[gkop]

> And this is probably the biggest one: So many of the politicians pushing covid restrictions fail to practice what they preach outside of photo ops.

Thanks for bringing this up, it's something that everyone should be able to agree is unacceptable. I feel naive for asking, but WHY does the public allow politicians to get away with this hypocrisy? (eg. https://www.sfgate.com/bay-area-politics/article/London-Bree...)

[etchalon]

The public accepts hypocrisy because most people are themselves hypocrites in one way or another.

[silexia]

In many cases there has been a single photo of a politician with a mask off. Lots of predatory paparazzi photograph public individuals all day. Catching someone at a bad moment or accidentally doing something is easy.

[gkop]

I think you may be getting downvoted because your response doesn’t relate to the example I gave, where the politician made an explicit statement in contradiction of their own health order.

[silexia]

Ah, thank you. I was referring to the broader news media regularly showing "hypocritical" politicians not wearing their face masks in some photo.