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I myself am vaccinated, but I hold no ill will towards those who do not get it; whatever their reason. And yet, the media is conditioning all of us to hate tho
by eric_b 5y ago
I myself am vaccinated, but I hold no ill will towards those who do not get it; whatever their reason. And yet, the media is conditioning all of us to hate those people. To shame them. To ignore their reason and free-will.
The same people who are rabidly pro-vaccine are generally rabidly pro-choice when it comes to abortion. How does that reconcile? How come the government can sometimes tell you what to do with your body but not others?
And the same people who are in favor of the vaccine mandates are almost universally supporters of BLM and social justice. And yet... the majority of the vaccine hesitant are non-white. That doesn't square either.
The whole thing is absolutely fucking outrageous. I hate what the media has done to the United States. And I hate all the moral self-righteousness I see on display here and everywhere else.
- fwsgonzo 5y agoThe whole thing is easily explainable: People who walk around spreading COV19 is killing other people. Everyone has a story like that, and it's unfortunate that we have to explain it again and again. You have free will until you start killing other people over something that you can get for free, that lessens the long-lasting effects of a virus.
- eric_b 5y agoThis is such a horseshit argument. If you're at risk, by all means get the vaccine. You're protected. Job done. "But what about the children?!?!" is the next common refrain. What about them? Look at the numbers. COVID is not a relevant concern for pediatric public health policy. https://data.cdc.gov/widgets/9bhg-hcku?mobile_redirect=true https://data.cdc.gov/widgets/9bhg-hcku?mobile_redirect=true COVID deaths account for less than 1% of deaths in children under 15. I think the other 99% of things killing our kids is a bigger concern, don't you?
- dQw4w9WgXcQ 5y ago> You have free will until you start killing other people over something You do a lot of things every day that "have a chance of killing people". You get in a car and send thousands of pounds of metal hurdling down the road, you use your cell phone and drive distractedly in that metal block. Or maybe you visit Home Depot and buy a pack of nails and a few of those drop out in a parking lot and a mother in her van with children run over those nails and later have a blowout. You buy an iPhone made in China or a T-shirt made in Vietnam that employs some child laborer who is exposed to harsh chemicals and they die earlier because you personally wanted some product for your enjoyment... and the list is almost infinite. At what point do we acknowledge our minimal control over the butterfly effect of causality and cease the woke moralizing?
- machiaweliczny 5y agoGlad there are sane people in this world still. This SJW trend needs to die. It's cancer to society.
- gkop 5y agoI suggest just asking such a person about their principles. You’ll probably get a more helpful response if you refrain from characterizing their opinions as “rabid”. If you bring curiosity, you will disarm them, and perhaps learn something or effect a change in their thinking. Big govt/regulation vs. small govt/freedom is just one axis. People’s viewpoints on specific issues are based on more than just this axis.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoThose people should understand they have their free speech and so does youtube as a private company. They still have other avenues. Vimeo, odysee, gab, gittr, breitbart. It's just the rest of us don't want to see their drivel.
- felistoria 5y agoThe government is also circumventing the 1st amendment by pressuring Private Companies to ban speech for them.