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1/ Regarding #PandemicAmnesty. Much strife was inflicted during the pandemic by bad policy--when many of us were warning of these harms. Claiming ignorance thus rings hollow. I am in favor of reconciliation and healing, but this needs to be facilitated by truth & responsibility.
2/ We should look to the truth and reconciliation commission model that worked for social healing in South Africa after apartheid and Rwanda after the genocide. Reconciliation was possible only after a public acknowledgment of the truth, a public acknowledgment of the harms...
3/ ...and willingness to rectify the harms to the extent possible. As a follower of Christ, I desire societal reconciliation and healing. But we can’t leapfrog over the truth phase. That would not be forgiveness and reconciliation but merely sweeping the carnage under the rug.
Some thoughts on #PandemicAmnesty: Amnesty, as @D_B_Harrison said in a comment, is a pardoning by an offended party (predominantly one in official authority) for an offense committed by another. It means someone did something wrong (typically criminal in nature) and the one 1/
authority pardons the guilty party. Forgiveness is similar in that it is giving of grace toward one who hurts or offends you. Instead of holding the offense against the person indefinitely, you graciously forgive the person, remembering the harm no more. However, in both 2/
matters, a charge of guilt is necessary. This means that someone did something wrong. The persons or authorities granting amnesty/forgiveness need to have an offense to show grace toward. If no offense occurred, no amnesty is needed. In the case of the @TheAtlantic article, 3/
Good Morning! Full communication analysis of Emily Osterman’s call for #PandemicAmnesty is on substack now! Check your spam! Sending substack emails straight to spam is the new cancelling/shadowban. Thank you! There shall be no amnesty, only atonement 🤍 sarahreynolds.substack.com/p/everyone-is-…
“Amnesty” is a very specific word. It doesn’t mean forgiveness, it literally means a pardon, i.e. the absence of punishment … for a crime committed in the past.
It is a stark loaded word indeed when used to refer to anything Covid-related because it establishes 2 parties: victims and perpetrators. Group 1: Those who committed crimes and could be in the legal sense pardoned of the criminal behavior they engaged in; and …
Seriously? #PandemicAmnesty? Some people got it right because the were “lucky”? There was misinformation on all sides? Let’s clear this up a bit. A lot of people, from the very beginning, noted that masking was never a good idea because we’ve 1/
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known the science from times past. We never had people mask up in cold and flu season because wearing masks DO NOT prevent wearers from getting sick. We know, from science, that the issue was always SYMPTOMATIC, not ASYMPTOMATIC, persons. Therefore, we knew, from science, if 2/
you feel sick, do not go out. People who were not sick should not be forced to be locked down. We knew from the science that people who had comorbidity factors were at higher risk of serious impact to health, including death. That people who were generally young and healthy 3/
