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Democrats' Hypocrisy on Riots Reveals Political Nature of Coronavirus Lockdowns


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2020 Jun 13, 10:51pm   2,904 views  38 comments

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https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-hypocrisy-riots-reveals-political-nature-coronavirus-lockdowns-opinion-1510325

Viruses don't discriminate based on politics, but many Democratic governors and mayors sure seem to do so. Democratic leaders' sudden about-face in response to the protests, rioting and looting that have followed the tragic killing of George Floyd proves that their earlier condescending condemnations of anti-lockdown protesters were motivated primarily, if not entirely, by rank partisanship.

When state and local leaders first began issuing stay-at-home orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, we were told that the lockdowns were necessary to "flatten the curve" and to prevent our health care system from being overwhelmed.

We appear to have largely achieved that goal—albeit at a staggering cost, as more than 40 million Americans were forced to file for unemployment benefits and businesses have required hundreds of billions of dollars in federal assistance to avoid bankruptcy.

Instead of easing the painful restrictions and striving to reopen America, many Democratic mayors and governors, infuriatingly, sought to extend them even further—sometimes in open defiance of the First Amendment and always in open defiance of the concerns expressed by ordinary citizens desperate to be allowed to go back to work and live their lives.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, for instance, condescendingly quipped that anti-lockdown protesters who want to earn a living should simply "take a job as an essential worker."

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, also a Democrat, was especially caustic, calling the protesters who showed up at the Michigan state capitol "racist" and fretting that they were spreading the virus by assembling in public.

"This is not appropriate in a global pandemic," Whitmer complained. "But it's certainly not an exercise of democratic principles where we have free speech."

Whitmer was especially distraught over the fact that some anti-lockdown protesters chose to exercise their legal right to openly carry firearms, interpreting the behavior as some kind of a "threat" rather than a visually poignant way for ordinary citizens to express their determination to protect their constitutional rights.

However, when rioters used the recent George Floyd protests as cover for violence, Whitmer issued a statement that completely ignored their actions. She then blatantly ignored her own pleas for "social distancing" while joining the marchers for a photo-op just a few days later.

Far-left Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio was similarly dismissive of those anxious to reopen the city so they can go back to work, saying, "I don't think it's too much for people to be asked to wait until they get the all-clear to do the thing that's safe, to do the thing that's healthy because these numbers, these are about human lives."

The same tough standard apparently doesn't apply to the protesters deemed more "woke" by societal elites. De Blasio, whose own daughter was arrested for blocking traffic during a demonstration, made an exception for protesters but maintained lockdowns and curfews for New Yorkers who were not protesting, looting or rioting.

Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter, said that while he encourages protesters to abstain from destroying their own communities, he "want[s] to be very clear we're not asking you for patience. And we're not asking you for pacifism."

Mayor Carter certainly should have been asking for pacifism, though—it would have been better than merely "hoping" the rioters stopped laying waste to the city.

The liberal mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jacob Frey, is one of the most culpable local leaders, as he not only fanned the flames of the recent looting and rioting in his beautiful city, but he also effectively forced the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) to stand down and allow the city—including one of MPD's own precincts—to burn.

Other prominent Democrats, including more than a dozen staffers working for former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign, have even contributed to groups that are bailing out looters and rioters who were arrested for their crimes.

Democrats, as a whole, seem to have forgotten all about their dire warnings about the public health consequences of anti-lockdown protests—none of which devolved into looting, rioting or disorderly behavior. Now that the protesters are pushing an extreme liberal agenda, such as defunding the police, Democratic officials appear to have magically lost their "grave concerns" about mass gatherings.

The contrasting and hypocritical response from so many Democrats to the two recent protest movements makes it absolutely clear that their supposed concern about the spread of COVID-19 has little, if anything, to do with public health—and everything to do with politics.

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20   Patrick   2022 Sep 26, 4:56pm  

https://brownstone.org/articles/when-did-trump-change-his-mind-about-lockdowns/


On April 20, with public pressure growing and seeming support from Trump, so far as they could tell, the governors of Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina all said that they had had enough of this and that they should open all their businesses and go back to normal. This was long before Florida opened.

Then an incredible thing happened on April 22. Trump himself criticized Governor Kemp of Georgia for making this decision to open gyms, hair and nail salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors. Kemp went out on a limb but Trump himself sawed it off.

At a White House press briefing, Trump said: “I want him to do what he thinks is right, but I disagree with him on what he is doing. I think it’s too soon.”

Too soon, said Trump. The 15 days were long gone. The additional 30 days were nearly done. Now Trump, the man who had signed off on the lockdowns and extensions, was now shooting down a Republican governor who read the tea leaves and decided to give people back their rights. Trump said do not.

Two weeks later, he was still of the same opinion, doggedly claiming that lockdowns are the way to deal with a virus. ...

This is a very difficult history for all of us and many want to forget about the whole thing. But consider that from his March 16, 2020, press conference all the way to the November election, there was never a moment (that I can find) in which Trump decisively and clearly declared that the entire country should open up. If any reader can find a clear statement without footnotes and qualifications, I’m glad to hear about it.


Supporting lockdowns was one of Trump's biggest failures, along with promoting the ineffective and dangerous toxxine.
21   Onvacation   2022 Sep 26, 5:22pm  

Patrick says

Then an incredible thing happened on April 22. Trump himself criticized Governor Kemp of Georgia for making this decision to open gyms, hair and nail salons, bowling alleys and tattoo parlors. Kemp went out on a limb but Trump himself sawed it off.

Trump might be a hired actor.

He seemed sincere. His actions and words tell us that he cares about America. Not your classic playboy billionaire.

Trump is a well known germaphobe in spite of allegedly barebacking a porn star. After the failed impeachment it was obvious that Trump was about to steam roll into a second term, investigate all of the deep state bullshit, and make America great again.

RELEASE THE PLAGUE!

The deep state found Trump's Achilles heel and started demanding things for the pandemic. Trump trusted the experts and went along with their recommendations. He got car manufacturers to build ventilators. He moved hospital ships and field hospitals to "overwhelmed" cities. He warp speeded the vaccine. He exposed the DOJ's deep corruption.

Are there any white hats? Is Trump one of them? Biden certainly is not.
22   Undoctored   2022 Oct 2, 10:57pm  

The liberal Jewish magazine Forward at the end of 2019 published an article “In 2020, Make Your New Year’s Resolution Getting Arrested” by Rabbi Elliott Tepperman.

https://web.archive.org/web/20191227210201/https://forward.com/opinion/436779/to-save-our-democracy-in-2020-we-need-to-civilly-disobey-and-get-ourselves/


I don’t believe that democracy — government by and for the people — can or will survive if we limit our civic engagement to the ballot box. Yes, we have to vote. We have to debate, serve, and organize. But to keep democracy alive when the actions of our government are profoundly out of alignment with our own deeply held sense of justice, we have to be willing to withdraw our own consent. To calmly disobey. To get arrested.


“To withdraw our own consent. To calmly disobey. To get arrested.” — not too long ago those were liberal values.

Interestingly, as the Wayback Machine link above shows, the graphic accompanying the article was originally that of a woman protesting with her hands in cuffs and a face covering (her mouth was covered by duct tape). Clearly, having one’s mouth covered was at the time universally recognized by liberals as a symbol of oppression, something to be protested.

Not sure at what time they took out that picture (admittedly a stock “Getty Images” photo) and replaced it with that of a man being arrested in front of a Boeing missile plant. Current version of article:

https://forward.com/opinion/436779/to-save-our-democracy-in-2020-we-need-to-civilly-disobey-and-get-ourselves/

So Forward it appears has done bit of revisionism, but the text of the entire article is still up there for all to see.

I wonder what the author’s opinion is on those who went to the beach during 2020 and got arrested, or of the January 7 protestors. What does he think of his co-religionists who insisted on meeting in person for religious services in defiance of state admonitions not to? Are they keeping democracy alive? I actually couldn’t find any of his writing on the web after that one article in 2019. So maybe his attitude remains consistent, but due to the circles in which he travels, he can no longer express it.

Over the next two years, however, Forward made a clear choice to only publish articles on the subject that dismiss those who protest the vaccine mandates and other restrictions on freedom in the name of public health:

https://forward.com/?s=anti-vaxxer

https://forward.com/news/474596/anti-vaxxers-have-stolen-an-anti-nazi-groups-identity/
25   Patrick   2023 Jun 26, 7:57pm  

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/assessing-the-covidian-decent-into


assessing the covidian descent into the dark ages
how mendacious medievalism caused so much harm and how to stop it from doing so again ...

this course of action was all psyop and pseudoscience. there was no data to back it. and the results were abject disaster with lockdowns and other bad panic-driven responses causing FAR more death than covid ever did or could. ...

it’s painfully obvious in all the data that the pre-existing guidelines were 100% correct right down to predicting the manner in which politicians would panic and try to do the wrong thing. THIS is from 2006 and was published in “biosecurity and bioterrorism: biodefense strategy, practice, and science.” not exactly a pop journal but one that is influential in the policy circles that should have know better on covid.




it was more than a little prescient including and especially its prediction that “some authorities and government officials” would seek to do the wrong thing. ...
26   Patrick   2023 Jul 8, 3:37pm  

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/flying-saturday-july-8-2023-c-and


The first analysis was published in book form, after researchers reviewed over twenty thousand separate studies. Think about that number, twenty thousand. That is a LOT of lockdown studies. The book, authored by three respected economists and published last month, was simply titled, “Did Lockdowns Work?”

The answer is no. “Most likely lockdowns represent the biggest policy mistake in modern times,” explained one of the three authors, Lars Jonung of Lund University in Sweden.

The second report, authored by three former White House economic advisors, was published in February, and compared U.S. states’ rates of covid mortality, excess mortality, and lockdown policies. After adjusting for a bunch of variables, like age distribution, they found NO statistically significant benefit from lockdown restrictions.

But non-covid excess deaths increased by +100,000 annually and worse, disproportionately hitting working-age adults. Excess deaths were only one of the negative effects. Rates of smoking, drinking, and obesity also increased. States with more stringent pandemic restrictions had bigger declines in their economic output and higher rates of unemployment.

Lockdown effects were, perhaps, hardest on our children, who now suffer from permanent learning loss as well as excess mortality and booming anxiety disorders...

Sadly, U.S. corporate media, having sold its soul for twenty pieces of silver during the pandemic, largely remains silent. For now. And the CDC is suicidally sticking to its lockdown guidance, along with the W.H.O., which is still pushing them, hard, in its odious new “pandemic treaty.”

But the weight and momentum of twenty thousand studies is unstoppable, and a correction is inevitable, though it will take some time for that to happen. An entire generation of government officials who were all complicit in lockdown mania must — and eventually will — be replaced by new, uncomplicit officials whose hands aren’t dripping with children’s blood.

That’s when accountability can start. It WILL happen. It IS coming. It is as inevitable as corporate media horror stories about climate change. Those of us alive and remain will never, ever forget.
33   Patrick   2024 Feb 28, 11:38am  

https://notthebee.com/article/dr-phil-went-on-the-view-yesterday-and-absolutely-embarrassed-hosts-who-still-think-closing-schools-for-covid-was-justified


@BillboardChris
Dr. Phil drops truth bombs on the ladies of The View, as they try to justify two years of school closures! 🔥

Dr. Phil: “Who does that? Who takes away the support system for these children? And by the way, when they shut it down, they stopped the mandated reporters from being able to see children that were being abused and sexually molested, and in fact sent them home and abandoned them to their abusers with no way to watch them.”

Whoopi: “We know a lot of folks who died during this.”

Dr. Phil: “Not schoolchildren.”

Whoopi (craziness escalating): “Well, you know what? We’re lucky. Maybe we’re lucky they didn’t because we kept them out of the the the places that they could be sick, because no one wanted to believe we had an issue.”

Ana Navarro: “Are you saying no schoolchildren died of COVID?”

Dr. Phil: “I’m saying it was the safest group. They were the less vulnerable group, and they suffered and will suffer more from the mismanagement of COVID than they will from the exposure to COVID. And that’s not an opinion. That’s a fact.”

Audience applauds! 👏🏼


38   RC2006   2024 May 7, 1:34pm  

Well that's the target population.

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