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View submission: Why is focused protection/The Great Barrington Declaration so controversial?
When lefties said "you are trying to kill my grandma", what they really meant was "you are trying to kill me."
I remember when it first started Redditors were calling it the "Boomer remover." They changed their tune when they realized it could be weaponized to get what they want. I volunteered at nursing homes and I can tell you the average redditor doesn't give a shit about those people. They just used it as some guilt trip.
Comment by hhhhdmt at 27/01/2025 at 03:06 UTC
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I agree . I think the younger crowd pretending they cared about the elderly was partially motivated by the desire to weaponize this for political purposes.
However, this wasn’t the only reason. Millions of young people genuinely felt they were going to be hospitalized or die.
So after these so called caring people mocked the elderly initially, they became scared for their own lives.
It was a mix of politics and genuine fear. None of it had anything to do with genuine empathy for the elderly. Most redditors don’t even know if their own grandmas are alive or not.
Comment by Beefmytaco at 27/01/2025 at 11:45 UTC
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They just used it as some guilt trip.
Anything to stick it to the chuds that don't accept their ideologies.
Comment by SunriseInLot42 at 27/01/2025 at 14:13 UTC
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How many people at nursing homes even wanted to be “protected” like they were? If I’m in a nursing home, give me a few quality months instead of a year of lockdown isolation hazmat hell