One thing that some of these people seem to confuse a lot lately is freedoms for inconvenience. They have the freedom to protest, drive across the country, show up and honk horns, say things (bad things) on TV, call the PM a piece of ####, openly admit to being misinformed about the safety of modern medicine and not get a vaccine.
Yet when they make those choices, they now have to work within the parameters of the system that has to handle those that make those choices. But they are still free to do all those things.
Having to wear a mask or not go to a restaurant is not a violation of freedoms. Its an inconvenience that mildly bothers people on their day-to-day, and some choose to operate with more inconveniences than others. But it's necessary to protect community health and keep our economy and national institutions stable and running.
There are almost 100 million people who have had to flee their countries in fear of persecution and violence in the last couple of years, while also dealing with a pandemic. The Uyghur population and other mostly-Muslim ethnic groups in the north-western region of Xinjiang have been suffering oppression and freedom violations at the hands of the Chinese government for years. Oppression against the LGBTQ communities in Afghanistan and Chechnya. The detention of Rohingya activists and civilians and the Myanmar military coup in 2021. Even the separation of children from their parents at the south U.S. border are signs of oppression and due process violations.
And here there are some complaining about not wanting OPTIONAL modern medicine assistance and their freedoms are at stake.
The division is there, but put in perspective, these people have an uncanny amount of more rights relative to people who are actually oppressed in this world - rights that people would risk death for to be able to have the same freedom.
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