“You do you” is one of my least favorite phrases. Along with “we have the tools” and “you have to live your life.” Thought-stopping cliches* that justify social murder and mass disabling.
https://twitter.com/prognosticchats/status/1776569076627783867
* Thought-stopping cliches like cults use.
“The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly selective, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. They become the start and finish of any ideological analysis.”
“The most far-reaching and complex of human problems are compressed into brief, highly selective, definitive-sounding phrases, easily memorized and easily expressed. They become the start and finish of any ideological analysis.”
I believe “it’s mild” with the first omicron wave was the first one. It really alarmed me when a smart and covid conscious friend said, as the variant was approaching, “well, at least it’s mild.” So many complex ideas & unknowns smashed down into… an unwarranted hope. A lie.
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