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by defendfreedom 1677 days ago
I 100% support limiting as much as possible access to a normal life to people who don't want to get the vaccine. Yes, you're free to put the rest of us at risk because you're too afraid to get vaccinated (because fear and an inability to manage one's emotions is absolutely at the root of the antivax sentiment), but we will in response ostracize you from public life until you fulfill your civic duty.

So I hope that these dangerous protests get crushed by the respective governments.

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You have suggested a divide: THEY are not unlike US in that THEY cannot regulate their emotions like US.

Once you have established a higher moral ground, you have proposed to ostracize THEM from public life, until they become US.

The problem is that they say we are discriminating against them, which we objectively are.

Please refrain from furthering the divide and concentrate on productive strategies to mitigate the situation. Especially if you truly believe that its an issue with emotional regulation, because these usually cannot be handled safely by piling on more pressure.

At risk of what exactly? The unvaccinated don't automatically have covid. The vaccinated can catch, and spread covid. If you are vaccinated, why are you afraid of unvaccinated people being around you, if it is only them that will be worse off?

Regardless of the ideology of the protest, you are demanding authoritarian response because you disagree. Could you see how this could have a very bad outcome down the line?