07-23-2021, 06:47 PM
(07-23-2021, 05:53 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(07-23-2021, 08:41 AM)Bjays93 Wrote: I am in full agreement with this. However, regardless of my personal beliefs I dont think asking for vaccination status falls under the same umbrella as the earth being round and the sun being bright.
Yes, I agree there actually is something to discuss here. As someone who thinks the question is fine, I nevertheless don’t want “Hi, how are you?” to be replaced by “Hi, when was your vaccination?”.
What I’m complaining about is the comparison of the vaccination question with questions about the details of others’ intimate lives. To the extent that a question about social conventions can be factual, I think it’s safe to say that the vaccination question is, factually, not in the same invasive league. And most people (or at least the most prominent, Tucker Carlson) who claim it is are those who also make dishonest claims about Covid and vaccination themselves, so I can be forgiven for thinking that somebody else shares those views as well.
You seem to watch a lot of Carlson -- didn't he get the vaccine?
Either way, one has to take American media, be it CNN or Fox, with a grain of salt, as it's more 'entertainment and drama' than news. I can't watch Fox, even though I am more 'central' on the political scale, at least compared to CNN, but Fox is crazy. The prime time line-up with CNN gets out of control as well. I love those guys, but they all need to be medicated.
As for the comparison I made, this is what I have heard over and over again. I couldn't have made that up myself. That said, I don't disagree with it, at least if it comes to random strangers. Would you be OK if you were out with your family or SO and someone came up to you and asked if you(s) were vaccinated? I think it's one thing if it's a business that has a mandate, and that has been clearly established, but otherwise, I don't think so.
That said, no one has asked me yet, other than someone in a medical office, who was 'shocked' that myself and 2 kids have been vaccinated. It was almost like vaccine shaming. This hasn't been from far right wing extremists, but rather left-wing nuts.