April 29, 2020
Leftists fight back against end the shutdown by crying “racism”
By
Andrea Widburg
Since we’ve learned more about the virus, it’s becoming clear that, because
the virus isn’t as deadly as the models claim, a complete economic shutdown is not going to save lives. Armed with that information, the logical thing to do is to re-open the economy as quickly as possible. The rising number of people protesting, committing civil disobedience, and taking advantage of any exceptions to lockdown (
just look at these surfers), shows that Americans are ready and, indeed, desperate to get back to normal.
Democrats, however, are loath to do so.
I posited on Tuesday that, with their draconian lockdown orders, all of which are predicated on successfully wiping erasing the virus with a vaccination (reminder: there’s still no AIDS vaccination), the Democrats’ real goal is to tank the economy so that Trump cannot get reelected.
I'm even more concerned about a political motive behind the shutdowns now that hardcore Democrat activists are alleging that lifting lockdowns is racist. Bringing out the "racism" big gun ignores the fact that poverty, not to mention a complete collapse of the American economy and food supply chains, will kill more blacks than the virus ever could. The following are just some examples of the effort to block re-opening America by claiming racism.
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If you truly believe that Democrat's "real goal is to tank the economy so that Trump cannot get reelected" then there is no hope for any rational conversation with you. Also, what about those GOP governors who don't want to re-open their states either? Are they secretly Democrats?
This virus is non-political, it hits everyone despite party line. We need to work together to figure out how to re-open the economy without ramping up the deaths too quickly. I am of the school that we can't continue to stay completely shut down, we need to find a way towards "Phase 2" (whatever you want to call it). Protect the most vulnerable while allowing the country to re-open.
But how do we do that? No one is 100% sure of the best approach so if there is ever a time for collaboration it's now. These ridiculous conspiracy theories do nothing to help solve the problem.