Posted on 01/14/2022 6:58:52 AM PST by ransomnote
Columnist Michael Hiltzik, who writes for the LA Times, wrote an article that said that mocking the deaths of “anti-vaxxers” is “necessary.”
The article, which has had its headline changed multiple times, tries to argue that mocking the unvaccinated and vaccine-hesitant after they die encourages others to get the jab.
Disturbingly, the URL was originally titled ‘Why Shouldn’t We Dance On The Graves of Anti-Vaxxers?’
ransomnote: article link https://latimes.com/business/story/2022-01-10/why-shouldnt-we-dance-on-the-graves-of-anti-vaxxers
However, its final incarnation is now published as ‘Mocking anti-vaxxers’ COVID deaths is ghoulish, yes — but may be necessary.’
The changing of the headline suggests that the newspaper was trying to minimise the inevitable backlash that would occur.
Most of the article was focused on mocking the death of conservative activist Kelly Ernby, who campaigned against mandatory covid vaccines for children as a condition of going to school, but subsequently died from “covid complications.”
Hiltzik wrote: “Kelly Ernby’s friends and family ask us to remember her for her career as a public servant and as a devoted spouse and mother. But let’s not mince words: Her campaigns against public health measures negated whatever good she may have done in her other endeavors.
“The policies Ernby advocated may well have contributed to the spread of COVID and to the damaging of the public health infrastructure in her own community. Even before this pandemic, she spoke out for measures that would threaten California schoolchildren with exposure to deadly childhood diseases. There were no scientific or medical grounds for her opposition to mandates; there was only political ideology.”
He added that the media should report on the deaths of people who question the vaccines and covid restrictions.
“But mockery is not necessarily the wrong reaction to those who publicly mocked anti-COVID measures and encouraged others to follow suit, before they perished of the disease the dangers of which they belittled,” he wrote.
Columnist Michael Hiltzik is a bidiot.
thats a good looking nazi
Once knew a woman who looked a lot like this writer. She was brought up in a very religious, conservative family. She chose to reject her upbringing became agnostic and hedonistic. She joined the Left and took particular delight in mocking believers. Turns out one of her consorts gave her AIDS. She had a rather miserable death. A decent Christian would never mock this woman. Yet should she be disparaged to give others insight?. Such a person is the subject of a morality tale for some, or a focus for scorn for others.
The tone of this woman’s article in the LA Times suggests that she is taking a perverse pleasure in the death of this unvaccinated woman. There are many ways to deal with frustration, anxiety and stress. Some people at their core are just repulsively cruel.
Ghoul fool.
— Columnist Michael Hiltzik
This is a leftist man, for those thinking the picture represents the writer of this bilge.
To see his byline, I reccomend one interpolate “Communist Micheal Hiltzik,” for he is so often in lockstep with the “progressive” Left as to be a rubber stamp.
If it were about medicine, there would be no attempt at coercion. They would merely point out the benefits of vaccination and everyone would be free to decide for themselves.
The arguments for coercion based on the un-vaccinated being a danger to themselves and others logically fall apart. If the vaccine protects, then there is no danger to the vaccinated. If it doesn't protect, then there is no protection to be had by forcing others to take an ineffective vaccine.
This notion of celebrating deaths of un-vaccinated is not only fundamentally repulsive but it shows their true colors. The only remaining argument for coercion is "it is for your own good and protection" falls apart if you are celebrating someone's demise.
Therefore it seems obvious - because it it being demonstrated repeatedly - that the people pushing the vaccines have a very different set of priorities.
They aren't worried about their own protection - the vaccine either protects or it does not. There is no logical argument for forcing someone else to get a vaccine to protect you.
They aren't worried about other's health and well-being. Taking satisfaction from others' deaths flies in the face of that.
It is obvious they just want compliance and obedience. Anything that furthers that - including deaths of their fellow humans - is celebrated. These are evil people.
What the Nazis did to the Jews, Democrats will do to us.
Well we just had and got over COVID and are unvaxxed. Should I mock the vaxxed who still get COVID because the jab doesn’t prevent you from getting it?
I believe the writer is male.
The picture appears to be a deceased woman being mocked..
We can tell by the article, that the writer is ugly inside.
LOL, at least we anti-vaxers have a good excuse to die. It is more fun to mock the dead Branch Covidians fooled themselves into thinking that the more fake jabbed they are would have kept them from dying.
Actually, I think it is sickening to rejoice over any persons death except maybe if it is Pelosi, Hillary, Soros, Fauci, Gates.......oh well, never mind.
Are minorities still the least vaccinated groups? Nobody really likes to talk about that fact.
Hence, this viewpoint is racist.
— “the writer is ugly inside.”
Indeed.
No...She's the one who died from Covid.
She’s a lover of death.
"HA HA, foolish bastard, shoulda known not to live in an earthquake zone!"
"Idiot! Didn't you know travelling in a car was deadly!"
"Neener Neener Boo Boo! You got Pancreatic Cancer like a moron!"
“All who hate me love death” - Proverbs 8:36
Then there are some words of Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit: We used to be like them, hating ourselves and hating others.
My youngest niece is a Hilltopper.
Should we laugh at NYT editor that recently died of Covid and was triple vaxed?
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