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This is a bizarre definition completely at odds with the commonly understood meaning of "lockdowns" in the U.S.

• mindslight 4y ago
  "Commonly understood" by one political camp, which has hyperbolically defined terms to shore up the ranks. See my previous point. "Lockdown" evokes an idea of being uniformly unable to go out at all, which was most certainly not the case. Rather, the business and institutions that were closed were closed for specific reasons. For each venue we can debate those specific reasons - some were certainly ridiculously overbearing [0] - but grouping it all into "lockdowns" accomplishes nothing besides encouraging people talk past one another. [0] Non-controversial example: open air parks that were closed.