It's obvious what is being conveyed here, and I question the intellectual honesty of your statement. I posit that by "playing dumb," you hoped to be able to convey the notion that there's no "obvious" message here.
Being on lockdown is making people ill and driving them crazy. This is being compounded by the cognitive dissonance embraced by half of the media-consuming world, which is telling them that their attacker is a respiratory virus, and not their local, state, and national governments.
Many people live in a society today where, saying this to the wrong person could get you injured, ostracized, or even killed - or, you may even get branded with the worst noun of all: racist. Anxiety is clearly through the roof everywhere you turn - now, I wonder why this is?
Are we actually going to go around thinking that these high-anxiety times haven't contributed to peoples' illnesses?
I totally get what he is trying to say. It is becoming so obvious after 8 months of social isolation, lockdowns and a ton of toxicity in the community. The aftermath of this "lets lock down everything to protect a few" strategy is going to be horrible. Not just economically. Lockdown lovers seem to think people are machines that you can turn off and on whenever you like. Thats not the case.
That we live in a stressful time, which we are being reminded of constantly, and lockdown (With its restricted social interaction) is hard on mental health.
I don't think anyone disagrees that lockdown is hard on people. The cost of lockdown is worth it, but lets not pretend that its free.
sangli|5 years ago
AndrewUnmuted|5 years ago
Being on lockdown is making people ill and driving them crazy. This is being compounded by the cognitive dissonance embraced by half of the media-consuming world, which is telling them that their attacker is a respiratory virus, and not their local, state, and national governments.
Many people live in a society today where, saying this to the wrong person could get you injured, ostracized, or even killed - or, you may even get branded with the worst noun of all: racist. Anxiety is clearly through the roof everywhere you turn - now, I wonder why this is?
Are we actually going to go around thinking that these high-anxiety times haven't contributed to peoples' illnesses?
mlang23|5 years ago
harveywi|5 years ago
bawolff|5 years ago
I don't think anyone disagrees that lockdown is hard on people. The cost of lockdown is worth it, but lets not pretend that its free.
andreygrehov|5 years ago
guscost|5 years ago
matz1|5 years ago
craftinator|5 years ago