Dear America: Please Shut Up About Swine Flu Already
By Dennis Wyman on September 23, 2009 6:27 PM | Permalink | 2 Comments
Granted this is kind of a late rant, but apparently people are still freaking out about swine flu.Still freaking out about swine flu.
Freaking out about the same thing we get every year, only this time it is prefixed with "swine" and I guess that somehow makes it worse despite being no more deadly or virulent than regular flu.
Because it IS regular flu. It's THE FLU. It's THE GODDAMN FLU. IT COMES AROUND LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.
Anyways, enough caps lock. The Minnesota Daily has an excellent editorial up, H1N1: A Case of Manufactured Panic Attack. And for those of you who missed it, Maddox put up a swine flu article of his own on The Best Page In The Universe. Both are worth checking out.
Categories: Random Commentary
Tags: :deathtoamerica:, fear mongering, h1n1, swine flu
2 Comments
Denise | November 28, 2009 9:31 AM
Those in power use fear to control the masses. Is it working? Damn right it's working and it has been for a long long time.
Don't believe everything your tv/newspaper tells you. Dig a little. Ask questions. Think critically. Make your own decisions and stop letting others make them for you!
If you are not OUTRAGED, you are not paying attention!
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nick | October 3, 2009 11:25 AM
swine flu is no joke
this article sux