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I'm anti-vax: I'm vaccinated, I strongly encourage people I know to get vaccinated, I am pro incentives (e.g., lotteries) for vaccination, I am pro the right of private businesses to fire unvaccinated employees... but I am against laws that mandate vaccination.

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ZUBY:

@ZubyMusic

May 12, 2021

The Merriam-Webster dictionary has changed their definition of 'anti-vaxxer' to include 'people who oppose laws that mandate vaccination'. Welcome to 1984. This is The Ministry of Truth.

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I don’t drive drunk, I strongly encourage people not to drive drunk, but I’m opposed to laws that prohibit them from doing

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It's a grey area. I assume if I caught covid and went about my life as though I had a flu, that this would result in significantly fewer deaths than if I drunk drove once a day for the same duration. If this isn't the case then I think that might be enough to change my mind

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(To drive home the point that it's a grey area; there is a nonzero chance that you will kill someone by engaging in sober driving, yet we deem this risk acceptable)

10:16 PM · Dec 3, 2021

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What's the non zero number on driving sober in comparison?

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