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Originally Posted by PAChiefsGuy
I'm not going to get into politics in this thread for obvious reasons.
I don't have a problem admitting I indirectly advocated martial law. These are extreme circumstances and therefore extreme measures must be taken.
But I think you have to admit that people going out right now to bars, restaurants etc. and acting like there isn't a virus spreading that we current have no vaccine for is a little irresponsible and selfish. Something you failed to do in your post.
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Except for when I said "just carrying on with your daily life like nothing is happening will get you shot in the chest instead of the back. This is here, things are different, act like it."
Of course I have said that there are people who are being irresponsible and selfish. There are ALWAYS people who are irresponsible and selfish. Everywhere. The answer for that is the same as it is for everyone that's being an asshole, you publicly shame them until they stop. And frankly, that requires public buy in. And if you want to lose that buy-in, just keep getting more and more extreme for longer and longer. See where that takes you.
But no, for a disease that will leave 80% of the infected unharmed (and thus likely 90% of the population), I'm not going to say "extreme measures must be taken" and start talking about putting troops on American soil to enforce federal mandates. That's batshit insane and its born of the very "well it's simply impossible for us to overreact" mindset that has taken over for far too many people.