I am interested in this view of moral culpability whereby the most powerful person on the planet can hawk a miracle cure, leading citizens to act on his recommendation, and come out blameless when someone dies after consuming the wrong thing under the belief that it was the cure.https://twitter.com/reason/status/1242485336468418560 …
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Replying to @jbouie
It’s tricky tbh—if chloroquine HAD been established as being effective against the virus, and he wasn’t just spouting off, would he still be culpable? He’s giving out bad info and should stop but that’s separate from these individuals’ decisions.
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Replying to @utterlybasil @jbouie
In this particular situation, it is on him to be extra careful with his words because our society is in a state of emergency and people are panicking White House communications should be MORE locked down than normal, not less
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That said, it's especially bad that he tweeted about it, in an isolated short statement that's easy to share out of context (Twitter and its microblogging format is, of course, the root of all evil, but Trump uses it in the most irresponsible way possible)
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