🧵I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Biden's speech didn't really track with our covid policies. Like, does a country with harsh mandates banning kids from society & forcing people to lose their jobs sound like a place where the "people rule" & their "will prevails?"...
Does it sound like a place never ruled by a "strongman," where the people have the "right to govern" themselves? And does preventing kids from getting an education allow them to "determine our own destiny?" Are we sure we're not "putting fear over hope" by masking 2 yr olds?...
Does divisive rhetoric about the dangers of the unvaccinated support the idea that "all people are created equal" or honor our "responsibility to see each other as neighbors"? Does censoring and suppressing dissenting voices sound like a place that doesn't "bury the truth"?...
Is a nation that ignores global scientific consensus and policy, that chooses safety theater over science and creates cruel, pointless restrictions that harm kids one that "lifts us up" by "the light of the truth" or one that "tears us apart" "under the shadow of lies"?...
I'm all for being protected from the "dagger at the throat of our democracy" and remembering we are "one nation" of "liberty, freedom, and equality." But if we are serious about making sure the "will of the people is heard," it's probably a good idea to start listening.
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