Resisting Vaccine Mandates
Americans who do are labeled right wing extremists…of course they are
Vaccine mandates are the next step in the destruction of America under the guise of the COVID crisis. Over the past eighteen months we’ve seen our rights of free speech, assembly, worship, and others trampled in the name of the COVID crisis. In the name of keeping us safe. ALL tyrants begin stripping the rights of their people in the name of keeping them safe.
My contention has been that the abuse of our rights won’t stop until Americans stand up and refuse to go along. This is finally starting to happen across the country, the latest example provided by a group of firefighters from Los Angeles.
Mayor Garcetti has required all city employees to be vaccinated against COVID or to undergo weekly testing. A group of several hundred firefighters and paramedics have chosen to pass on the vaccine. They rightfully believe that as an American adult it’s each person’s decision as to what they will or will not inject into their body. They resist the mandate under threat of termination.
The firefighters (at least several hundred) have organized into Firefighters for Freedom to fight the mandate. The group’s mission statement follows:
As Stakeholders for the LAFD, (Los Angeles City Fire Department), our mission is to maintain human rights, constitutional rights, civil rights, and civil liberties as sovereign natural free human beings, and American citizens. We believe in the right to work, freewill, personal choice, medical freedoms, and consent without coercion, retaliation, threats, disciplinary action, or termination. This is not a vaccine versus non-vaccine issue, this is not a left versus right political issue. This is a human rights issue. We hope you stand with us, for we believe all members and citizens have the freedom of choice and natural rights. Your body, your choice. My body, my choice.
The firefighters are quick to point out this is not about being anti-vaccine or making a political statement. This is simply a basic human rights issue and standing up to what many would call tyrannical behavior by the government. For a vivid description of how many in the LAFD feel, take a few minutes to view this short video by Capt. Christian Granucci, a 31-year veteran of LAFD.
This should not be a left versus right issue but unfortunately, like many things today it is. One reason is that those on the left seem to be more fearful of COVID than those on the right. This may be partially explained in terms of information sources. Those on the left tend to get their news from CNN, MSNBC, KPBS, etc. These outlets tend to consistently report negative information regarding COVID (some say as much as 90% negative) thus contributing to the climate of fear mongering.
Those on the right tend to be more skeptical of a government that has consistently lied to them (sometimes intentionally sometimes not). In addition, those on the right tend to get their news from sources that are less likely to focus on fear, at least regarding the virus. Lastly those on the political right, for whatever reason, seem to have stronger feelings towards self-responsibility, accountability, liberty, and freedom.
The idea of mandated vaccines seems more prevalent in Democrat controlled states and cities although the red states are certainly not exempt. There does seem to be a stronger desire to force one’s beliefs on others from the left than from the right but again, conservatives are no angels in this regard either.
Some things to consider:
· It’s perfectly fine for government to strongly suggest people get vaccinated.
· It’s not fine for government to mandate the vaccine.
· It is not fine to villainize those who choose not to be vaccinated or to suggest that unvaccinated people pose a threat to vaccinated people
· It’s not fine to suggest that any dissenting opinions on COVID are misinformation and should be censored. In San Diego County and now in California, COVID misinformation is considered a public health crisis. Misinformation is vaguely defined as to who makes the determination or how the decision is made. It seems that any opinion regarding COVID that disagrees with the government opinion is considered misinformation.
· It’s not fine to censor ANY public opinion (we do still have a First Amendment). COVID “misinformation” is already being censored on left leaning social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube.
Remember my body my choice? I guess that only works for abortion. This will only end when Americans stand up. It’s finally beginning to happen.
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