RFK Jr. said he used to carry sauerkraut with him but ‘got too many complaints’

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  • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Well, as an American, I don’t. And I feel like there are stupid and deluded people in other countries as well

    • RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      Sure, but why would those be listening to the American health guy.

      It might hurt to hear, but pretty much everything about the guy is deeply US American. Even the way he got there.

      • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Ok… why do you think that would “hurt” me? I’m not aware the US kinda sucks.

        I don’t think anyone is really listening to him, smart or not.

        • RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org
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          1 month ago

          Because you got a little defensive when I mentioned that the people listening to him are Americans.

          And there ARE many, many Americans who listen to him. Maybe not the absolute majority, but we wouldn’t be here in this situation if a sizable part of the US population wasn’t the type of person to fall for this kinda guy.

          • zeppo@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            I didn’t get defensive. I was suggesting that saying “Americans listen to him” is a pointless generalization. Okay, so Americans are the ones who pay the most attention to someone who is a government official in America. Okay. Plenty of uninformed, non-scientific people elsewhere too. So I don’t know what your point about that was.

            RFK’s ideas are not very novel and there are many people who champion those lines of thoughts besides him. He is not influential.

            • RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org
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              1 month ago

              I don’t know how we got to you defending him now, but I think that’s a sign that we jumped the shark with this conversation.

                • RaphaelSchmitz@feddit.org
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                  1 month ago

                  Wow calm down, no need to behave like a redditor. It’s just a comment thread.

                  Your comment certainly had a vibe of “yeah he says stupid stuff but nobody listens to him, it’s not that bad”.

                  • Which is absolutely a defense for the guy
                  • it doesn’t help is that it sounds like how an abused spouse defends their partner
                  • it doesn’t help with either of those points that you go as far as making things up, as many Americans do indeed listen to him

                  Now, at the point where someone said that the other person failed at carrying the conversation, I do not know if there is anything to salvage, but here I go anyway.