COVID-19 Response: An issue that shouldn't be at all political....yet here we are

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Originally Posted by blams

A rally is not comparable to protesting brutality lmao

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Why does it matter? Why can’t people protest and rally if they want? Why are you shutting down one but not the other? Personal freedom except for issues that aren’t important?


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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why does it matter? Why can’t people protest and rally if they want? Why are you shutting down one but not the other? Personal freedom except for issues that aren’t important?


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This has been explained a million times over.

At this point you are equating trump rallies where he spews lies and conspiracy’s to racial justice and stopping police brutality. They are one in the same it seems in your mind. That’s a pretty disgusting outlook to continually equate the two.


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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why does it matter? Why can’t people protest and rally if they want? Why are you shutting down one but not the other? Personal freedom except for issues that aren’t important?


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I dont think either should of happened but do you agree one was easier to prevent?


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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why does it matter? Why can’t people protest and rally if they want? Why are you shutting down one but not the other? Personal freedom except for issues that aren’t important?


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Gatherings generate risks that should be avoided when possible.
You're suggesting those rallies were worth the risks, most don't believe that to be true.
It's that simple.

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Originally Posted by mngopher35

This has been explained a million times over.

At this point you are equating trump rallies where he spews lies and conspiracy’s to racial justice and stopping police brutality. They are one in the same it seems in your mind. That’s a pretty disgusting outlook to continually equate the two.


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The fact that multiple pages of posts are needed to explain this is pretty sad.

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Originally Posted by SiteWolf

Gatherings generate risks that should be avoided when possible.
You're suggesting those rallies were worth the risks, most don't believe that to be true.
It's that simple.

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Why is it for you or any govt oficial to determine if it was worth the risk or not?


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Guess I should have posted what I just did here instead. I am fully vaccinated, but have had 8 family members (cousins and kids) contract COVID and eventually recover. An uncle and my mother-in-law died from it.

I do have a point here. Pretty much all of them live in rural areas where the virus was initially considered a hoax and mask wearing a joke. Don't think masking up or taking other precautions have really caught on either. This, I believe, is a direct result of being in a deeply Republican state.

Just hope those who have had it don't turn out to be "Long Haulers." Having life long issues with you brain, heart and/or nervous system seems a pretty high price to pay for subscribing to a fantasy filled political agenda.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why is it for you or any govt oficial to determine if it was worth the risk or not?


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Bc it is a public risk


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Originally Posted by ewing

Bc it is a public risk


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It’s a public risk but protesting police brutality is apparently worth potentially dying for.

Interesting


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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

It’s a public risk but protesting police brutality is apparently worth potentially dying for.

Interesting


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I didn't say that.


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Originally Posted by mngopher35

People do, that is how society works.

I would agree that the response by many was over the top, I saw Pelosi wasn't wearing a mask too outrage though so let's leave sides out of who can be Karens. I never denied that there was hypocricy from plenty on the topic either but not every poster on here is responsible for the crazies you can associate with them and many (like myself) also called out the protestors for BLM not social distancing etc. or for the ones without masks too. If the defense of one over the other is that one was for a massive issue that keeps reocurring and had just happened again leading to death then police waayyy overresponded to peaceful protestors on the topic and all hell broke loose compared to people riled up over lies/ a conspiracy theory? Then I think that context has a bit of merit, if they openly said you can't spread the virus for good causes that's different but my guess is you won't be quoting anyone on that any time soon.

I disagree, there is a massive issue with police brutality, racial inequality and the police at the time specifically were going way over the top attacking peaceful protestors as well. That part was not absurd but the crazies you specifically seem to be referencing doing those things sure I would agree they were (again you won't quote that here that I remember).

I am not sure what the last line is about but that ain't even that tall lol

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To be clear, I never blamed the whole of the left for the actions of the Karens and the Hypocrisy in the media, and I personally didn't have a problem with the protests (though I did criticize the riots that often happened alongside them)

While police brutality is a problem, if we're going to be utilitarians about this, only around 250 Black People are killed by Cops every year, (that includes armed and unarmed, and cases of clear self-defense) if we only look at unarmed African Americans, that number drops to like 20 a year.
And this virus has hit Black communities significantly harder there were likely more black people who died due to the spread of Covid from these events than from police killings this year.

Does this mean that no one should protest...no...it doesn't. These people took the risks, understanding that a moment like this might not come along again.

The last part was a reference to the post I was quoting.

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Originally Posted by Brewersfan255

Why is it for you or any govt oficial to determine if it was worth the risk or not?


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Do you believe those rallies were necessary?
Biden won the election and had virtually none.

Do you believe those protests were necessary?

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Originally Posted by blams

A rally is not comparable to protesting brutality lmao

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Who made you the moral arbiter over what should and shouldn't be allowed during a pandemic? You can decide for yourself what risks you want to take, but you don't get to make that decision for other people.

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Originally Posted by SiteWolf

Do you believe those rallies were necessary?
Biden won the election and had virtually none.

Do you believe those protests were necessary?

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Biden also received Billions in free airtime on Cable News networks pumping him and his ticket up.

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Originally Posted by ciaban2.0

Who made you the moral arbiter over what should and shouldn't be allowed during a pandemic? You can decide for yourself what risks you want to take, but you don't get to make that decision for other people.

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This is pretty much the point dbroncos and I were making also. 100% agreed with this


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