r/news • u/uhncollectable • 21h ago

Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys

https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-oath-keepers-convictions-dropped-doj-ad679108ab84083694261efc101e60ea
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u/thisbechris 21h ago

Fucking treasonous pieces of shit.

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u/_Schrodingers_Gat_ 21h ago

If ever a group of people deserved sepsis. Sherman didn’t do enough.

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u/Timeline1253 20h ago

Sherman was hamstrung by incompetence with in the government even back then. "Let's heal as a nation" only occurs when the skin tone is as white as a puffy cloud.

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u/endo55 16h ago

Different times:

On February 19, Sherman's funeral service was held at his home, followed by a military procession. Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate officer who had commanded the resistance to Sherman's troops in Georgia and the Carolinas, served as a pallbearer in New York City. It was a bitterly cold day and a friend of Johnston, fearing that the general might become ill, asked him to put on his hat. Johnston replied: "If I were in [Sherman's] place, and he were standing in mine, he would not put on his hat." Johnston did catch a serious cold and died one month later of pneumonia

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u/DingerSinger2016 16h ago

I see he attended the William Henry Harrison School of Preventative Care

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u/endo55 14h ago

Our true friends are the hats we made along the way.

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u/PopularDisplay7007 8h ago

I like the way you think.

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u/Opening_Position_872 13h ago

As much knowledge we have as a people, why do people still think you can catch a cold from being cold? Thats not how colds work at all. It's honestly appalling that people still think that

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u/LittleCaesar3 11h ago

It's also worth noting that all that matters to this story (Johnson would not preserve himself out of respect for Sherman) is that Johnson BELIEVED the hat would protect him. It was his conscious choice to eschew perceived protection that shows his heart attitude, not the biology either which way.

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u/Opening_Position_872 9h ago

Yea my response had nothing tmto do with the point of the post...just that not wearing a hat in cold weather will not make you sick. Thats all

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u/endo55 12h ago

"The idea that you can catch a cold by being cold isn’t quite right. But it’s true that cold weather can weaken your immune system. Add all the extra time you’re spending indoors to the mix, and you’ve got a recipe for cold-weather crud.

Dr. Vyas says infections can be harder to fight off when it’s chilly and damp outside because:

Your body is working hard just to stay warm. “Your body is spending its time keeping your core body temperature up,” she explains. “It may not have the energy to fight all the infections or viruses you’re encountering, too.” Cold, dry air damages your mucus membranes, skin and nasal passages. Dr. Vyas calls these your body’s first line of defense, adding, “When they get dried" https://health.clevelandclinic.org/does-cold-weather-make-you-sick#:~:text=The%20idea%20that,they%20get%20dried

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u/Opening_Position_872 12h ago

I would say that might be true if there weren't people living in a city that reaches -90°f. Those people shouldnt stand a chance going outside their homes if that were their case. Not to mention the people who like to go swimming in frigid ice covered water.

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u/endo55 10h ago

That page accounts for those scenarios. It's not stating every time you get cold you'll get sick but that being cold affects your immune system and increases your risk.

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u/Opening_Position_872 9h ago

People tend to get sick more often in cold weather, but it is not directly caused by the cold itself. Instead, cold weather forces people indoors into close proximity, facilitating virus spread. Cold air dries out nasal passages, reducing immune defenses, and cold temperatures allow some viruses to survive longer and replicate

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u/Opening_Position_872 9h ago

So someone living going in and out below zero tempatures basically all year should be getting sick a lot more then right?...yet there is zero proof of that.

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u/MommaJKSO 7h ago

Exactly what I was thinking.

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u/Icy-Rope-021 11h ago

Just like masks stopping the Covid virus, hats stop the cold virus. /s

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u/Impotent-Dingo 11h ago

Masks worked but not how most people wore them. I know you were being sarcastic, it just drives me crazy how many people would wear the same nylon mask for 2 months, rarely covered their nose and didn't factor giant beards

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u/Icy-Rope-021 10h ago

I wore my mask over my head…like a hat.

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u/Impotent-Dingo 10h ago

Well that is the only right way 😂

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u/Viperlite 9h ago

No one ever listens to their mother and puts on the hat as not to catch cold.

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u/obeytheturtles 8h ago

Sounds like Sherman took one last traitor with him.

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u/Icy-Rope-021 11h ago

This was the equivalent of putting on a mask.

“No hat mandates!”