DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 3:56 pm
ousdahl wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 2:40 pm
DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 2:23 pm
That's the fucking problem with politicizing
everything. It LOCKS you into a position based not on practical considerations but on the "YAY Team!" narrative.
You get Republicans refusing to wear masks, cuz freedom! And you get Democrats locking the world down for months and hoping for extended political damage cuz Orange Man Bad.
It's all fucking gross.
care to elaborate on how Democrats locking the world down is motivated by extended political damage?
You should read more carefully. Geezer too.
I didn't say anything about the motivation behind the lockdown.
I realize you're going all CoyDC by now, but can I ask again? Please try to answer the question without dodging it over terms like "motivation."
you seem to suggest dems hope to keep the world on lockdown primarily for political damage. When did lockdown become a "politicized" issue? Is this your own conclusion? Did you read it somewhere? Did a dem lawmaker have some Mitch McConnell-type moment, and shamelessly state it as a goal?
Do you perceive political damage as the only motivating factor behind locking the world down? Could lockdowns be motivated by other, less partisan, goals?
How would you prefer to see dems respond? Should they oblige and just un-lockdown the world?
are Dems the only ones locking the world down? Are (as Geezer mentions) republican lawmakers (and other world leaders) also in on the scheme to make Orange Man look bad too?
Should Orange Man bear any responsibility of his own for any of the "political damage?"
Where can we draw the line between a leader who locks down out of, say, public health concerns; and a leader who locks down cuz they hope to cause political damage?
and you mention the Dem hopes for political damage from lockdowns in the same breath as republican refusals to wear masks. Do you mean to compare the two, or suggest the two are related?