Incorrect. It was for the anticipation of the need to care for Covid patients which was greatly exaggerated. Particularly at the beginning of the pandemic. Hospitals being overwhelmed was isolated and when occurred only happened briefly.
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Momentum. They fear that if they back down now they will look like pussies.
I don’t care why they are protesting. Throw them in a cell with the people who took over Capitol Hill and let them talk it out.
Unfortunately, that bridge (ha ha) has been crossed when they didn't do anything about the Port of Oakland, or any of the other shenanigans of the last 2 years. Once those norms have been shattered, it is awfully hard to rebuild them....you can't put the genie back into the bottle.
If Biden admin is right, COVID about to be pushed off the headlines. Biden admin telling all US citizens to get out of Ukraine ASAP. Looks like war.
That is a very weak excuse. Social norms didn’t end forever in the Watts riots. They came back, because good people decided to rebuild them.
You get to choose for yourself. Do you want to help build civil society, or help tear it down?
Next to all the Antifa members and BLM protesters? your hypocrisy runs DEEEEEP!
Capitol Hill? Maybe they can find Ray Epps and ask him a few questions s about why he is on video pressing people to storm the Capitol.
and now you see the slippery slope that was created by the BLM riots
you have hypocrisy on both sides right now
I guess that depends on who’s vision of Civil Society we are talking about. For example, I’m not as much of a fanboy of Authoritarianism as you are.
It's not an excuse....it's a reality. After the Watts riots there was a reckoning and discussion both within the community and in society in general. There was no such discussion after what happened over the last 2 years. There was no mea culpa. If anything, there is an even more firm resolve that they were justified.
In the long run, it's a prisoner's dilemma. You can't expect unilateral disarmament from the rest of society and the norms get put back in place only if there is the side that initially violated the norms is willing to reform.
I agree it's not ideal. It's unfortunately the reality we are in now. And as I mentioned before, it's going to get worse. Both sides are intent on tearing down every remaining norm, whether the ERA constitutional amendment, the means of protesting, ruling by decrees, out right lying and propaganda, or destroying the fillibuster. If the ends justify the means, and everyone believes they are right, that's where you get to. As I said, things are going to get a lot worse from here.
New evidence further disproves FBI Jan. 6 conspiracy theory
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol dealt a fact-based blow to efforts to reb
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Authoritarianism and civility? I wonder how that is going to work out?
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You have me at an informational disadvantage since I don't read the same newsy sites you do. What do you suppose is in there?
Which one-day Port of Oakland shutdown are we talking about there? 2001? 2003? 2011? 2015? 2020?
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“Mirror, mirror on the wall . . .”
We're not the ones who were wrong about nearly everything.
Nearly everything?
Please continue.
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your comment is Circa summer 2020. Hospitals systems, clinics, offices, networks have figured out how to walk and chew gum. Unfortunately hospital systems and networks can do their own thing. AZ, TX, FL, WA, and others have been able to do both for some time. Not in an unfettered manner, but screenings/treatment have continued.
You need to update your information or maybe adjust your info stream.