As we speak right now I'm preparing to quit my job, retrain for a new career, sell my house and move, all on the basis that I don't think the government has the authority to tell people what to do.
Compared to that, how far are you willing to go for what you believe?
Consider Jack Murphy on Timcast.
Jack's pathetic. All whine, no dine.
And the thing is, I'm not fundamentally opposed to the viral vector vaccine on its merits and risks. But my attitude on the use of government authority is that the harder they try to use it, the more hostile my response will be, because I don't stand the government telling people what to do.
Only if you take the most pedantic interpretation of the present tense.
Which I sometimes do.
But let's talk in generalizations. The vast majority of conservatives are just talk. They're not willing to endure actual hardship for their principles.
Like, if you're just willing to RELOCATE to adhere to your beliefs you're already the top 1% of republicans in terms of living your principles.
Admittedly it is a bit pedantic, but I was thinking more along the lines of how it might accidentally disincentivize the behavior you desire. But it's largely speculation on my part, because I am not irl buddies with any such person and so I don't fully understand how to motivate them.
I do agree with your general stance here, there is a surplus of talkers and those talkers can make people too comfortable to take action (because action is uncomfortable). This stuff would be a lot simpler if feds weren't paid a salary to muck up things and seed paranoia.
I've also become wary of posts like "you won't do anything" and "do something", because the vagueness reeks to me. In my mind, a man under pressure should receive some guidance more useful than that, especially since a lot of us are basically strangers and don't know how stable the other person is.
Why are you trying to incite a fedposting response?
If a person is posting then they're not doing.
As we speak right now I'm preparing to quit my job, retrain for a new career, sell my house and move, all on the basis that I don't think the government has the authority to tell people what to do.
Compared to that, how far are you willing to go for what you believe?
Consider Jack Murphy on Timcast.
Jack's pathetic. All whine, no dine.
And the thing is, I'm not fundamentally opposed to the viral vector vaccine on its merits and risks. But my attitude on the use of government authority is that the harder they try to use it, the more hostile my response will be, because I don't stand the government telling people what to do.
I have already left California, the state that I called my home for decades.
I am searching for a new job since my current job only gave me a religious exemption till the end of this year.
I am certainly doing and not just posting.
K, and...
You aren't Unknownsailor. Who I replied to in the first place.
Is this not a contradiction, in your view?
Only if you take the most pedantic interpretation of the present tense.
Which I sometimes do.
But let's talk in generalizations. The vast majority of conservatives are just talk. They're not willing to endure actual hardship for their principles.
Like, if you're just willing to RELOCATE to adhere to your beliefs you're already the top 1% of republicans in terms of living your principles.
Admittedly it is a bit pedantic, but I was thinking more along the lines of how it might accidentally disincentivize the behavior you desire. But it's largely speculation on my part, because I am not irl buddies with any such person and so I don't fully understand how to motivate them.
I do agree with your general stance here, there is a surplus of talkers and those talkers can make people too comfortable to take action (because action is uncomfortable). This stuff would be a lot simpler if feds weren't paid a salary to muck up things and seed paranoia.
I've also become wary of posts like "you won't do anything" and "do something", because the vagueness reeks to me. In my mind, a man under pressure should receive some guidance more useful than that, especially since a lot of us are basically strangers and don't know how stable the other person is.