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Report: Some Liberals Have Trouble Quitting Coronavirus Lockdowns
Breitbart ^ | 05/04/2021 | Joel B Pollak

Posted on 05/04/2021 9:42:55 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Some left-wing Americans are having trouble emerging from coronavirus lockdowns, according to a new report in the Atlantic.

“Progressive communities have been home to some of the fiercest battles over COVID-19 policies, and some liberal policy makers have left scientific evidence behind,” writes reporter Emma Green, who notes that some ordinary Americans of liberal political persuasions have become so committed to lockdowns that they are having trouble returning to normal life.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: liberals; lockdowns; masks; quitting; trouble
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To: lurk

Our state ended it months ago, but all the stores still have it mandatory.


21 posted on 05/04/2021 9:58:44 AM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Autonomous User
"It’s a grit eatin’, scum suckin’, pencil neck geek."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McLw5Tg5GOc

"You've heard these geeks are a dime a dozen? I'm lookin' for the guy supplying the dimes!" - F. Blassie
22 posted on 05/04/2021 9:58:47 AM PDT by KamperKen
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To: brownsfan
My oldest son, 38 years old, has a liberal girlfriend. She’s pulled him to the dark side. They both have been terrified of the virus.

You need to tell him to "stop putting the p*ssy on the pedestal."

23 posted on 05/04/2021 9:58:52 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Data from 32 out of 50 US states has found that the nation’s birth rate in 2020 fell by more than 4%.

In December 2020 alone, California saw 10% fewer births and Hawaii saw 30% fewer than the previous December.

As the US faces a worsening multi-year decline in births, politicians are exploring monthly child benefits and tax credit options.

https://www.google.com/search?q=Data+from+32+out+of+50+US+states+has+found+that+the+nation%27s+birth+rate+in+2020+fell+by+more+than+4%25&rlz=1CAMWDF_enUS930&oq=Data+from+32+out+of+50+US+states+has+found+that+the+nation%27s+birth+rate+in+2020+fell+by+more+than+4%25&aqs=chrome..69i57&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


24 posted on 05/04/2021 9:58:58 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( We are alive! In spite of being stupid and getting vaccinated twice!! On: 01/31/2021 & 2/21/2021!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
From my profile page ...

We're all getting a first-hand look at how a society operates when it's run by people who are always catering to the mindless whims of suburban Karens. Our leaders are invariably going to end up making decisions that are idiotic and irrational ... and they're going to feel completely unaccountable when they fail.

25 posted on 05/04/2021 9:59:14 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Rip the mask off like a band aid.


26 posted on 05/04/2021 10:00:09 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27
For some reason, people at the younger and older ends of the spectrum are truly frightened. They are quivering in their homes and afraid to even go to a supermarket.

Many in my age group (Baby Boomer) seem to be the ones least affected by the fearmongering. We generally go about our normal business and would prefer not to wear a mask at any time.

Of course, there are exceptions in every age group - I'm speaking generally here.

27 posted on 05/04/2021 10:01:31 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (By stealing Trump's second term, the Left gets Trump for 8 more years instead of just four.)
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To: brownsfan

Healthy, not obese young people who are terrified of coronavirus are completely ignorant of mathematics. The most important math that anyone not going into a math/science heavy career path is statistics, especially percentages, not algebra. Who cares if you know that 2x + 3x = 5x but do not understand that having a 99.97%, maybe even a 99.997%, chance of survival even if you catch the C-virus is an almost guaranteed chance of survival.


28 posted on 05/04/2021 10:01:58 AM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: ChicagoConservative27

My mother-in-law got a personal thrill out of being scared of ANYTHING! Radon, Alar, people on the street, any new sickness going around, tornadoes, lightning.

She once said she just knew she was going to be killed by a tornado! She died of old age. She would have loved the current fear of covid.


29 posted on 05/04/2021 10:04:15 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27
For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains an expression of political identity...

A virtue signal to be precise, but we already knew that. Underlying this is pure fear and a desperate desire for safety and reassurance, the latter of which is supplied by media campaigns equating obedience with security. I can't feel too sorry for people who have chosen their own chains. Perhaps the extra measure of anxiety will kill them off sooner...

30 posted on 05/04/2021 10:07:56 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

LOL! Yes, there are people who love being scared. I think it gives meaning to their lives...they’re not actually doing anything with their lives, so they try to create an artificial challenge out of “staying alive.” It makes them feel threatened and important.

Liberals are particularly into fear. They’re loving Covid, and if the panic ever ends, they’ll go back to fearing “climate change” or maybe some other artificial peril that Soros and the leftist media dream up.


31 posted on 05/04/2021 10:09:52 AM PDT by livius
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no critical thinking on the Left. Absolutely none.

Whenever I see one of those people who wear a mask while driving or riding a bike or jogging, I think to myself, “When the SHTF they’re going to melt into a puddle of goo. They won’t know what to do to survive.”

So, F ‘em.


32 posted on 05/04/2021 10:11:04 AM PDT by twoputt
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To: ChicagoConservative27

33 posted on 05/04/2021 10:12:59 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Red Badger

They win the Darwin awards and don’t have to deal with them anymore.

Hope they are terrified of ever venturing out again.


34 posted on 05/04/2021 10:15:45 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Me and my kids went to an out of the way place after church Sunday, hoping for a nice lunch, but it was still takeout only. We weren’t wearing masks and neither were a couple of older people there.
There was, however, a group of 6-8 millennials that were all muffle-talking to each other while they were waiting on their food. Ridiculous.


35 posted on 05/04/2021 10:23:26 AM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

What strikes me about the new crop of Democrats is that they seem to have completely switched roles. In the 60’s they didn’t trust anything about the government, big corporations - even universities were assumed to be corrupt.

They assumed the “establishment” was corrupt, and sought to pick apart and destroy any authority figure or institution. They hated the CIA, the FBI, the military, the Congress.

Now they seem to be super trusting of Big Government, Big Pharma, the FBI and CIA.

In fact, if you question congress, the FBI, Big Government, Big Pharma or even the Electoral College, they go berserk and call you an insurrectionist.

If you don’t completely trust the government’s untested vaccine, they think you are a moron.

The government is now being run by politicians so corrupt they make Nixon look like a choir boy - yet not a single Woodward & Bernstein to be found.

President Trump really messed them Democrats up good.


36 posted on 05/04/2021 10:34:52 AM PDT by enumerated
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I personally think all “progs” should stay indoors for the rest of their worthless lives.
Ill even deliver food to them, but I get the keys to the outside locks.


37 posted on 05/04/2021 10:40:09 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: ChicagoConservative27
All part of the plan.

The public schools have been preparing the kids for JUST this kind of event.

Public schools must never re-open after this year

38 posted on 05/04/2021 10:41:30 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Who couldn’t see this coming.

They have people so terrified of their own shadow, that I think many are going to have a hard time foregoing the masks and other protocols.

The local Hannafords has a sign in their window that says they are REQUIRING masks to be worn. Governor Sununu has relaxed the mask mandate some but someone must have blown them in or they were threatened with hefty fines if they didn’t comply.


39 posted on 05/04/2021 11:13:08 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
On the bright side, I run a few bands (the real kind where we play actual music.)

There is a decided liberal bent to the musicians that play this kind of music, but at the last rehearsal of my eight-piece traditional jazz band and my four-piece easy listening ensemble, no masks were in evidence.

At the last rehearsal of my 17-piece big band, only one mask was in evidence.

40 posted on 05/04/2021 11:27:09 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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