| Comment | It really is, I get that people are outraged, and rightly so, but there seems to be a certain "Instagramable" social media aspect to it.
There are terrible things going on all over the world right now, and I'd imagine if you mentioned the Rohingya in Myanmar or Christians and Yazidis in Iraq/Syria, most people going to that rally or posting about it wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about. I'm not saying spreading awareness about things is wrong, I'd just wonder how many would be so outraged at learning of other current atrocities, I'd be doubting they'd attend a rally about it.
That's not even the main issue, the main issue is obviously a congregation of people during this pandemic is going to indirectly cause at least a few deaths. All it takes is one infected person to infect one other person, that one goes home to their house and their parent is a carer - boom, an elderly person dies and a strain is put on the NHS. Just a massive slap in the face to everyone trying so hard to make a difference.
I've already seen videos of folk in Glasgow protesting about it, and they're not social distancing.
I don't get how you can protest about killing someone, by literally causing the death of other innocent people, actually mental. |
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