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NFL QB Aaron Rodgers says that HIV was created by the US government. (Original Post) RandySF Apr 16 OP
Does he have CTE or was he always this stupid? Jerry2144 Apr 16 #1
I vote stupid. ANYBODY who thinks homeopathy is legit is a moron..... AZ8theist Apr 19 #45
Sooooo done with this idiot. I hope the Jets (and every other team) dump him. hlthe2b Apr 16 #2
Got sacked a few times too many? CTE? Ocelot II Apr 16 #3
Nope always been a dipshit edisdead Apr 16 #10
Beat Me To It ProfessorGAC Apr 19 #43
Yeah, it was St Ronnie the Senile's plan to get rid of Rock Hudson. jls4561 Apr 16 #4
Ronnie Raygun created AIDS? OK, Aaron. You might want to switch helmet brands. rsdsharp Apr 16 #5
Do these morons ever listen to themselves talk? Initech Apr 16 #6
Wow - right over the edge Bundbuster Apr 16 #7
Let's see "Conduct detrimental to the league" applied to this asshat JT45242 Apr 16 #8
Rogers got into U.C. Berkeley because he could throw a football, he was a transfer from a community college, and he ... Botany Apr 16 #24
He's less grounded in reality than Oliver Stone Johonny Apr 16 #9
I think you mean Roger Stone? MorbidButterflyTat Apr 16 #36
Oliver Stone is known for his conspiracy theories. Gore1FL Apr 19 #50
becoming much more clear FHRRK Apr 16 #11
If he did his own research, why doesn't he cite the research that shows Fauci was told ... Jim__ Apr 16 #12
He thinks you should look it up yourself. Iris Apr 16 #29
Another good day for Green Bay Raven123 Apr 16 #13
"Sad for the Jets" might as well be the team motto... ExciteBike66 Apr 16 #20
It's funny because it's true. n/t Xavier Breath Apr 19 #49
Favre had his dick pics scandal/tRump golf outings.... Rodgers has his crazy conspiracy theories... Blue Owl Apr 19 #55
HIV has been isolated from tissue preserved in the 1960's NickB79 Apr 16 #14
Thanks for those links. maxsolomon Apr 16 #17
Thank you for these two informative links. Many years ago, I was niyad Apr 19 #37
Another questionable creation. SarahD Apr 16 #15
AIDs was first seen in the US many years before 1980 obamanut2012 Apr 16 #16
erron rogers poozwah Apr 16 #18
He is a fucking numbskull. He needs to stfu. JanMichael Apr 16 #19
I think this asshole has taken too many blow to the head. Sky Jewels Apr 16 #21
He really is this dumb. Bristlecone Apr 16 #22
The US goverment also killed off the dinosaurs with a giant meteor struggle4progress Apr 16 #23
I know, right?? it's just that "THEY" don't want you to know that!!!!! AZ8theist Apr 19 #46
Conspiracies occur to secure outcomes of the conspirators Model35mech Apr 16 #25
This is a guy who could easily be used as an example of why football should be banned rurallib Apr 16 #26
OH FUCK OFF!!!! hatrack Apr 16 #27
He would know. DJ Synikus Makisimus Apr 16 #28
looking to set up his life after football... bahboo Apr 16 #30
I could have sworn he wore a helmet when playing, guess not.. spanone Apr 16 #31
I would say its the traumatic brain injuries.... WarGamer Apr 16 #32
That's right Rogers. Each human has around 350,000,000,000,000 viruses in their bodies. GreenWave Apr 16 #33
The team of my youth ok_cpu Apr 16 #34
HIV has been around a lot longer than the 1980's. First verified case in a human was in 1959 in the Belgian Congo. patphil Apr 16 #35
I am so happy for Danica Patrick moniss Apr 19 #38
The Jets could have done the smart thing moniss Apr 19 #39
The Jets organization destroys QBs MorbidButterflyTat Apr 19 #42
It was 4 plays. AZ8theist Apr 19 #47
Smart for Rodgers. I've noticed more than a few NFL players getting "injured" after signing big contracts. MorbidButterflyTat Apr 19 #54
who? niyad Apr 19 #40
You know, I remember a study, late 90's/early 2000's, that tracked the niyad Apr 19 #41
People have been saying this for decades. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 19 #44
Sounds like he forgot to wear his helmet or inadvertently confused it with his cup. Ping Tung Apr 19 #48
Instead of a football helmet, he should don a tinfoil hat sakabatou Apr 19 #51
Disinformation Kid Berwyn Apr 19 #52
Perhaps he's auditioning to be Trump's VP. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 19 #53
He's a dumb fuck JustAnotherGen Apr 19 #56

Bundbuster

(3,153 posts)
7. Wow - right over the edge
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:41 PM
Apr 16
"I'm no doctor." That's for sure, you fucking Qanon moron. Why don't you keep your shit-filled mouth shut, asshole.

JT45242

(2,281 posts)
8. Let's see "Conduct detrimental to the league" applied to this asshat
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:41 PM
Apr 16

Seriously... this is supposed to be a smart guy? This is a guy that went to UC Berkeley , one of the most prestigious academic institutions in the world.

If the NFL is truly trying to protect the shield (brand name), then the commissioner needs to bring in this moron because he has some serious explaining to do.

I'll bet that the overwhelming majority of Americans know or are related to someone who has had HIV/AIDS now that the disease has been around for 40 years. That's a lot of potential fans, viewers, customers, that A- Aron done messed up and pissed off.

Botany

(70,524 posts)
24. Rogers got into U.C. Berkeley because he could throw a football, he was a transfer from a community college, and he ...
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:53 PM
Apr 16

… never got a degree from U.C. Berkeley. I might be wrong but I think he has TBI (traumatic brain injury), the
psycho active drugs he has taken might have done some damage, he thinks he is smart in areas where he knows
nothing, and @ 40 his career is over or just about over. I might be wrong but I look for the Jets to get rid of him
soon besides being an idiot and he has had lots of injuries lately.

Johonny

(20,856 posts)
9. He's less grounded in reality than Oliver Stone
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:42 PM
Apr 16

I assume Aaron will end up in Russia singing the praises of Putin too. It feels unstoppable now

Jim__

(14,078 posts)
12. If he did his own research, why doesn't he cite the research that shows Fauci was told ...
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:48 PM
Apr 16

... to create an environment where there is only one thing that works. If his research taught him that, then there has to be documentation. You can't just look at historical facts and reach a conclusion about what Fauci was told unless you found a document that's telling Fauci to do it. Cite the document.

Iris

(15,661 posts)
29. He thinks you should look it up yourself.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 05:39 PM
Apr 16

If you can't do your own research, he sure as hell isn't gonna help you!

Blue Owl

(50,448 posts)
55. Favre had his dick pics scandal/tRump golf outings.... Rodgers has his crazy conspiracy theories...
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 06:33 PM
Apr 19

Let’s hope Jordan Love prevails as the sane one who tops them both!!!

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
17. Thanks for those links.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:10 PM
Apr 16

I had High School friends and a teacher that were dead of AIDS really early - '84, '85. I never knew it was actively killing people in Kinshasa prior to WW2.

Rodgers needs to adjust his time frame for this nefarious plot - at least to the '70s. I bet he's got some NIH "Gain of Function" research he's holding up as proof.

niyad

(113,452 posts)
37. Thank you for these two informative links. Many years ago, I was
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 11:54 AM
Apr 19

watching some news segment (do not remember where) that talked about two specfic puzzling (at the time) deaths. The first was a young man in Great Britain who, in the 1940's, became very ill, although doctors could not identify what was wrong. His various doctors treated his symptoms as best they could, but could never find the cause. He died in the early 50's, and the doctor who performed the autopsy preserved various samples, hoping that one day, an answer could be found. As the reports on AIDS started coming out, and finally, the test, he remembered the case in the 50's, and tested the samples. Positive for AIDS.

The second was a prostitute working in SF in the late 50's, early 60's. She became ill with symptoms that could not be identified. The doctor who performed her autopsy also oreserved various samples. Again, when the test became available, this doctor remembered the case. Result: Positive for AIDS.

Again, I apologize for not remembering which news segment, only that it wasvsome time around 1993 or 1994, probably on one of the majors. But I ckearlybremember them saying that the vurus that causes AIDS had been in circulation at least since the 1930's.

obamanut2012

(26,083 posts)
16. AIDs was first seen in the US many years before 1980
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:07 PM
Apr 16

And, it was seen in other parts of the world between then and 1980.

He is sick.

poozwah

(12 posts)
18. erron rogers
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:28 PM
Apr 16

the jets have to be regretting their decision to sign this idiot. while he may still be a good QB, he is most certainly a disruptive force in the locker room.

struggle4progress

(118,309 posts)
23. The US goverment also killed off the dinosaurs with a giant meteor
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:47 PM
Apr 16

You can find details on the world wide inner tubes

Model35mech

(1,552 posts)
25. Conspiracies occur to secure outcomes of the conspirators
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 05:26 PM
Apr 16

It's on Rodgers to demonstrate that people with known names got together to do the sophisticated work in a biologically secure place, also with a known name, needed to modify a virus acquired from the African bush-meat trade into a killer of humans without first killing the people doing the work.

Anyone can float a wild speculation as reality. Low education level conservatives are -ALWAYS- looking for agents/bad guys because in the mind of low education conservatives REALLY BIG BAD EVENTS don't happen without a purposeful agent!

But you know who usually gets blamed? Nope, you're wrong. IT'S NOT ATHEIST SCIENTISTS.

It's GOD ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Because, God is a very jealous irrationally emotional guy who feels HE MUST punish wayward sinning humans for their propensity to be bad. How else could he -properly- parent the creation made in his own image?

rurallib

(62,431 posts)
26. This is a guy who could easily be used as an example of why football should be banned
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 05:27 PM
Apr 16

Obvious mental debilitation.

28. He would know.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 05:32 PM
Apr 16

He threw for over 5000 yards in professional American rules rugby (NFL). That qualifies him ask an expert on everything, right?

GreenWave

(6,759 posts)
33. That's right Rogers. Each human has around 350,000,000,000,000 viruses in their bodies.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 05:58 PM
Apr 16

And each one awaits the target specific signal from our all-knowing Big Gummint to activate and not go on injured reserve in two minutes.

patphil

(6,186 posts)
35. HIV has been around a lot longer than the 1980's. First verified case in a human was in 1959 in the Belgian Congo.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 07:15 PM
Apr 16
https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/2017/12/world-aids-day

Of course it was around in chimps long before that.

moniss

(4,268 posts)
38. I am so happy for Danica Patrick
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 11:55 AM
Apr 19

that she didn't end up hooked to this nutjob by way of marriage. Glad the relationship ended for whatever reason and by whichever party or both.

moniss

(4,268 posts)
39. The Jets could have done the smart thing
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 11:59 AM
Apr 19

and not given him that big contract and instead realized what they could get in the draft this year and then have the money to put good talent around a standout college QB. But there is the smart thing to do and then there are the Jets. They really never occupy the same place in the universe.

MorbidButterflyTat

(1,824 posts)
42. The Jets organization destroys QBs
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 12:30 PM
Apr 19

But they gave Rodgers the big contract last off-season. He was gonna be the savior to take them to the Super Bowl in 2023.

Then the Bills shut down his season after 3 or 4 plays into the first game. Now they're stuck with him and his stupid contract. They had no hope for a QB in this year's draft, IMO.

MorbidButterflyTat

(1,824 posts)
54. Smart for Rodgers. I've noticed more than a few NFL players getting "injured" after signing big contracts.
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 06:31 PM
Apr 19

Probably just coincidence.

I saw on NFL Network the Jets General Manager open to trading Zack Wilson. Probably the best thing for him. Then they can draft another QB they'll destroy.

niyad

(113,452 posts)
41. You know, I remember a study, late 90's/early 2000's, that tracked the
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 12:09 PM
Apr 19

spread of AIDS from Africa to the US through US miliary liberty ports. So, not gays, but military service members patronizing prostitutes helped spread it in this country. I just loved pointing that out when people were gay-bashing about AIDS. The silence that followed always amused me.

Was this study accurate? I never went back to check, but it sure amused me with the little reichwing hysterical homophobes.

BlueTsunami2018

(3,493 posts)
44. People have been saying this for decades.
Fri Apr 19, 2024, 12:58 PM
Apr 19

The thing is though, the disease was around before the 80’s so the plot couldn’t have been hatched then.

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