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Riff McClavin's avatar

His take on COVID was on the rather authoritarian establishment side. He said the unvaccinated should remove themselves from the community and access to food was "their problem." I really appreciated his Manufacturing Consent, though. That doesn't mean he's infallible or that we need to agree with him -- or anyone -- 100% of the time.

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Sherri Jarosiewicz's avatar

Thanks. I had not heard this. Many felt that vaccination was the best route, but I suppose that he was perhaps overstating that position. Someone else told me that some people were upset that he endorsed Biden as the “lesser of evils”. I think these are small criticisms and shouldn’t obscure a lifetime of amazingly insightful analysis. People can be so petty and unfair…

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