While I don't agree with everything you said, I respect your perspective, and very much admire that you have the backs of the people who are being targeted for not being vaccinated (even though you are vaccinated).dthomas=ddixon wrote:We’ve absolutely lost the plot as a country. While I disagree with snoops case for it being a modern day equivalent of racial segregation, the derogatory rhetoric and punitive measures directed at the unvaccinated is disturbing, and so transparently mean-spirited.
I’m vaccinated, and have encouraged any of my friends or family that are worried about getting Covid to get the jab, but the belief of the über pro-vax crowd that the vaccine is a cure all but also the unvaccinated are putting us all at risk is some serious cognitive dissonance. At this point, the vaccine is readily available to anyone who wants it so anyone without it has made a decision to take a calculated risk, which is their right. The data shows (obviously it could be being manipulated but I don’t have evidence of that at the moment), as well as my personal experience, that it’s almost entirely the unvaccinated who are being hospitalized. I know quite a few people who’ve been hospitalized over the last few months and none were vaccinated. Those who were vaccinated and got Covid had very minor cases. So while it kills be to see my friends ending up in ICU when they could’ve just gotten vaccinated, it’s their right to make that choice. And I’m willing to fight and die for those rights to be maintained.
And seeing people like pez, who seem to be otherwise good-faith people, getting sucked into the vitriolic, resentful attitude towards their fellow citizens is especially frightening. I’m trying to stay away from drawing parallels to the extreme examples like Nazi Germany or racial segregation but it’s not hard to see how otherwise good people can be turned against their fellow human and ultimately dehumanize them.
"it’s their right to make that choice. And I’m willing to fight and die for those rights to be maintained. "
Love that.