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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 07:37 AM May 2020

Tim Wise: Questions for Those Opposed to Lockdowns

If deaths from this virus were disproportionately occurring among younger, otherwise healthy, middle-to-upper-middle-class, and white Americans, would you still be as cavalier about opening everything back up and taking the risks associated with doing so?
If you answered no, aren’t you admitting you think the lives of those who are currently disproportionately affected — working-class, older, less healthy, and people of color — are of less value than the lives of younger, healthier, and more affluent white people?
And if you answered yes to question 8 — if you are saying you would still support opening everything back up, even if the dying was mostly being done by white, healthy, younger and more affluent folks — I have a bonus question for you…
Why are you lying?

[link:https://medium.com/@timjwise/ten-questions-for-those-opposed-to-lockdowns-6979f0c15049|]

Click on the link for all of the questions (you will need to copy and paste the link because of the way medium works). There are really logic driven and thought through. If you have an infuriating friend or relative who is hankering for lock down to end - some of the questions might give them some pause for thought! Because we all know people who are completely blind to their privilege...

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Tim Wise: Questions for Those Opposed to Lockdowns (Original Post) Soph0571 May 2020 OP
I heard the other day Repugs were saying if the coronavirus was in Montana and South Dakota jimfields33 May 2020 #1
Excellent. K&R for visibility. crickets May 2020 #2

jimfields33

(15,900 posts)
1. I heard the other day Repugs were saying if the coronavirus was in Montana and South Dakota
Sat May 16, 2020, 08:56 AM
May 2020

Would the country shut down? I am not a fan of what ifs questions. We honestly have no idea how things would turn out if things were different.

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