Breast Cancer Patient Attacked by Violent Anti-Mask Protest Outside Clinic

[riversedge]

Some days I do not recognize what many Americans have become---stupid selfish idiots.



Breast Cancer Patient Attacked by Violent Anti-Mask Protest Outside Clinic
“Do you know anything about chemotherapy? Do you know what happens to the immune system?”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbxmg/breast-cancer-patient-attacked-anti-mask-protest



July 23, 2021, 10:21am


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“I get treated here, get the fuck away,” Burns said.


One protester, who was filming the scene on his phone, asked her why she was so angry, as a man holding a cardboard sign saying “End the Censorship of Vaccine Risks” smirked.

“Because I’ve just gone through fucking breast cancer,” Burns said. “And you motherfuckers are here.”

“That has nothing to do with you,” one man replied. “We’re trying to help.”

“You are protesting a breast cancer fucking center. It has everything to do with me and my community,” Burns said. “Do you know anything about chemotherapy? Do you know what happens to the immune system?”.................................................................

Link to tweet

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Dozens of anti-maskers holding signs with anti-vaxx and QAnon-adjacent conspiracy theories amassed on the sidewalk by the Cedars-Sinai Breast Health Services building on Thursday afternoon, and harassed patients and doctors. (Photo by Nick Stern)

[empedocles]

1. Odd place for video coverage of the hate agenda

[niyad]

2. They accuse her of being angry while they are attacking her.

[Collimator]

3. The behavior of the anti-vaxx crowd is stupid, ill-informed and wrong.

That being said, the thread title and link use the word "attack" when the word "confront" is more accurate. I would also agree that their behavior fits the definition of harassment.

The reason that I bring this up is not to undermine the key issues with petty semantics. My concern is that a tendency to overstate a circumstance or situation is becoming a habit of both sides.

Example: All sorts of narrow-minded, fearful people insist that they are being "threatened" by things like Critical Race Theory as if their physical safety is immediately jeopardized. This is not only doubling down on their racism, but it heightens their emotions and makes it more difficult to bring logic to bear in the discussion of the subject. The fact is, they are being challenged by Critical Race Theory and it makes them feel uncomfortable.

There is a lot going on in the world today to make us all uncomfortable. And there are genuine threats to our democracy and the well-being of our communities. Teasing apart the differences in threat levels may help us to start thinking and acting constructively towards solutions. Charged rhetoric spurs emotional reactions that are usually not constructive.