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Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by ben_w on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @03:59PM (#27596428)
Likewise. A few weeks ago someone took enough of an exception to me writing here that (COVID) masks are trivial that they went to my blog and vented quite unpleasantly. I know others who have had it much worse than me.
Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by ryandrake on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:11AM (#27605452)
Similar thing happened to me. Last week I compared ignoring COVID guidance to reckless/drunk driving, and someone actually took time out of their day to look up my personal E-mail address and send me some unhinged rant, rather than just reply here. I don't know what it is about COVID but it's got some people totally off their rockers.
Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by rebelos on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @11:54PM (#27600608)
Masks are not yet "trivial" and it's stupid to argue otherwise. You don't need anything other than logic to see why: a great number of people in the US and elsewhere remain unvaccinated. And relying on the honor system to identify them (given the mentality one would expect of much of this group) is patently insane. So it's best, for now, to keep the masks on. This isn't about your freedom and it isn't even really about the direct mortality rate associated with COVID. It's about not flooding hospitals.

You don't need to worry about being canceled. In this case, it's sufficient to apply just a tad of critical thinking.

Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by ben_w on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:02AM (#27602365)
Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by rebelos on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:16AM (#27602459)
Understood. Just so you know:

> someone took enough of an exception to me writing here that (COVID) masks are trivial

trivial: "of little value or importance"

Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by ben_w on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @05:29AM (#27602523)
Also: ignorable, commonplace, ordinary
Re:The Most Dangerous Censorship by TeeMassive on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @12:20AM (#27600754)
> Masks are not yet "trivial" and it's stupid to argue otherwise.

Fauci disagrees with you.