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>"These people make the world a worse place, so it's entirely possible that we're better off without them." I'm not normally a slippery-slope kind of person, b
by BitwiseFool 5y ago
>"These people make the world a worse place, so it's entirely possible that we're better off without them."
I'm not normally a slippery-slope kind of person, but I implore you not to let this line of thinking become acceptable, lest it apply to other groups of people. My fear is that if people can adopt this kind of attitude for Covid-Vaccine refusers, I shudder to think what other groups this can be applied to, too.
- CamperBob2 5y agoAlways good advice, for sure. I do think it can be a valid reasoning process in zero-sum cases like this, where a clear dividing line can be drawn between patients who are there because they bought into whatever BS they were spreading on Facebook the day before, and patients who drew the short straw despite following the best available guidance.
- BitwiseFool 5y agoI see where you are coming from, and I also want to make it clear that I don't think you are a bad person and I wasn't trying to insinuate that. I am particularly concerned at what I sense is an unchecked trend of increasing polarization and dehumanization. The refusers who are taking up ICU beds are indeed responsible for their actions but I fear people online are taking things too far when it comes to making examples out of them.