Argument styles I learned from Covid Lockdowners
(My favorites are the last seven!)
(1) Thanks, but I follow the experts.
(2) That source doesn’t count because we suspended it off Twitter.
(3) Muh, freedom.
(4) I used to really respect you! What happened?!
(5) There was no time for cost-benefit analyses
(6) The Science says so.
(7) That’s selfish.
(8) I care about people.
(9) [blocked]
(10) [reported]
(11) [blacklisted]
(12) [reported to German authorities]
(13) [suspended]
(14) [fired]
(15) [banished]
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now you need to make a list of argument styles of vaccine zealots. there is overlap but also some special unique positions.
1) unvaccinated people will swamp the healthcare system
2) unvaccinated people are causing the variants (in defiance of 5th grade biology)
3) unvaccinated people should be denied healthcare (which makes #1 pretty difficult to pull off)
4) unvaccinated people will keep the pandemic going longer
5) we can't go back to work, restaurants, theater, etc until every living person is vaccinated
6) all unvaccinated people voted republican, are election deniers, rednecks, high school drop outs, toothless hillbillies (add putdown of your choice)
7) the pandemic of the unvaccinated
8) the winter of severe illness and death
that's a start. i'm sure there are more
Yep!
Add:
- It's no big deal.
- It's not my hill to die on.
- You're overreacting.
- You need to get (mental) help.
This could turn into a fun list!