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Originally Posted by Jay Random

Those decisions are made based on the policies set by politicians.



The policies themselves are a matter of politics.



Political policy and political plans.



There are multiple conflicting policies on the books, and there are also basic, long-standing human rights that the policies, as written, may easily infringe upon. Many people here think that it is appropriate to put people under permanent house arrest for failing to carry papers proving vaccination, even though there are hundreds of years of case and constitutional law denying that the state has the authority to force people to carry papers period. (Not to mention hundreds of years of case and constitutional law forbidding detention without trial and conviction.) That is most definitely a political question, and one that goes right to the root of the nature of a liberal society.



Long-standing plan? The ‘plan’ consists of a bunch of mutually contradictory orders issued in knee-jerk fashion from month to month and week to week. Open everything up! Shut it all down again! No shutdowns! Open the bars but shut down the churches! OK, open the churches to 50 people but the stores to 100. And close the schools, no wait, open them, no, close them again. Wait, now, let's abolish all outdoor meetings. Except the ones for causes we approve of, those can go ahead. Until we say they can't.



Throughout, you assume that the policies in place are correct and beyond question or alteration. If any of the policies need to be altered – and they are being altered from day to day – then those are political decisions and that is a political process. It is purely fatuous to pretend otherwise.

Dude, why don’t you go start a freedom rally somewhere and cry about this somewhere else. Because I get enough of you guys complaining about it on social media. Nobody cares about your anti vaxx/covid theories or your educated arguments. Get the shot to help the health care system and protect others. Or don’t get the shot and be excluded from some of the nice privileges of life has to offer. Either way stop f%#^+ whining about freedom already.