Loading ...Othering Unvaccinated Persons
…this is a warning call. We have seen these conditions before, and we have seen where they lead. Turn back now – that way leads to darkness.
“Creating an enemy of the state requires othering: a process of dehumanizing through marginalizing a group of humans as something different, less than, and other. Such othered groups become an easy target to scapegoat, unfairly bearing the blame for a society’s ills.”
“Now, some politicians are othering the “unvaccinated.” These politicians attempt to scapegoat and marginalize this minority group, despite knowing that vaccinated and unvaccinated persons alike can contract and spread COVID-19. ”
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/othering-unvaccinated-persons
How about this from the Toronto Star, Jan 9th editorial team:
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2022/01/09/time-to-raise-the-price-for-those-who-still-wont-get-vaxxed.html
[headline] “Time to raise the price for those who still won’t get vaxxed
[sub-title] ‘The responsible majority of citizens are fed up to their locked-down ears with the anti-vax tail wagging the dog.’
Reason hasn’t worked. Statistics haven’t worked. Pleading, begging, scolding and shaming haven’t worked.
Those refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are doing great harm to the majority of responsible citizens, to Canada’s health-care system, to the overburdened men and women who work in it.
It is their irresponsibility that is largely to blame for the restraints under which Canadians are currently required to live.
It is no surprise, then, and largely to be applauded, that exasperated jurisdictions from Quebec to countries in Europe have opted to raise the cost of demonstrably anti-social behaviour.”
[it goes on….]
It’s like anti-semitism from the Nazi era. Isn’t an editorial like this a fine example of hate speech? They’re trying to encourage rage against the unvaccinated.
Guess what defeats “othering”. Fighting back! It’s nothing more than collective bullying, and most of us understand how to deal with a bully. Time for men with chests!