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Why is there a double standard around protests and COVID-19?

Asked by Demosthenes (14944points) June 9th, 2020

Remember when people, mostly conservatives, were protesting the shelter-in-place orders and demanding that the economy re-open and they were criticized heavily for violating these orders and not caring to follow safety measures and avoid spreading the disease? And now that the left is protesting police brutality and gathering in large crowds, violating shelter-in-place orders and social distancing guidelines, it’s suddenly acceptable? Why the hypocrisy?

Does the risk of spreading COVID-19 not matter any more? Is it because this protest has a more “noble cause” than the previous protest? Does that even matter?

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