I'm a "live and let live" sort of person, and I managed to avoid getting too badly impacted by all the pandemic restrictions. I live in Brisbane, Australia, and there was a period of several months where I was restricted from going to public venues such as restaurants, pubs, theatres, and sporting events. We had some nasty jab mandates here for travel & for a lot of work categories (health workers, emergency services, teachers, government workers, & many others) - but being retired, it didn't affect me personally very much.
However, when you review just how badly people behaved, and remember how we all got bullied and subjected to hate speech, you can start to see how outrageous this article is. Because the bullying, hate speech and gaslighting are still going on. In fact, governments around the world have been busy introducing legislation to normalise it. Here in Queensland, the government just passed a bill to discipline doctors who might not be on board with the public health advice (i.e. it will become even more difficult for them to speak out about treatments, or even to report adverse effects of injectables or other promoted medications.
And all over the world, countries are tightening up on "internet safety" - which means (among other things) expressing opinions that are not aligned with government agenda.
So no, I'm not inclined to forgive, and certainly not to forget. My son and others I care about got bullied and harassed, people lost their jobs and businesses, we were all subjected to a massive intentional propaganda campaign to keep us afraid and compliant.
I'm a "live and let live" sort of person, and I managed to avoid getting too badly impacted by all the pandemic restrictions. I live in Brisbane, Australia, and there was a period of several months where I was restricted from going to public venues such as restaurants, pubs, theatres, and sporting events. We had some nasty jab mandates here for travel & for a lot of work categories (health workers, emergency services, teachers, government workers, & many others) - but being retired, it didn't affect me personally very much.
However, when you review just how badly people behaved, and remember how we all got bullied and subjected to hate speech, you can start to see how outrageous this article is. Because the bullying, hate speech and gaslighting are still going on. In fact, governments around the world have been busy introducing legislation to normalise it. Here in Queensland, the government just passed a bill to discipline doctors who might not be on board with the public health advice (i.e. it will become even more difficult for them to speak out about treatments, or even to report adverse effects of injectables or other promoted medications.
And all over the world, countries are tightening up on "internet safety" - which means (among other things) expressing opinions that are not aligned with government agenda.
So no, I'm not inclined to forgive, and certainly not to forget. My son and others I care about got bullied and harassed, people lost their jobs and businesses, we were all subjected to a massive intentional propaganda campaign to keep us afraid and compliant.
The more I think about it, the angrier I feel.
NO. Let's NOT forgive. Or forget.