I really have trouble with "Rules for thee but not for me".
No, I DON'T want to live in that world. That's exactly the point. I'm not sure if you have been watching the past few years but many many people HAVE been living in exactly that world. We want OUT. Yes, the shunning, sure. That's people's right to behave that way. The people affected will get over it (or not). What about the pilots who were hauled in front of a tribunal and told to hand in their wings, because their health opinion hurt people's feelings? Or the doctors and nurses tried before boards and lost their right to practice? Or truckers who lost their freedom of movement? Or the millions who were called into HR tribunals to have their religious exemptions denied? Or very nearly everyone who tried to go to the beach or a shop or a restaurant and were ticketed or physically assaulted by police? And on, and on, and on. It would be impossible to fully recount the tribunals of the last three years. I couldn't think of a better term for this period of time thank "The Tribunal Era".
All of us who haven't bent the knee have been living through three years of unending tribunal, and for many of us, it's not been a metaphorical tribunal either. We don't want that world. And many of us intend to make sure it never happens again.
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Re: Emily Oster says 'Let's forgive and forget'
Date: 2022-11-03 04:01 pm (UTC)No, I DON'T want to live in that world. That's exactly the point. I'm not sure if you have been watching the past few years but many many people HAVE been living in exactly that world. We want OUT. Yes, the shunning, sure. That's people's right to behave that way. The people affected will get over it (or not). What about the pilots who were hauled in front of a tribunal and told to hand in their wings, because their health opinion hurt people's feelings? Or the doctors and nurses tried before boards and lost their right to practice? Or truckers who lost their freedom of movement? Or the millions who were called into HR tribunals to have their religious exemptions denied? Or very nearly everyone who tried to go to the beach or a shop or a restaurant and were ticketed or physically assaulted by police? And on, and on, and on. It would be impossible to fully recount the tribunals of the last three years. I couldn't think of a better term for this period of time thank "The Tribunal Era".
All of us who haven't bent the knee have been living through three years of unending tribunal, and for many of us, it's not been a metaphorical tribunal either. We don't want that world. And many of us intend to make sure it never happens again.
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