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It was all over the media, for example there was some letter that was being touted signed by a bunch of doctors saying that it was important to go out and protest (even though at the time it was illegal to gather in public) because racism is a bigger health issue than covid. Here we had our doctors who were on TV giving updates for the pandemic give us the same story, that racism is the biggest issue and it's ok to go out and protest. And then the sleazy politicians took it and ran with it, standing shoulder to shoulder in massive crowds with screaming people when just days before they were pushing draconian measures on people gathering in parks and stuff like that. Now they're enacting policies that will prevent a big % of black people from eating or working in restaurants or other indoor spaces, how can racism not be the biggest issue here? So many of my black co-workers might lose their jobs next month for not complying with the injection mandate. The impact of these policies is racist by the definitions we've been working with so of course this should be the main angle played by media and politicians but it isn't for some reason. If you can't see the contradiction here you're either trying very hard not to see it or you're just retarded. Going forward I will just assume that white liberals who push for the injection mandates are just racists who want less black people around.
You bring up a letter that you didn't read, and then complain about a biased media that doesn't present information accurately?
I read the letter. Here is an important part.
"This letter is signed by 1,288 public health professionals, infectious diseases professionals, and community stakeholders."
That doesn't mean 1,288 doctors signed on to this. And what is a "community stakeholder", and how many of them were part of the 1,288?
From a quick Google search---there are about 1,000,000 doctors in the US, and about 4 million nurses.
And you think this letter signed by 1,288 people speaks for the entire medical community?
Furthermore, there is an argument to be made about their position. And it's an argument that you, right wingers, and libertarians agree with---but you won't acknowledge that because you don't like BLM. You like the right to protest, but only when it's about things that you agree with. The pandemic can be a pressing concern that needs attention, AND, civil rights can also be a pressing concern that needs attention at the same time.
That doesn't mean that a protest during a pandemic doesn't have risks. But that also doesn't' mean that the government gets a free pass to trample all of your rights during an emergency.
If you are protesting the government because they shut down your business and left you with no way to feed your family, I SUPPORT that protest. If you just are "tired of wearing a mask", or think this is about "government control", then, no, your protest does not hold the same weight.
Your argument about race is nonsense, because you're conflating two topics in your desperate attempt to find hypocrisy. Or as if two things can't be true at one time. Both things have race as a component, but that doesn't make them the same thing.
The issue of the BLM protests was about race. The issue of COVID and masks is not central to race.
That minorities may be more affected because of COVID restrictions is not centrally a racial problem--it's a public health problem. The BLM protests were specifically about a racial problem. These are not the same thing just because race is involved in both situations.