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> Half the US population don’t wear masks as a political statement This is just wrong and a sloppy way to insult "half the US population". This sort of attitu
by gwright 6y ago
> Half the US population don’t wear masks as a political statement
This is just wrong and a sloppy way to insult "half the US population". This sort of attitude contributes to the tribalism that is creating so much division.
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201022/mask-use-by-americans-now-tops-90-poll-finds#1 https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20201022/mask-use-by-america...
- andy_ppp 6y agoHalf the people around here think half always means exactly 50%...
- gwright 6y agoBut in this case it was clearly a slam against anyone who didn't vote a particular way. It wasn't just some sloppy use of language to mean "many".
- andy_ppp 6y agoYou are right, the comment I made on the Internet late at night was not perfectly formulated. I think there is a better wording here, I was trying to say there is a political aspect to how people view everything nowadays (before an edit I compared to taking a knee on the other side, but again it’s too complicated a point to get across right now). Good night Gwright.