I hate to rain logic or history on this fun “COVID vaccine mandates are the Getsapo!” parade
but
Jews, Roma, and other “undesirables” in Nazi Germany didn’t exactly have a life-saving “prevent the contagious disease of your…* checks notes*… inborn identity at birth” option
I’m not primarily annoyed by the Gestapo/Nazi comparison because of my politics or even my expertise in, like… ACTUAL Nazis.
It’s the abysmal logic that irritates me.
What can I say; I’m a Vulcan. 🤷🏻♀️
lemme try this another way
COVID vaccine mandates: “we want to save your life and the lives of everyone around you so here is an option to make that happen”
Nazi Gestapo: “we want you to die and ain’t shit y’all can do about it”
1) I’m not an epidemiologist — so I can’t explain the phenomenon of breakthrough transmission in a novel and rapidly mutating virus
2) I’m not a psychologist — so I can’t explain why you don’t realize harm reduction exists and think empathy is contingent on psychic ability
1) vaccines for a virus are options that *actually exist* and therefore can be mandated—but the only extant ‘remedy’ for ‘the existence of a human group I don’t like’ is ‘kill them.’
2) ‘Nazi Getsapo’ isn’t solely defined by ‘I dislike this law.’
even if you’re a literal Nazi with a swastika face tattoo who has wet dreams over your love for vaccine mandates, the definition of ‘Nazi Gestapo’ still has many more attributes than “laws some people dislike”
Hey you know what’s really helpful men who don’t work on political violence or follow my account
Your thoughts on how I’m encouraging trolls to harass me
You know what I learned from other women who work on political violence (and trolls)
Blocking trolls enrages them; they respawn new accounts and more vicious harassment tactics across many platforms
Anyone who follows me knows how rarely I engage my constant swarm of trolls
The only reason I even know my @‘s are unbelievably bad is because I have followers who come here for entertainment to read and respond to the insane people I’ve muted