“...but, most of us, drive our cars nearly every day.”
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These are things that people consider rights, and the politicians have not dared to fully infringe upon. Even though driving is a ‘privilege’ licensed and levied by the power of the state, the point still holds true.
They wont take alcohol away from the masses for the same reason. They even tried that one once.
Abortion will probably never go away for the same reason. In their heart of hearts, lefties know that a baby is dying. But this has been a ‘right’ for so long, politicians don’t have the spine to stop it.
Driving isn’t just necessary. Even if people didn’t need to drive to work or necessity, they’d still take to the streets and raise hell if someone tried to take that away. It’s probably as close (in psychology) to being symbolic of our freedom as any action we take in our daily lives.
I wasn’t attacking the empathy of the author. I was suggesting that the current “crisis” is minor in historical comparison. It’s our collective reaction to it that seems significant. What I was suggesting was that those who lived to genuinely hard times, while having sympathy for people’s feelings today, would probably be able to offer some stern warnings about perspective.
“I wasn’t attacking the empathy of the author.”
I did not intend my comments as an assumption that YOU were attacking the empathy of the author.
I just know some folks who will be when the article shows up on Facebook.
EVERY mention of anything that goes against the media image of any aspect of Covid-19 is seen by that crowd as not being sympathetic to Covid-19 sufferers, as if the mere facts of what Covid-19 is not somehow minimizes their suffering.
Some of us have a broader picture in our minds and see the whole society as a victim, a victim of both the virus and the government reactions to it, and see how socially unhealthy folks (society) have (has) become almost by government writ. We also know that an unhealthy society is as unhealthy to the individual as any virus could be.