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      The “joke” is about Trump. Not the GOP.

      If you’re going to explain something then fucking explain it, rather than introducing more confusion.

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        Both of these cases happened abroad and travelled to the US, where it was identified and treated. The cases happening in Texas are actually spreading locally. There’s a huge difference between these situations

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          I didn’t raise these examples nor do I have any desire to discuss them. I’m responding to a claim another user was citing them as “dis about the GOP” or reference points indicating the GOP… Rather than real world screwworm encounters events.

          For this purpose it doesn’t matter where they’re from or what people think of the, and as stated, I didn’t choose or raise them. I’m merely saying they’re actual events, and not references to the GOP.

          I swear, people online never seem to be able to follow the threads of an arguments or whose saying what.

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            I swear, people online never seem to be able to follow the threads of an arguments or whose saying what.

            Oh, honey…

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              Then the person I replied to should have said it was a dis about Trump, not “a dis about the GOP”.

              I was responding to the person thinking they were clearing things up, when they were adding confusion.

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            The original commenter was calling trump a screwworm. It didn’t land and was poor delivery, but you seem to have missed the point.

            Also, a basic understanding of epidemiology is enough to know the difference between cases contracted while traveling and cases spreading locally. Especially when the contracted cases were handled properly.

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              Yes, Trump fits the joke, but that’s not “the GOP”, which was the explanation given by the second commenter.

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                  They’re not the same fucking words though if you’re explaining something to someone you moron. We’re not drawing pictures here we’re using words.