While that may be true, people are forgetting that the recent trend of shit started before the pandemic. The pandemic absolutely amplified a good deal of idiocy, but in this case, the fire was already started.
If anything, political polarization just got worse than it already was, but still, I don’t think there was a huge swing from one party to another. Democrats lost this election because people didn’t vote, not because the Republican base grew.
I am not denying that lockdowns sucked ass, because they did. Did it contribute to a weird political climate? Absolutely. Did it cause a rise of fascism? I have my doubts because it was bad beforehand.
And thanks to Trump and everyone else who fought against preventative measures, immunocompromised people have to live like that for the rest of time. It’s no longer safe for them to go to a restaurant or a bar or go shopping because every season is COVID season, and the newer strains are even more infectious and deadlier than the original. My mom, a cancer survivor, has to think about that every time she leaves the house. And she’s lucky, because she can get vaccinated and therefore actually can go out and do things, while so many others don’t have that option because their immune system is just that weak. The fact of the matter is that we should still be masking in public. Not just for COVID, but for the flu as well.
We could have literally killed off COVID in about 6 weeks with a total lockdown of society. It never would’ve happened, or even truly been feasible, but we could have been back to normal so much faster if society at large had gotten their shit together instead of whining about having to take responsibility for not killing those around them at the expense of their own comfort. The reason it lasted as long as it did and killed so many people is because Republicans fought tooth and nail against doing what stopped the Black Plague and the Spanish Flu in their tracks: putting on a mask and isolating to prevent spreading it to others.
A virus hurt us all and it wasn’t one political party or another. Right off the top, making the connections you have made and expressed is simply bizarre.
I never felt trapped by policy or weird restrictions. I felt trapped because I had to do what I had to do to prevent getting sick and spreading COVID and not hurting my own family even more.
Your story sucks, for sure. Most of us all lost friends and family, so a lot of us get it.
How you were able to wrap politics into it like you did was beyond me though. You do know how any virus spreads, right? It’s simple proximity to each other. This was discovered years before COVID and separation is an effective measure to prevent getting more people sick.
I am sure you are a great person and all, but I haven’t heard a viewpoint so skewed since I was tracking Russian troll farms on Twitter.
If it’s your right and your choice to become a biological weapon and spread a lethal virus amongst the public, then it’s my right to put a bullet in you to save everyone around you.
I have a feeling this is going to go into conspiracy theory territory really quick and that was probably the dumbest grouping of words I have read since the pandemic.
Upfront, I am not going to respond to anything you say after this. There is no point since you are just going through a fit of “nobody can tell me what to do”.
Nobody has the right to put others at risk. If you didn’t notice, all the things you described were spaces were people gather, and people did go out. Schools being closed is huge. Kids get sick fast. When kids get sick entire households gets sick. This is normal even during the best of times.
These policies were put in place to protect others from people like you, who have a serious misunderstanding of freedom of choice and freedom of speech.
You don’t have to worry about the coming bird flu pandemic locking down anything this time.
And the government will tell you that the people who disappear in your social circle never existed, it’s you that remember wrongly.
And don’t worry about the new uniforms for all government workers includes a gasmask.
It may sound very dystopian, but that’s what you get with a totalitarian regime.
While I was imagining how the muskrat, headworm and lil-t regime will handle the next pandemic it reminded me of what we see in Half-Life 2, Ultraviolet (2006), Brazil (1985).
I have kept up with friends I made and live across the country from me. If you lost touch with friends that live near you, you either didn’t try hard enough to keep touch or they chose to let friendship with you wither away. You have access to technologies that allow you to get text, audio and video in real time with someone on the other side of the world. Losing touch with a friend means one or both of you didn’t care enough to do the work to keep it up.
If physical proximity is the only thing keeping your friends around, you didn’t have friends, you had acquaintances who you misjudged their participation in the relationship. I’ve had plenty of “friendships” go this way as well, but the people I care about I make a point to stay engaged with, even if it’s not as often as I should.
While that may be true, people are forgetting that the recent trend of shit started before the pandemic. The pandemic absolutely amplified a good deal of idiocy, but in this case, the fire was already started.
If anything, political polarization just got worse than it already was, but still, I don’t think there was a huge swing from one party to another. Democrats lost this election because people didn’t vote, not because the Republican base grew.
I am not denying that lockdowns sucked ass, because they did. Did it contribute to a weird political climate? Absolutely. Did it cause a rise of fascism? I have my doubts because it was bad beforehand.
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And thanks to Trump and everyone else who fought against preventative measures, immunocompromised people have to live like that for the rest of time. It’s no longer safe for them to go to a restaurant or a bar or go shopping because every season is COVID season, and the newer strains are even more infectious and deadlier than the original. My mom, a cancer survivor, has to think about that every time she leaves the house. And she’s lucky, because she can get vaccinated and therefore actually can go out and do things, while so many others don’t have that option because their immune system is just that weak. The fact of the matter is that we should still be masking in public. Not just for COVID, but for the flu as well.
We could have literally killed off COVID in about 6 weeks with a total lockdown of society. It never would’ve happened, or even truly been feasible, but we could have been back to normal so much faster if society at large had gotten their shit together instead of whining about having to take responsibility for not killing those around them at the expense of their own comfort. The reason it lasted as long as it did and killed so many people is because Republicans fought tooth and nail against doing what stopped the Black Plague and the Spanish Flu in their tracks: putting on a mask and isolating to prevent spreading it to others.
Your whole thing comes off a lot like this:
A virus hurt us all and it wasn’t one political party or another. Right off the top, making the connections you have made and expressed is simply bizarre.
I never felt trapped by policy or weird restrictions. I felt trapped because I had to do what I had to do to prevent getting sick and spreading COVID and not hurting my own family even more.
Your story sucks, for sure. Most of us all lost friends and family, so a lot of us get it.
How you were able to wrap politics into it like you did was beyond me though. You do know how any virus spreads, right? It’s simple proximity to each other. This was discovered years before COVID and separation is an effective measure to prevent getting more people sick.
I am sure you are a great person and all, but I haven’t heard a viewpoint so skewed since I was tracking Russian troll farms on Twitter.
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If it’s your right and your choice to become a biological weapon and spread a lethal virus amongst the public, then it’s my right to put a bullet in you to save everyone around you.
This is not a path you really want to go down
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I have a feeling this is going to go into conspiracy theory territory really quick and that was probably the dumbest grouping of words I have read since the pandemic.
Upfront, I am not going to respond to anything you say after this. There is no point since you are just going through a fit of “nobody can tell me what to do”.
Nobody has the right to put others at risk. If you didn’t notice, all the things you described were spaces were people gather, and people did go out. Schools being closed is huge. Kids get sick fast. When kids get sick entire households gets sick. This is normal even during the best of times.
These policies were put in place to protect others from people like you, who have a serious misunderstanding of freedom of choice and freedom of speech.
So you’re throwing a tantrum basically.
Do you not remember that Trump was president during the lockdowns? Are you that stupid or are you trying to rewrite history for your masters?
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You should’ve switched with me. My state did little to nothing as our hospitals were overran and refers trucks were called in to hold the dead.
Chucklefucks like you are the reason people with trivial medical needs were dying because there was no room in hosptials.
You don’t have to worry about the coming bird flu pandemic locking down anything this time.
And the government will tell you that the people who disappear in your social circle never existed, it’s you that remember wrongly.
And don’t worry about the new uniforms for all government workers includes a gasmask.
It may sound very dystopian, but that’s what you get with a totalitarian regime.
While I was imagining how the muskrat, headworm and lil-t regime will handle the next pandemic it reminded me of what we see in Half-Life 2, Ultraviolet (2006), Brazil (1985).
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That might have to do with your batshit Insanity. Just saying.
So it’s a skill/personality issue then.
I have kept up with friends I made and live across the country from me. If you lost touch with friends that live near you, you either didn’t try hard enough to keep touch or they chose to let friendship with you wither away. You have access to technologies that allow you to get text, audio and video in real time with someone on the other side of the world. Losing touch with a friend means one or both of you didn’t care enough to do the work to keep it up.
If physical proximity is the only thing keeping your friends around, you didn’t have friends, you had acquaintances who you misjudged their participation in the relationship. I’ve had plenty of “friendships” go this way as well, but the people I care about I make a point to stay engaged with, even if it’s not as often as I should.