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by sathio 1651 days ago
unless people still don’t understand they’re not fighting against authoritarianism but a virus which simply does not care about people being “oppressed”
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> they’re not fighting against authoritarianism

mandatory injection of substances in your body without one's consent is the textbook definition of authoritarianism. Not the first time it happened in History.

In France 11 vaccines are mandatory by law for children, starting soon after birth.

The number of people who have a problem with that is minuscule and infinitely smaller than the number of people who have a problem with Covid vaccines, which are not mandatory. To me this highlights the high degree of irrationality and of misplaced "fight for freedom" we're seeing.

This is a dishonest comparison because 1) most of those other vaccines are much more effective to the point of being sterilising, flawless and/or lasting a lifetime and 2) they all have been tested to hell and back.
I think immediately calling names proves my point...
oh no... by this logic we should have never used any vaccine all throughout history / the whole globe is authoritarian... grow up.
Voluntary vaccination is fine. Try avoid reading between the lines.
It is voluntary.
It's not really voluntary - you are excluded from lots of society by law that you previously didn't had access to if you don't do it (for instance you are no longer legally allowed to visit restaurants, museums etc).

At the very least it's highly coercive. (I personally am vaccinated, think everyone should get themselves vaccinated, and am against 'vaccination passports').

So it is voluntary.

People just dont like the consequences of their actions.

> am against 'vaccination passports'

These are required when visiting certain countries where you are expected to be vaccinated against certain diseases.

Also for citizenship in most places (TB vaccine + scan of lungs, all other expected vaccines...)

So its merely adding a new vaccine to the already existing lists.

Not really. When you fire people because they don't want vaccination it's pure coercion. Let's stop pretending otherwise.