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It's this. It's the hypocrisy. The truth is that we're not all in this together. Not right now. If ever there were a time for an exception, perhaps this would be it. But consider how costly this is. Think about what this leaves to fossilize in the hearts of the grieving.https://twitter.com/brinkofill/status/1288977843133784066 …
I hope that once all this eases, everyone gets their belated funerals. But it's not the same. Gathering loved ones bears immense weight for a lot of people holding the heaviest loss of their lives. It's an almost intolerable sacrifice, and if we must make it, we must all make it.
A lot of you know that I was pretty vocal about the severity of the coronavirus very early on, and I hold to that. But based on what I know: gatherings that are outdoors in strong daylight, fully masked, are probably tolerable for events as critical to human life as family loss.
A clear nuanced take. Thanks Mason
If it was my dad, I would be upset too, but I think John Lewis is an exception. I think. I don't know. It's a tough call. Sometimes breaking the rules makes sense, sometimes not. Sigh. Now I'm not sure anymore. It did occur to me it would have been better if it were outside.
There is a strong argument that John Lewis meant so much to people that it is morally justified to accept risk to honor his memory. But does someone less famous’s father or mother mean any less to them, that we should threaten to arrest them for electing the same risk?
Even within the photo there's inconsistency. Why are they not social distancing in the bottom left, but literally empty rows near the top center
It would be nice to live in a country where our elites sacrificed along with everyone else.
serious disconnect between the political elites and the people they are supposed to work for.
Your point is right and true. And there is such a blind spot when it comes to the people involved recognising the hypocrisy.
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