Posted on 06/28/2021 5:43:15 AM PDT by DoodleBob
...You’re probably thinking at this juncture that the point of this column is to make fun of red states. No. The point of this column is to denounce them. Their willful anti-science ignorance is going to prolong this pandemic by months (at least) and lead to thousands of needless deaths...
Almost worse, though, is how this anti-science fanaticism is perverting the meaning of the concept of freedom. This is dangerous for democracy in ways most people aren’t even thinking about right now.
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Incredibly, the right has now established the “principle” that people can engage in potentially harmful action without any expectation that there will be consequences. Indeed, with the conviction that consequences are tyranny. Where does this end?
Now, the Delta variant... is “poised to divide the United States again, with highly vaccinated areas continuing toward post-pandemic freedom and poorly vaccinated regions threatened by greater caseloads and hospitalizations.”
One is almost tempted to think well, if they want to kill themselves and each other, that’s their business. But it isn’t that simple. When people really start travelling again, the virus will spread. Are we really going to have to go into a lockdown again because nearly half the country is so consumed by ideology-driven hatred of the other half that they’d literally rather see loved ones die than go get a simple shot?
Freedom in a democratic society depends on limits. My freedom is limited by your freedom, and where they clash, we have to make peace or decide to leave each other alone. That this core democratic principle has been tossed out the window by nearly half the country is mind-boggling. Voter suppression and gerrymandering aren’t the only ways that these people are destroying democracy.
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have you noticed how they define democracy?
agree with the LEFT or you are hurting democracy.
their definition of democracy is LEFTIST tyranny.
I can also UNDERSTAND a different individual, looking at the same fact-set, and choosing to never take that elixir.
Do I see a lot of articles making fun of those taking the vaccine? No...I see some, but not a lot.
But the conga-line of articles by the vaccinated mocking and name-calling their compliment is peculiar...."isn't that elixir supposed to protect you?" Why are they so triggered?
What drives these vaccinated people to become bullies is a doctoral dissertation in waiting.
If they’re vaccinated why do they worry?
As I wrote, and I’m not being flip, I really want to understand what’s triggering these people. Is it buyer’s remorse? Are the new stories about enlarged hearts et al scaring them, but rather than telling people “I wish I hadn’t done it, and you should stay away until more testing is done” they are radioing to other ships in the North Atlantic to not worry about reports about the icebergs?
Q: What are the long term consequences of the covid genetic engineering jab?
Yeah. I’ve been vaccinated 2x due to work ‘recommendations’. My first shot was with Pfizer in Jan and I had bad reaction 2 weeks later when the family came down with covid. So I skipped the 2nd shot.
To be fully-vaccinated/compliant I had the J&J shot a while ago and have been taking aspirin every 4 hr.s to counteract the clotting. I know if I’ve forgotten to take aspirin because I get a headache -which I rarely got before. Prior to the J&J shot I watched some videos on the vaccine so I knew what to look out for and possible mitigation actions.
It’s always about control.
Actually.... it is the very opposite! Of the antivaxxers/provaxchoice (precovid) the highest percentage were in the wealthier and more educated sectors of societies.
I am not wealthy but I have a graduate degree and I am included in those numbers.
So you believe only rich people vote Republican?
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