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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

She’s, intentionally or not (though I suspect the former), doing the political equivalent of saying that inject bleach was actually a perfectly safe and effective treatment method for COVID.

She wasn't even an employee of the US government, let alone President at the time. It's not even close to the same.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So was it fine for Charlie Kirk to say hydroxychloroquine was 100% effective in treating COVID? Because that's the equivalence I'm making here: Charlie Kirk claiming hydroxychloroquine treated COVID and vaccines are ineffective in 2020 == Michelle Obama claiming Harris and Hillary lost because of their gender in 2025. Besides, again she's the country's most popular Democrat; even if she doesn't have a formal role her voice counts for something. I'm not saying she should lead the charge against fascism, but the least she could do is not say dumb shit.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I didn't say it was fine, it's just orders of magnitude less consequential when it's not being done by people in the highest levels of our federal government.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 0 points 3 days ago

Sure, I never said otherwise so I'm not sure how that's relevant to my point.