I remember not liking it when grown ups stepped in as a kid and telling us to knock it off. Where were the grown ups in the room when we were all panicking? Well...we were.
That's a great question. Based on how we have treated children of late, it is hard to tell.
Children have been used throughout this as human shields. We already see how we ran over them, marginalized and discarded them over the past three years. The reason schools were closed was not for children. They will tell you they were, swear up and down, will rail and protest, but in the end, it was adults scared s-less of getting the virus themselves. I hope that some industrious teachers taped those zoom calls. We've seen a few where they were crying in fear for their lives.
One of the people I talked to on twitter assured me they were not panicked, that altruism were their reasons for masking and vaccinating people. As we went on a bit their arguments became "but if we do that, I'll be in danger." At which point I said "and there is the fear and panic I was talking about."
There is some talk on twitter about sacrifice. About how we need to mask, and vacc, social distance, do a little dance make a little love in order to beat the virus. But say to them...okay what if sacrifice meant getting the virus or being exposed to it, recovering from it, and providing a buffer between you and the vulnerable. Well now you have gone into forbidden territory. In truth, they are afraid of the virus, they don't want it. They are using children as "human shields" saying it is for them...but look at the collateral damage over the last three years.
The irony is, chances are they have been exposed to it many times over, their previously unvaccinated robust immune system laughed at the virus, and now it is the very things they do that are leading to their undoing.
Maybe Hitler would need to polish up his thoughts on propaganda:
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation."
Fear and pooping are the great equalizers, right?
We're all subject to both.
What I didn't realize is how easily people will shit themselves, over fears of the common cruds.
I remember not liking it when grown ups stepped in as a kid and telling us to knock it off. Where were the grown ups in the room when we were all panicking? Well...we were.
What I'm curious about, is do you think the paranoia would've been less or more if the children were actually affected.
Part of me thinks civilization has declined so much that people would've shrugged it off.
I mean I can't tell you how many times I heard "children are resilient" by cowardly adults.
Makes ya wonder, KWIM?
That's a great question. Based on how we have treated children of late, it is hard to tell.
Children have been used throughout this as human shields. We already see how we ran over them, marginalized and discarded them over the past three years. The reason schools were closed was not for children. They will tell you they were, swear up and down, will rail and protest, but in the end, it was adults scared s-less of getting the virus themselves. I hope that some industrious teachers taped those zoom calls. We've seen a few where they were crying in fear for their lives.
One of the people I talked to on twitter assured me they were not panicked, that altruism were their reasons for masking and vaccinating people. As we went on a bit their arguments became "but if we do that, I'll be in danger." At which point I said "and there is the fear and panic I was talking about."
There is some talk on twitter about sacrifice. About how we need to mask, and vacc, social distance, do a little dance make a little love in order to beat the virus. But say to them...okay what if sacrifice meant getting the virus or being exposed to it, recovering from it, and providing a buffer between you and the vulnerable. Well now you have gone into forbidden territory. In truth, they are afraid of the virus, they don't want it. They are using children as "human shields" saying it is for them...but look at the collateral damage over the last three years.
The irony is, chances are they have been exposed to it many times over, their previously unvaccinated robust immune system laughed at the virus, and now it is the very things they do that are leading to their undoing.
Well said
Maybe Hitler would need to polish up his thoughts on propaganda:
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation."