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Right or wrong, you've completely missed the point. Some people felt it wasn't worth the slightest bit of sacrifice to save other's lives. Some people felt al
by onlyrealcuzzo 4y ago
Right or wrong, you've completely missed the point.
Some people felt it wasn't worth the slightest bit of sacrifice to save other's lives.
Some people felt all human life was sacred and we should've done everything possible to save every last day of every person's life.
The vast majority of people were in the messy middle, and the debate centered around how much we should give up to save lives - especially when it might have long-term negative consequences.
A lot of people were willing to isolate and wear masks - and the debate centered around whether the government has the right (or should) force people to do those things.
A lot of people thought if you can't force everyone - it's a suckers game. Why should I isolate when other people aren't, and the effects are minimized - etc.
It's not as simple as "mask and isolation good", even if there is good evidence it worked for the initial strains of Covid.
- andy_ppp 4y agoThe debate of a toddler frustrated at having a seatbelt put on in a car.
- MikeLumos 4y agoThat's a big part of the problem - a group of people have unilaterally decided that they're the grown up ones, and they know better, and dismiss everyone else as toddlers. Using that wonderful justification, they proceeded to censor everyone who disagrees with them, including the points of view that later turned out to be correct. When you decide that you're a smart adult, declare every dissenting viewpoint to be "disinformation", and, therefore, you get to decide for other people what they do or do not get to read or think, and then you get it wrong, people will be justifiably upset. Even if you get it right, people will be upset. So here's a wild suggestion - why not treat other human beings as adults capable of making up their own minds about things?
- andy_ppp 4y agoThey are turning on the microchips Bill Gates implanted in everyone any day now. Even Trump has had 3+ vaccines. I don’t really understand what we are debating as two equivalent sides here.
- ohCh6zos 4y agoThis is an exceptionally uncharitable interpretation of GP's statement.
- andy_ppp 4y agoIts funny because I find all the Prosecute/Fauci conspiracy theories about gain of function research, unproven/unprovable Wuhan lab leak theories and pizza gate and anti-vax and that Trump + Fox News anchors are triple jabbed all while whipping up lies to gain political capital “exceptionally uncharitable” myself.
- newaccount2021 4y ago[dead]
- ogogmad 4y ago> A lot of people thought if you can't force everyone - it's a suckers game. Why should I isolate when other people aren't, and the effects are minimized - etc. The perfect tragedy of the commons. It's why we need government.