62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by emptysongglass on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:43PM (#23950545)

> See that sounds good but that applies to everything anyone does right now. If you leave your home at all at this point you're making the choice that whatever you doing carries a risk of harming yourself and others.

It's a poor comparison: the risk of transmission when gathering huge numbers of humans together is exponentially higher than leaving your home to buy groceries.

Have you seen the fly-by drone footage of Hollywood Blvd on July 7th of the BLM protests [1]? It was outrageously reckless and not just to the lives of the people who took part.

[1] https://i.imgur.com/iSlH3SG.gifv

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Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by Spivak on Saturday July 25, 2020 @12:58PM (#23950679)

Of course the risk isn't equal, it's just that the argument "look at these people risking the live of others by going out" can't hold absolutely because even going groceries is risking the lives of others so the argument needs to take into the risks and reward to decide if it's reckless or not.

So yes BLM protests are high risk, but to the protesters they're also high reward if they manage to affect change which, largely, they are!

Reckless would be going to a music festival right now, and in my opinion, opening schools. The reward just isn't there. Kids will be happy to have an extra long summer break.

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