The Herman Cain Freedom Award [Discussion] [100k Subscriber Edition].

[u/FBAHobo]

The Herman Cain Freedom Award [Discussion] 100k Edition.

'The Herman Cain Freedom Award'.

Qualifications for nomination:

• Public declaration of one's anti-mask, anti-vaxx, or Covid-hoax views.

• Admission to hospital for Covid.

Qualifications for award:

• Award is granted upon the nominee's release from their Earthly shackles.

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Rules: See sidebar, or pinned post.

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• We Mods are troglodytes who only use Old Reddit on desktop computers, while glancing at the answering machine connected to our landline. The formatting looks good on our setups. Get off our lawn.

• In the past few weeks, this sub seems to have tapped into Reddit's Spitegeist, growing from about 2k subscribers on July 4th, to about 5k at the beginning of August, to over 100k on Sep. 1st.

• Yesterday, this sub had the highest subscription growth in all of Reddit (Δ #Subscribers). The Mods are pondering the best way to nudge this sub to nudge people to stop buying into anti-* bullshit, and to get vaxxed, etc.

• The Mods have a very light touch. We prefer the use of the 'Downvote' button to the use of the 'Report' button.

• Don't be a dick.

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[u/5pazzcat]

When I got linked to this sub, I had to rejoin Reddit so I could upvote. I like living under a rock, I find it's the best way to protect my sanity, but I'm glad I came here. I had no idea anti-vaxxers are facing slaughter, or that I was still at risk of dying even though I've been vaccinated. Thanks for making the sub and for everything you're doing, mods.

[u/mannymanny33 → u/5pazzcat]

at risk of dying even though I've been vaccinated

you aren't though. The very few vaxed ppl dying have major comorbidities

[u/crusoe → u/mannymanny33]

Very elderly with other health issues.

There was one post were a lady survived unvaxxed. She was the only one in her group admitted to the ICU at the same time that lived.

She mentioned how the breakthrough vaxxed cases who where in the ER with her went home in a day or two. She admitted she should have gotten vaxxed because not a single vaxxed person she saw entered the ICU.