Friday, June 05, 2020

Whenever the second wave hits, no one will tolerate another lockdown.

Outdoor funeral processions bad, larger outdoor protests good.

Journalist Stephen L. Miller tweeted: “Bill [de Blasio], will you be personally breaking up the large protest gatherings in NYC or is your outrage for such gatherings reserved for Jewish funerals? Just flipping through the rule book here.”

. . .

Bennett told Haaretz that while he “unequivocally condemn[ed] the killing of George Floyd” and supports peaceful protest against racism, he had every right to demand his “constitutional rights to pray and worship – and those rights have been arbitrarily restricted in the guise of public health,” he said.

"If thousands can protest shoulder to shoulder with the encouragement of the mayor, why can’t children sit and learn in yeshiva or pray in shul?” he asked. “Is there a pandemic or isn’t there one?”

And here's the double-standard at its most blatant: Jewish families are evicted from a New York playground while a larger crowd of protesters is left alone.

The devil's advocate would say the families weren't exercising their constitutional rights. The rebuttal is that the Floyd protests are the first time New York's leadership have even acknowledged that such can be exercised in groups larger than 10. And more importantly, the plague doesn't care if you are playing or protesting.

Or so we have been repeatedly told.



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