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I haven't participated in either, but I support both. I don't think that the lockdowns and systemic police violence are especially comparable in terms of sever
by crocodiletears 6y ago
I haven't participated in either, but I support both.
I don't think that the lockdowns and systemic police violence are especially comparable in terms of severity, but it's been infuriating watching the very people in my network that were mocking the 'dumb rednecks trying to kill themselves and everyone in their community over a haircut', and making a scene of complaining that three people at the supermarket weren't wearing ppe turn around and fanatically support some of the least controlled mass gatherings in recent memory.
It's not a centrally distributed talking point, it's a readily perceived point of contrast which any casual observer could make, even if it's somewhat tacky and ill-advised so far as rhetorical gotcha's go.
A counterargument would say that concerns of government overreach and economic damage weren't worth the risk that accompanied their expression. I'd argue that getting any significant number of libertarians and conservatives out on the streets to demonstrate is exceptional enough an occurrence that clearly they'd beg to differ.