitten by a radioactive turtle. > > I thought he _was_ one. - He’s a Master Of Disguise. [![](https://external-preview.redd.it/38Ax5ay7qbCsJEQVGrBadmzAacu3c1msy1Lr7pep46Q.jpg?auto=webp&s=91c44dbf52c46a2a076558d7d323064c9bfade1d) ](https://external-preview.redd.it/38Ax5ay7qbCsJEQVGrBadmzAacu3c1msy1Lr7pep46Q.jpg?auto=webp&s=91c44dbf52c46a2a076558d7d323064c9bfade1d) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/30 "2021-07-23T23:04:16Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He’s a Master Of Disguise. Oh he’s got to be turtly enough for the Turtle Club. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/31 "2021-07-23T23:11:35Z")
When Hannity told people he supported vaccines, he said “enough people have died.” But now it would seem he’s re-checked the quotas and realized not enough have croaked quite yet. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/32 "2021-07-23T23:43:56Z")
Does Paul’s pugnacious (ex?) neighbor have a GoFundMe page? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/33 "2021-07-24T06:36:10Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Oh he’s got to be turtly enough for the Turtle Club. You betcher sweet ass he is. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/34 "2021-07-24T08:25:59Z")
Okay fine, I will wager Francis that he is. [https://www.foreverhomedonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TY002-Donkey-Candy-Pop.jpg](https://www.foreverhomedonkey.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/TY002-Donkey-Candy-Pop.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/35 "2021-07-24T08:26:13Z")
Oh, come now. A thoughtcrime would require thinking, would it not? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/36 "2021-07-24T15:04:23Z")
Well, [yes and no](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crimestop). > **Crimestop** refers to the ability to stop short of any thought that might be heretical or unorthodox _before it is even thought_, as if by instinct. > … > Crimestop is not stupidity, or at least not natural stupidity. It is the ability to deliberately retard one’s own intelligence, and, of course, to forget the process of doing it by doublethink. (Orwell referred to it as “protective stupidity,” which does not entirely conflict with the above.) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/37 "2021-07-24T17:58:21Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > When Hannity told people he supported vaccines, he said “enough people have died.” > > But now it would seem he’s re-checked the quotas and realized not enough have croaked quite yet. Looking at the way the right wing media works nowadays, it is more clear to me that Hannity and others just posted enough “I agree with science too!” platitudes to fool a lot of moderates in other media outlets and Plutocrat Peters into falling for the narrative of “they are finally changing for the better!, let’s listen to them or fund them again”. After they got that result from mainstream media, they go back to the usual denying science or the criticism of it with wild theories. It is a tactic that explains also how in heaven’s name we get people that follow right wing media to look at the few admissions of vaccines working and think that everything is ok, while ignoring the hurricane of lies that the right wing media is also launching at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/38 "2022-01-04T02:01:56Z")
Well we’ve got some good news: > **[Rand Paul announces exit from YouTube: 'Today I take my first step toward...](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rand-paul-announces-exit-from-youtube-today-i-take-my-first-step-toward-denying-my-content-to-big-tech)** > > Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, announced that he will no longer be posting content to YouTube due to the platform's censorship practices, which he links to broader content censorship by Big Tech. He also needs to deny his content to Facebook, Twitter, etc. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/39 "2022-01-04T02:08:02Z")
Was he posting content to YouTube? Huh. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-is-an-infected-anal-fissure/946928/40 "2022-01-04T02:14:54Z")
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