What exactly is being pushed onerously upon these people that’s making them push back? Mask requirements in a pandemic? Taxes? Cancel culture? Seat belt laws? Gun buying restrictions? Brown neighbors? I’m not sure I follow.
Something about this post bothers me. It starts off making an attempt to understand the other side but then the tone shifts and non-sequiturs enter. And I think it’s the “I’m not sure I follow”, said like it’s some punchline that seals the deal.
Do we want to explore the situation or do we want upvotes for taking cheap shots at a straw man?
Mask requirements in a pandemic? = attack on personal freedom/liberty
Taxes? = not a problem… trump took care of that.
Cancel culture? = stupid lib tears.
Seat belt laws? = attack on personal freedom/liberty… same as helmet laws for motorcyclists.
Gun buying restrictions? = attack on personal freedom/liberty
Brown neighbors? (actually not a big problem in the south since most neighborhoods are “voluntarily” segregated, but…) = the community will go to hell and property values will decrease.
Narcissistic [1] tendencies when faced with challenges of fragile egos which shakes their self.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disor...
I feel like this comment and the one it's replying to perfectly articulates the real problem. Vaccination has gotten pulled into the web of politically charged topics. Even just a few years ago the anti vac sentiments didn't really have a home, but now we quickly default to litigating literally the culture war. I know you're replying to someone who brought the wider issues into it, but narcissism is definitely not at the root of a desire to have more people vaccinated.
Correct, and I didn't think that's what my comment implied. I argue it's the root cause of why people won't get vaccinated, and why they push back, on taxes, vaccines, cancel culture, seat belt laws, and gun buying restrictions as enumerated by GP. Fragile egos, a grandiose sense of self-importance, believing they are special, and a lack of empathy, high level. There's a reason I linked to the Signs and Symptoms of that wikipedia page.