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That's the thing. It currently seems to be "obey the law or people will die and you're irresponsible" vs "I want my freedom to do as I please" I swear, I feel
by ralston3 6y ago
That's the thing. It currently seems to be "obey the law or people will die and you're irresponsible" vs "I want my freedom to do as I please"
I swear, I feel like we're at a time where American's can't agree on whether or not fire is hot.
I saw someone reference Elon's tweet as being "MAGA" because he wants to reopen. So it's incredibly sad to see how the debate over reopening has like everything else...turned incredibly partisan. Why do I have to be a Trump supporter just because I want to get back to my life?
I've seen people mention that the "one size fits all approach" - meaning that an elderly at risk woman and I, a young healthy person both have to follow the same rules, may not be helping the situation.
No doubt here that that our local and federal leaders have failed us once again.
Just a really unfortunate time here the ol' US of A.
- gnusty_gnurc 6y agoYea it's bewildering. Even the science community on twitter seems to being eating itself alive. It's like people have lost the capacity to engage in discourse without immediately questioning motives and allegiances.
- TechBro8615 6y agoI blame the media for this. And I don’t just mean during this pandemic, but for the past couple decades (and especially from 2015 onward.) Dividing the audience is good for business. I really enjoyed the book Hate Inc by Matt Taibbi that examines this phenomenon.
- mrfusion 6y agoDividing the country also prevents real progress and preserves the status quo.