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The lockdowns were justified in the name of old people, yes. That doesn't mean old people were the ones calling for them.
by School-Cotton 2y ago
The lockdowns were justified in the name of old people, yes. That doesn't mean old people were the ones calling for them.
- lupusreal 2y agoAppeals to grandma weren't targetted at baby boomers; their grandmas are long dead already. The baby boomers are the grandmas the rhetoric referenced.
- School-Cotton 2y agoI understand that. Regardless of who the rhetoric referenced, it was not propagated primarily by old people. Just like arguments to “think of the children” are almost never made by children themselves.