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12 pointsjazzido5y ago6 comments

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Every opinion, vehemently held by more than one person, can be framed as a religion. It's a form of ad hominem fallacy.

jhardy545y ago

> The COVID scolds who rail at people to wear masks while distanced outdoors or campaign to close down parks and beaches, despite no evidence that such measures impact COVID transmission, are like the Orthodox Jews in Israel who throw rocks at people driving on Shabbat.

Is this meant to be parody?

powerslacker5y ago

It's meant to be humorous, but it is not parody. You taking offense gives credence to the author's argument.

jhardy545y ago

Taking offense? No. But "you should social distance and/or wear a mask when outdoors" is not equivalent to religious zealots attacking people because of their bigotry. Oof.

pensatoio5y ago

Seems like a fair comparison to me.

gagege5y ago

I agree. Something I've begun to notice this year with the pandemic panic is that religion is everywhere. It may not be called religion by most people, but it has all the marks, devotion ("follow the science/experts", "it's just a mask"), high-priests (Fauci, Gates), cleanliness rituals, evangelism (posters, billboards, in every city and on most businesses).

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analog315y ago

Every opinion, vehemently held by more than one person, can be framed as a religion. It's a form of ad hominem fallacy.

jhardy545y ago

Is this meant to be parody?

powerslacker5y ago

It's meant to be humorous, but it is not parody. You taking offense gives credence to the author's argument.

jhardy545y ago

Taking offense? No. But "you should social distance and/or wear a mask when outdoors" is not equivalent to religious zealots attacking people because of their bigotry. Oof.

pensatoio5y ago

Seems like a fair comparison to me.

gagege5y ago

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