— past that now because in hindsight the criticisms were… right. Largely fair and too-often blindly dismissed. Lockdowns had a devastating impact relative to th

— past that now because in hindsight the criticisms were… right. Largely fair and too-often blindly dismissed. Lockdowns had a devastating impact relative to the benefit, and we’re still suffering the effects. Motivated by fear, often accelerated by the power-mad. I think it’s lunacy to look back on that mess and imagine the strategy worth repeating. Let’s not gloss over this just because it’s “in the past”. Coded affiliation with the right is not a rational defense against skepticism of government policy. It’s a rhetorical defense aided by very loud bullhorns and media budgets, but hardly a rational one.