[loudtieblahblah]

this is one of the many reason the left has left me.

things like /r/covidatemyface and /r/HermanCainAward/ - full of so-called progressives and their endless pseudo-empathy, not seeing this as opportunity to increase understanding about this situation and more as an tribalistic moment to "score points" and have a good laugh at the ignorance and death of others and the pain their families have to endure in the wake of their loss.

[toomuchtodo]

You can be progressive and not have any compassion left for ignorance. Don’t confuse policy positions with being a doormat for those who equate beliefs and opinions with facts (which is troubling frequent in a post truth world).

My apologies to Meta, “data wins arguments.” All of this loss (r/HCA) was mostly avoidable (based on all available information) with a free vaccine, and the subreddit raised over $56k [1] for vaccine donations to those who were not so lucky to have it freely available.

(Posted while waiting for my child’s COVID vaccination to be administered)

[1] https://gogiveone.org/coalition/

[ipaddr]

Progressive doesn't mean compassion. It did once for a period but society has progressed into something else. Progressive now means welding power over those views you wish to change for the greater good. Progressive became regressive.

[mindslight]

It makes sense to reject the groupthink of the Parties and see the merit in both left and right flavored analyses of issues. But your focusing on "the left" is indicative that your comment isn't straightforward. The few long tail extremists associated with either Party aren't an indictment of the core, rather they're a straw man for the other Party to bash to shore up their own ranks.