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gulliver

(13,189 posts)
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 02:30 PM Jan 2022

Framing the vax lax as draft dodgers instead of scarlet letter wearers

The vax lax rush to a framing that they are being treated unfairly by judgmental prigs and their toadies. For example, they complain that they're being "discriminated against" and treated as "second class citizens" when they're not allowed to dine in certain restaurants without vaccination proof. It's a convenient framing from a psychological perspective, playing the victim card.

That's why I wish we framed the fight against COVID more as a war against a common enemy. Those who don't "do their part" are draft dodgers, not rising to the defense of their country when it calls them.

If America were being invaded, say, by the Russians, would the people who are crying about having to get a couple of shots join the Russians or refuse to use America's most powerful weapons against them?

Don't answer that question. But you get the idea.

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Framing the vax lax as draft dodgers instead of scarlet letter wearers (Original Post) gulliver Jan 2022 OP
This is outstanding, but we never had a chance at that since the racist criminal tic who was onecaliberal Jan 2022 #1
I thought the vax lax was a new kind of laxative. milestogo Jan 2022 #2
Suppose the CV-19 is Pantagruel Jan 2022 #3

onecaliberal

(32,888 posts)
1. This is outstanding, but we never had a chance at that since the racist criminal tic who was
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 02:34 PM
Jan 2022

Occupying the White House at the time LIED REPEATEDLY about the danger and deadliness of the virus at the onset.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
3. Suppose the CV-19 is
Sun Jan 16, 2022, 02:53 PM
Jan 2022

a weapon from say Russia or China, designed to weaken the U.S. ?
Under that scenario, unlikely as it may be, the lax vax crowd are extremely unpatriotic, aiding and abetting our adversaries.

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