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Too much rhetoric takes this format. We're up against a virus, not some sympathizer group of humans. There's no outgroup, no matter how much the news convinces
by rriepe 6y ago
Too much rhetoric takes this format. We're up against a virus, not some sympathizer group of humans. There's no outgroup, no matter how much the news convinces you to hate anti-maskers, lockdown protestors or the infected.
These remain people, not enemy combatants. However people seem to you and how you think they should be punished is irrelevant.
It's a sickness! But here you are talking about the wrong type of people in the context of a war metaphor. It's completely batshit.
- hanniabu 6y agoOr, you know, they could just wear masks? Is that too much to ask?
- rriepe 6y agoDo you think we should wear masks on Zoom calls? Consider your answer very carefully, as it determines your "they" status with a whole bunch of people.
- pjc50 6y agoIf you're in a room by yourself or a family group? Obviously not, that's a silly idea and I've never heard it suggested in good faith.
- pjc50 6y agoI don't think I said that at all in that comment? I certainly didn't talk about types of people or use a war metaphor. Anti-maskers are silly, but also a tiny minority. Lockdown protests have a very valid point about their livelihood and have my sympathy up until the point they start making nonsensical claims or teaming up with the usual professional controversists and far right stirrers.
- rriepe 6y agoYou are an anti-masker: https://www.foxnews.com/health/face-masks-coronavirus-zoom-calls https://www.foxnews.com/health/face-masks-coronavirus-zoom-c...