those confirmation bias blogs really fire you up don't they?mister_coffee wrote: ↑Mon Aug 16, 2021 10:10 am Another one, titled "You Have Every Right to Be Pissed Off at Anti-Maskers and Vaccine Skeptics"
https://jessicalexicus.medium.com/youre ... 512834bb94
Calling people out for being selfish and destructive idiots is not "divisive". Not doing so is enabling the selfish and destructive behavior....
They didn’t just decide to disregard common sense once or twice. They’ve done it every single day, going on two years now. They called this pandemic a hoax. They lectured us on individual freedom and personal responsibility. They touted miracle cures. They held rallies. They jeered at us. They gaslit us. They tried to overthrow our government. They accused us of virtue signaling. They griped about cancel culture and victimhood culture, while portraying themselves as the ultimate victims.
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We can’t forgive someone until they show some sign of genuine remorse for what they’ve done. Hey, maybe you can. Maybe you’re a better person than me, or you can at least pretend.
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So far, I’ve heard contrite anti-vaxxers admit their mistakes, focusing on what it did to them. They’ve encouraged people to get vaccinated. They’ve thanked God. They’ve thanked their lucky stars. With prodding, they’ve thanked the doctors and nurses who saved their lives.
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They haven’t said thank you to those of us who continued masking and distancing, even as we were mocked and ridiculed, even as we longed to be around friends and family, or just go to a restaurant for a normal meal, or to the gym for a workout. They owe us. When they got sick with covid, we were the reason there was an open bed for them. We kept ourselves healthy. We took care of ourselves and our families, often without any help. We saved their lives, even as they threatened ours. We’ve given everything. We’re still doing it, and we will for the foreseeable future, because this won’t end anytime soon. We’re tired. We’re tapped out.
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However that blog didn't use derogatory language. That's the difference in your rhetoric. You publically call people jerks and idiots. What kind of behavior are you modeling, what example are you setting for younger folks who may be reading this?
That it's OK to bully people? Kids model adult behavior. So yea, you're part of the problem.
Still it is peoples right to not to be vaccinated. Why is that?
I'll tell, because in a free Society you can't round people up against their will without having violated the law. You can't put them into gas chambers and you can't "inject them with a dull needle" (your words).
Your way has been tried and we fought a few wars to stop your kind of wishful behavior.