Overdose deaths far outpace Covid-19 deaths in San Francisco

Re:Overdose deaths far outpace Covid-19 deaths in San Francisco by Pet_Ant on Sunday December 20, 2020 @05:32PM (#25490204)

There are people for whom liberty is an absolute and there is litterally nothing that justifies curtailing it. For a sizable population the entire moral supremacy of the United States is that it is a place that they feel uniquely safeguards it.

I have no dog in this fight as I don’t live there, but I see it as a theme in enough comments and threads that I’m surprised some Americans seem so oblivious to the perspective of their fellow countrymen.

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Re:Overdose deaths far outpace Covid-19 deaths in San Francisco by gnusty_gnurc on Sunday December 20, 2020 @07:01PM (#25490790)

> it is a place that they feel uniquely safeguards it

This isn't news, just read de Tocqueville.

As an American I'm comforted by the idea that a significant part of my compatriots will resist any order by virtue of being ordered.

Treat other people like humans with dignity that must be persuaded instead of commanded. That's the American ideal imo.

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Re:Overdose deaths far outpace Covid-19 deaths in San Francisco by a0-prw on Monday December 21, 2020 @06:23AM (#25493902)

That's not the way America treats other people around the world.

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Re:Overdose deaths far outpace Covid-19 deaths in San Francisco by gnusty_gnurc on Monday December 21, 2020 @01:02PM (#25497498)

Hence why they're referred to as ideals.

No one lives up to them as a consequence of being human.

That doesn't invalidate them.

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