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A thread about how protesting during a pandemic was described when conservatives were doing it

It's racist because it might spread the virus to black people https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/4/25/21234774/coronavirus-covid-19-protest-anti-lockdown

The whiteness of anti-lockdown protests

How ignorance, privilege, and anti-black racism is driving white protesters to risk their lives.

https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/4/25/21234774/coronavirus-covid-19-protest-anti-lockdown

Protesters don't deserve medical care https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2020/05/lockdown-protesters-have-a-moral-duty-to-forgo-medical-care-in-favor-of-those-who-followed-the-rules-opinion.html

Lockdown protesters have a moral duty to forgo medical care in favor of those who followed the...

Protesters should remember they are risking other people and the health care community with their actions.

https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2020/05/lockdown-protesters-have-a-moral-duty-to-forgo-medical-care-in-favor-of-those-who-followed-the-rules-opinion.html

Protests are responsible for spreading the virus far and wide https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/lockdown-protests-spread-coronavirus-cellphone-data

US lockdown protests may have spread virus widely, cellphone data suggests

Devices associated with protesters travelled up to hundreds of miles after rallies where few precautions were taken

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/lockdown-protests-spread-coronavirus-cellphone-data

Protesting is suicidal https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-trump-supporting-coronavirus-protesters-suicidal

Jimmy Kimmel jokes Trump-supporting coronavirus lockdown protesters are 'suicidal'

Jimmy Kimmel criticized President Donald Trump for supporting people protesting the coronavirus shutdown during a recent monologue in which he also joked that the people were suicidal.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/jimmy-kimmel-trump-supporting-coronavirus-protesters-suicidal

"Devastatingly worrisome" https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lockdown-protest-inside-michigan-capitol-was-devastatingly-worrisome-dr-birx/ar-BB13xiRl

Lockdown protest inside Michigan capitol was 'devastatingly worrisome': Dr. Birx

Protesters crowded into Michigan's capitol building on Thursday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lockdown-protest-inside-michigan-capitol-was-devastatingly-worrisome-dr-birx/ar-BB13xiRl

"Reckless" https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-reports-48-more-deaths-related-to-covid-19-476-new-cases

Ford calls anti-lockdown protesters ‘reckless’ as he unveils new support for front-line workers

Front-line workers to get $4 per hour raise and receive monthly bonus of $250 if they work more than 100 hours in a month

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-reports-48-more-deaths-related-to-covid-19-476-new-cases

"Mind-bogglingly selfish" https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-lockdown-protest-denver-emt-calls-mind-bogglingly-selfish-2020-4

An emergency worker in Denver says anti-lockdown demonstrators who broke social distancing to...

Business Insider spoke to Ben Comden, an EMT in Denver, about the anti-lockdown protests in his city over the weekend.

https://www.businessinsider.com/anti-lockdown-protest-denver-emt-calls-mind-bogglingly-selfish-2020-4

Protesters "don't care about lives" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/03/lockdown-protesters-dont-care-about-lives/

Opinion | Lockdown protesters don’t care about lives

Officials need to understand that to better deal with these demonstrations.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/03/lockdown-protesters-dont-care-about-lives/

They are "twisting the idea of liberty" https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/freedom-liberty-hierarchy.html

What the Anti-Lockdown Protesters Don’t Get About Their Favorite Two Words, “Freedom” and “Liberty”

Even our most precious freedoms have always come with limits.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/05/freedom-liberty-hierarchy.html

Protesters are "like Typhoid Mary" https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/20/anti-quarantine-protesters-arent-rosa-parks-theyre-more-like-typhoid-mary/

Opinion | The anti-quarantine protesters aren’t Rosa Parks. They’re more like Typhoid Mary.

Lockdown opponents abuse our devotion to individual rights.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/20/anti-quarantine-protesters-arent-rosa-parks-theyre-more-like-typhoid-mary/

"Foolish, if not dangerous" https://theweek.com/articles/910050/what-lockdown-protests-are-really-about

What lockdown protests are really about

And how do we respond with empathy?

https://theweek.com/articles/910050/what-lockdown-protests-are-really-about

"Dangerous," "worsening the crisis" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/lockdown-protest-media/

The Press Is Amplifying a Dangerous Know-Nothing Ideology

The anti-lockdown protests aren’t the first time the media has been swindled into cheerleading an extremist faux libertarianism.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/lockdown-protest-media/

Protests are "risking your health" https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/04/22/coronavirus-lockdown-protesters-risk-your-health-america-economy-editorials-debates/3003541001/

Coronavirus lockdown protests risk your health and slow the reopening of U.S. economy

COVID-19 economic pain is real and enormous, but pandemic doesn't recognize state lines. Governors reopening states are gambling with lives: Our view

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/04/22/coronavirus-lockdown-protesters-risk-your-health-america-economy-editorials-debates/3003541001/

So what we've learned is that if you want to protest during a pandemic, do it safely by burning down buildings and beating the hell out of random bystanders. That way you'll escape criticism from the media.

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