Posted on 01/21/2022 2:42:18 PM PST by BusterDog
Last Thursday, a group of 20 mothers in Boston met up outside a local high school. Their goal wasn’t to socialize, drink wine, or even share COVID-related tips. They were there for one reason and one reason only: to stand in a circle—socially distanced, of course—and scream.
“I knew that we all needed to come together and support each other in our rage, resistance and disappointment,” Sarah Harmon, the group’s organizer, wrote on Instagram before the gathering. Ironically, some 20 other moms who had RSVP’d “yes” had to cancel at the last minute because they or other family members had COVID, Harmon told me.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
The Atlantic.
‘Bout par.
“They were there to stand in a circle and scream.”
Why would anyone even give these losers the time of day...let alone write an article about them?
Reminds me of election day, 2016. Same group, no doubt.
What? No wine?
There was plenty of whine.
Don’t get me wrong; some things are much better than they used to be. For my family, the vaccines are a huge relief—but it is also disorienting and disheartening to have reached this milestone only to discover that life is still very much the same. We’re still wearing masks. Vaccinated people are still getting sick.
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She’s getting close, but hasn’t quite figured out the authority figures, the government, lied.
Stupid Melinda Wenner Moyer, her Atlantic, and her Delusional Lying Leftist Media.
What is simply impossible is UNCONSTITUTIONAL COVID GOVERNMENT OVERREACH that Has Passed the Point of Absurdity and Sustainability.
This story is icky
How absolutely depressing it must be, to put your faith in Authority Bias.
For the people likely to read the Atlantic, they surrendered their liberty decades ago. But for redpill-curious adults, the road ahead will not be easy.
As I wrote elsewhere, one of the most magnificent contemporary pieces was written by Jeffrey Snyder, A Nation of Cowards. While the piece is overtly about concealed carry, it is much broader than that. To wit:
Is your life worth protecting? If so, whose responsibility is it to protect it? If you believe that it is the police's, not only are you wrong -- since the courts universally rule that they have no legal obligation to do so -- but you face some difficult moral quandaries. How can you rightfully ask another human being to risk his life to protect yours, when you will assume no responsibility yourself?...One who values his life and takes seriously his responsibilities to his family and community will possess and cultivate the means of fighting back...He will never be content to rely solely on others for his safety, or to think he has done all that is possible by being aware of his surroundings and taking measures of avoidance.
What Snyder wrote applies literally to every situation under the sun, not just thieves in the night or bad dudes in an alley but bureaucrats in lab coats, college faculty in sport coats, and leftism in general. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Consider some adult, confronted with a vax mandate BUT the ability to garner an exemption. Does the adult possess the mindset Snyder references? The exemption process is likely (and intentionally) not easy...that alone will deter the most casual opponents of the shots. In fact, I bet the employer will offer information and links and all but administer the shot directly if they go that route; there will be no such support for the exemption-seekers. The mildly freedom-curious individual will give up; They'll cave.
For the remnants, not only do they need the will to persevere through this exemption process (which may require unjust queries, e.g. what kind of religion do you practice?), but in many ways they need a robust pro-liberty mindset that is exercised often.
As the meme goes, one does not simply become Deplorable over night. Sure, it's easy to see the immorality of what's going on. It's also easy to say "no, I'm not getting vaxxed." But, as difficult as it may be for people who've had a Framer's mindset all their life, noobs don't just follow up that new attitude with the ninja-like thought process and access to information to facilitate a successful redpilling in an instant. That process takes some time.
Yes, there ARE many people - backed with Snyder's mindset that's exercised often - who climbed through the muck and mire of the exemption process successfully. Those are the future of our nation.
For those noobs who haven't yet built a Snyder mind, we need to bring them into the fold. Liberty grows when the field of participants expands, not by shrinking ourselves to glory.
Sounds like the beginnings of a COVANON support group movement.
“This story is icky”
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You want to see really icky? Look at where I found this article, and see the large number of people who are losing their marbles over the covid/work/life/parenting stress:
I get that life is stressful right now for most everybody. Life can be a struggle.
It’s not the Berlin Blitz, though, or the Great Depression, yet, and the author didn’t say she was having to put her kids to bed hungry, which I’ve never had to do, but I know many people the world over will tonight, and I can imagine how that would make me feel.
Gratitude and making a list of things you are thankful for goes a long way.
“Sounds like the beginnings of a COVANON support group movement.”
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Let Go and Let Gov.
The world will need a massive number of cult de-programmers to deal with all the Branch Covidians around.
Nuts!!!
“How absolutely depressing it must be, to put your faith in Authority Bias.
For the people likely to read the Atlantic, they surrendered their liberty decades ago. But for redpill-curious adults, the road ahead will not be easy.”
I agree 100%. I couldn’t care less about the halfwit parents referenced in the article. They’re already gone/past the point of no return. I worry about the “double whammy” of influence the children are enduring at home, and in the schools (when they’re allowed to attend in person).
These crazy people think if they catch the Covid that they’ll turn into Trump supporters. That’s what panics them. The worse part is that it is a self imposed torture. Meanwhile here in SC life is back to normal.
Mr. Fauxi illegally funded banned gain-of-function experiments in Wuhan China and the monster escaped. Let these parents seek redress from him.
She considers the current generation of women to be self absorbed and entitled and shakes her head in disgust whenever some 'look at me! Praise me for my pain!' things happens. She believes that these women are childish and weak.
I am certainly not the man to defend them to her.
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