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Voters Reject ‘Amnesty’ For Big Mistakes
Made During COVID: I&I/TIPP Poll

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Posted By: RockyTCB, 11/16/2022 5:13:50 AM

A recent online magazine article proposed a controversial idea: Those government and private officials who might have made serious errors during the COVID-19 pandemic should be granted “amnesty” for their mistakes. Will it fly? As the latest I&I/TIPP Poll shows, the answer is “not likely.” The article in question, Let’s Declare a Pandemic Amnesty, appeared in the Oct. 31 online edition of The Atlantic. Specifically, the article, written by Brown University economist Emily Oster (who herself was heavily criticized for supporting school reopenings during COVID) urged: We have to put these fights aside and declare a pandemic amnesty.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: PChristopher 11/16/2022 5:19:43 AM (No. 1334532)
Amensty?! No! Further, they should be made to pay reparations!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: 5 handicap 11/16/2022 5:38:31 AM (No. 1334537)
Amnesty... only after their houses are burned to the ground and their life savings given to those whose life they ruined!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: F15 Gork 11/16/2022 5:41:44 AM (No. 1334539)
Yawn. They already have Amnesty. There are no consequences for anything anymore anyway.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Jesuslover54 11/16/2022 5:53:09 AM (No. 1334544)
Mistakes? There were no mistakes.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: FJB 11/16/2022 6:44:32 AM (No. 1334571)
No way. China Joe was in on the G**k Flu all along. Why not? It got him "elected" and kicked off Zippy Obama's plan to destroy the USA. UltraMAGA
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Reply 6 - Posted by: JrSample 11/16/2022 7:21:07 AM (No. 1334586)
Evidently, the idiot voters in Michigan didn't reject it since they re-elected their Governor who abused her office claiming and executing power that she did not possess. Then acted as though then privilege of her office allowed her to disregard her own rules. In a healthier republic she would have been removed from office and be facing prison time.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: jinx 11/16/2022 7:27:09 AM (No. 1334589)
Just throw them in jail next to the innocent Jan 6 victims who have yet to be tried.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Chiritwo 11/16/2022 7:46:03 AM (No. 1334608)
They have done so much damage to our children, to society, to families. The list could go on. There was no good that came out of their dictates and all this damage for their lust of power. This isn't mentioning the damage from the shots. They all belong together of an island that's in the middle of the ocean.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: BarryNo 11/16/2022 7:53:24 AM (No. 1334614)
Progressives/Democrats attitude on crime: Hey, man... So they murdered your wife, raped your daughter, beat your young son with bat's and concrete blocks - sorry to hear he has severe brain damage - trashed your house, stole your savings and burned down your business... But hey, man... It's in the past, let it go. Don't waste time rehashing old injuries... Conservative/Republican attitude on crime: Criminals not only harm people but destroy the trust and respect people have for one another. Criminals must be brought to justice, restitution must be made. In those cases where, due to the severity of the offense, restitution is not possible, punishment should permanently and publicly remove the perpetrator from society. A matter of social sanitation. And no one's status should ever protect them from prosecution.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Mr Clean 11/16/2022 8:14:54 AM (No. 1334638)
Grant amnesty to people who would eagerly repeat their vile actions should circumstances permit? I think not.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: bigfatslob 11/16/2022 8:38:26 AM (No. 1334660)
We wouldn't hear the word amnesty or have this conversation if they were successful doing the right thing. Talking about amnesty is an admission of guilt. No, you don't walk away from the actions taken for your cruel stupidity. Not today not ever.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: stablemoney 11/16/2022 9:04:00 AM (No. 1334687)
Yeah. That is rejected. The people that took our liberty are not going to be let off. There has to be severe repercussions for what has been done.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Bluefindad 11/16/2022 10:03:25 AM (No. 1334778)
The damage is continuing. We go to the market and see young families masked. We scratch our heads and murmur "Why?" Where is the danger that makes young people afraid to breathe free air? It lingers as a cancer in their minds.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: David Key 11/16/2022 11:28:54 AM (No. 1334890)
I read somewhere, true or not it stuck in my mind, that in one of the Greek city states when a politician proposed a radical plan they put him on a platform with a rope around his neck. If the plan worked they removed the rope. If the plan failed they removed the platform. It is a model we should adopt in the USA today. All those who led us thru the Covid and were proven to be either liars or just flat incompetent should be at the least metaphorically executed. Who knows some maybe should be stuck in jail. There needs to be penalties for being so seriously wrong and causing so many deaths thru bad policies. Amnesty....not a chance.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: MickTurn 11/16/2022 11:39:25 AM (No. 1334910)
Put them all in PRISON...after confiscating everything they own!
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Kumoan 11/16/2022 6:20:50 PM (No. 1335251)
treat 'em like jan6'ers
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