Isn't it strange that this coronavirus is disproportionately killing black people at the same time they are marching and chanting I can't breath for a completely separate reason? A once in a lifetime event,this virus, is coinciding with a media narrative of police brutality? The very act of them congregating en mass will kill more black people than police ever will.
Other side of this coin.
I am behind enemy lines and am in upper middle class white lefty social circles in a big city.
Almost all conversations usually devolve into a leftist bumper sticker slogan after about 5mins anyway, but now with corona, it's all about beating your chest about how much you don't go outside and how long you are willing to stay inside. No joke I have heard someone seriously say, "I just don't see how a wedding can happen in 2021."
I asked how they get their groceries and they all said some sort of delivery service. I pointed out that "hey you know, just because YOU aren't, SOMEONE is still going out and getting those groceries and bringing them all to you,"
They all replied, yeah but at least it ain't me or my family. One said they are putting out candy for the delivery people now. I guess black lives do matter.
Got it. Thank you for the clarification.
Yea np. The candy thing, I almost see as an admission of guilt. Like, "thanks for putting your life on the line for me, here's some candy!"
Then to have the audacity to bring that up as a conversation point as a positive thing blows my mind.
We here can debate the morbitiy of this thing, but remember in this annecdote I am talking with people who really think that if they step into public that they will die