Not even really sure I agree that "shaming doesn't work", when there's a whole slew of things we don't do anymore because it became Socially Unacceptable to do so.
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But shaming Bob and kicking him out of the friend group for his behavior--like "being creepy and sexual and touchy at all the girls in the group"--may well cause him to think twice in his next friend group. AND kicking him out made the girls in the group immediately safer.
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The drunk driving example is way better here because it's deadly in the same way that traveling during a pandemic is deadly: you may kill someone innocent. "Friends don't let friends travel over the pandemic holidays" needs to be a thing, maybe.
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Anyway, people have been parroting "shaming doesn't work!" like a self-proving adage at me for awhile now and I'm not really sure I believe that's Universally True.
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(This was a thread about that ridiculous "stop shaming people for their cruel and callous actions during a pandemic" article. I mention because the context seems important.)
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Anyway, it's been pointed out to me that shaming has done wonders for, say, reducing the numbers of people smoking around newborns. So, like, maybe there's a lesson there for how we respond to bad pandemic behavior. Idk.
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Being fat doesn't really affect anyone but the fat person and those in their immediate circle. Even if it were controllable, the implications are inconsequential on a global scale. Risky behavior with COVID-19 means you can directly & indirectly cause 100s of cases.
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