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Oh my god the unhinged blind frothing rage in those comments is scary, and many upvoted. I hardly go on that site I didn't realize it is a haven for hateful extremists.

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I only looked at the 20 or so comments at the top and I did not find what you describe. The reply by DaveSimmons is a low point but it's not even close to unhinged blind frothing rage.

> Send the national guard door to door with medics to force vaccinations on the antivax cretins in the hot zones.

> Oh wait, the Republican governors are busy outlawing mask mandates.

> Keep piling up the bodies on the altar of Trump then I guess. More blood for the blood god!

Yeesh.

One thing people forget is that some of these hospitals are firing workers for not getting vaccinated which means fewer ICU beds.

Blimey you're not wrong. I reckon you can probably judge the quality of a comment section by the number and strength of the adjectives in it: a reasonable comments section would call somebody foolish, an unreasonable one would say that they're a disgusting extremist making unfathomably selfish and reckless choices.

A bit ironic one of them was talking about "blood for the blood god" when that whole comment section is basically an angry hymn to Khorne!

Ars is barely better than Reddit.

Yea, it is a rather mean culture. Fascinating to watch, but scary as well.

Yep. I have loved Ars for years. But its community has taken a dark turn.

I can't blame them. They are raging against irresponsible republican government (and gullible people).

These are the sort of people have profiles with "be kind" on them, and constantly congratulate themselves for being tolerant and inclusive (unlike the angry fearful intolerant divisive subhuman others).

Kindness and tolerance has its limits.

So it would seem.

I am speaking more generally than this specific article or topic.

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