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times of moral cowardice
are dominated less by evil men than enabled by silent ones
el gato malo
5 hr ago
indeed, perhaps these issues raised by balloux mattered, but in the end, they were not dispositive.
the true reason this happened was that many "experts" who damn well knew better sat silent in their cowardice and allowed the lunatics run of the asylum.
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Prof Francois Balloux
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At the risk of annoying everyone, extended school closures happened because:
1. Some in society believed it was a price worth paying
2. Some journalists believed this is what their audience wanted to hear
3. Some politicians believed it was popular
4. Some 'experts' pushed for it
June 20th 2022
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it happened because the people upon whose children this was being inflicted, despite seeing this wrong, were cowed, made to feel alone in their outrage, and paid deference to groups not worthy of it.
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