Anyone want a perpetual lockdown

[beentoldcomputersaysno]

I often see posters accused of wanting continual lockdowns, despite their post not suggesting it. I often assume it's done to deflect or antagonise posters who suggest a health measure(s) to adapt to life post-2019. However, is there anyone who posts on this board that does want perpetual lockdowns?

@beentoldcomputersaysno

I often see posters accused of wanting continual lockdowns, despite their post not suggesting it. I often assume it's done to deflect or antagonise posters who suggest a health measure(s) to adapt to life post-2019. However, is there anyone who posts on this board that does want perpetual lockdowns?

I think this is used as a rhetorical shut-down measure. They don't like the conversation or have or reasonable rebuttals, so move straight to "You want to stay in lockdown forever!" Who would want to do that? Everyone wants normality back. That's it.

Agree with previous poster. It's just used to shut down discussion.

In fairness, there have been a lot of posts to this effect - so saying that all Christmases would be on Zoom from now on, for example and suggesting people just needed to "get used" to never meeting up again.

I mean if that's what you want to do, fine... but don't expect everyone else to do so!

I don’t want schools to close either. I just want them to be safer. But, to some, that means homeschooling forever. No, just some safety measures please.

I would like the level of daily car use to go back to lockdown levels. The lack of traffic noise was a revelation to me, I've found it really hard to get used to background car noise everywhere again, even over fields. And air pollution is such a problem in this country, contributing to 40,000 premature deaths a year and all of our protected wildlife does are well over their limits for airborne pollution.

Wildlife sites! Not does.
I wouldn't want a lock down but would absolutely want to learn lessons and change things. Not go back to the old normal. Which unfortunately seems to have happened.

@applesandoranges221

In fairness, there have been a lot of posts to this effect - so saying that all Christmases would be on Zoom from now on, for example and suggesting people just needed to "get used" to never meeting up again.

I mean if that's what you want to do, fine... but don't expect everyone else to do so!

True

Also loads of posts re if you just do plan b or don’t follow etc there will be a lockdown coming

Oh yes! Going back to lockdown traffic levels would be amazing!

My DM would like everyone in permanent lockdown due to her fear of Covid, and then everyone would be as miserable as her and she’d be happy about that too.

I've not seen it so much recently on here as a certain poster seems to have disappeared thank God. Twitter however is another matter with people demanding we lock down now as one death from covid is one too many and other similar arguments for restrictions.

I don’t know. I have an old friend who is constantly posting gloomy graphs on Facebook without suggesting a way out. I don’t know what he wants but some sort of lockdown would suit him.

No.
Nobody does.
It's just used to attack people who are concerned.
What's that thing called where you take something to its most ridiculous point and present it as what's being said in an attempt to discredit what's actually being said?

There are a few members of my husbands family like this.

They won’t be fully happy until you have to update a government app every time you take a shit.

They are fearful. In their heads, they were going to die, and so they won’t be happy until the rest of the worlds protects them by the last unvaccinated person being forcibly held down an injected and no one being able to live a ‘normal’ life again. Because if people do, they will die. Because covid is the only boogy man that will kill them.

It’s sad. And they aren’t old, or at at any real risk either. Just very, very afraid. It’s sad.

But why do people think that lockdown is the answer ? And what sort of lockdown just essential places only no mixing or absolute never leaving the house ever .? Covid will still be there and the other risk is catastrophic . Nobody ever explains this it’s purely fear that covid will kill then and for the majority it won’t .

Wee Jimmy Krankie?

@IncompleteSenten

No. Nobody does. It's just used to attack people who are concerned. What's that thing called where you take something to its most ridiculous point and present it as what's being said in an attempt to discredit what's actually being said?

Like the "put cheese in coffee" comment that was never actually said. (What was said was that cheese is a good source of calcium)

Of course I wouldn't imagine anyone wants to be in permanent lockdown, though comments from parents about their school age children being happy in lockdown has been a cause for concern for teachers.

I have a friend (increasingly former friend, tbh) who does. It’s disproportionate fear intersecting with a blinkered view of the world, in her case. She thinks everything should be online only, forever.

They’re the extreme minority, I think, but they do exist.

Nope. Absolutely hated Lockdown bit could see itmt was necessary at the time. They is rough to nd ne a Lockdown Lover apparently on here.

That is enough.
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Make me

I see this too. I've never, ever seen anyone say they want perpetual lockdown. I do see a lot of posts claiming that other people want it.

It's similar to those who post on a thread
"someone will soon be along to say... (insert extreme opinion here)"
then go on explain why this imaginary opinion is wrong.

@IncompleteSenten straw man?

@Sloughsabigplace

There are a few members of my husbands family like this.

They won’t be fully happy until you have to update a government app every time you take a shit.

They are fearful. In their heads, they were going to die, and so they won’t be happy until the rest of the worlds protects them by the last unvaccinated person being forcibly held down an injected and no one being able to live a ‘normal’ life again. Because if people do, they will die. Because covid is the only boogy man that will kill them.

It’s sad. And they aren’t old, or at at any real risk either. Just very, very afraid. It’s sad.

That’s so sad, it just goes to show what a number the government have done on a lot of people. The constant propaganda they plastered everywhere, the doom ridden SAGE predictions, the media hyping up the fear. They just need some time to be de brainwashed after 2 years + of constant fear mongering, sadly they’re not the only ones.