May 18, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
It's especially stupid because Harriet is (I assume) an adult who can run her life however she wants. If she thinks that she's too busy post-lockdown, she could -- hear me out on this -- JUST STOP DOING SO MUCH SHIT.
May 19, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
I’d like for Harriet to feel what it’s like to see your dad hospitalized for Covid, suffering all alone, isolated on a ventilator, while your fully vaxxed mom is prohibited from seeing her dying husband on their 45th wedding anniversary because some faceless hospital bureaucrat doesn’t like the form of mom’s vaccine certificate. I’d like Harriet to hear mom wailing in despair as she is denied the humanity of seeing her loved one as they lie dying. Then I’d like hear Harriet talk about her nostalgia for the evil reign of lockdown terror. She disgusts me.
May 18, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
Reminds me of trauma bonds- when going through a difficult situation you'll tend to stay with that individual even after the relationship has become dysfunctional.
May 19, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
Lockdowns were experienced in different ways by people depending on their status as extroverts or introverts; but mostly as their economic status. If you were lounging around in a big suburban house with a garden and access to trails, a private swimming pool, etc, probably it wasn't terrible. Maybe you didn't notice. But that means you have to totally ignore the people that were devastated by the lockdowns--kids, businesses, loss of liberty, closed churches,etc. Never AGAIN
May 18, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
So all of the hundreds of millions of old people whose cognition and lives utterly depended on visits and activities and touch, who went off the cognitive cliffs, and all those who died of poverty, perhaps 15 million in the developing world, and those who lost their small businesses, 3 million in the US according to RFK jr., just don't count, don't exist, never existed, or never mattered. The real pandemic is one of narcissism and triviality, the elevation of exteriority, fame, and money as a sign of being superior, and shallow self-absorbed navel gazing. People like this, who don't at least acknowledge that this happened, leaving the rest of us to carry on our backs the unspoken stone of these tragedies, will indeed bring it all back down on us.
Once, long ago, I was canvasing for Greenpeace in Orinda, California, a Republican stronghold and I walked to a house at the very top of a high hill. The fellow that answered the door would not contribute, saying "Why do you think I live up here?" Great article.
May 18, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
I am from the "laptop class" - I do not need the lockdown, but I definitely do not need to go into an office to do my work. I save two hours of commuting each day and the costs coming with that. My freedom increased by giving me back two hours of my time each day. I do not have to catch every cold and flu that goes around on busses and trains or the office itself. I do not have to see the faces of all those people knowing I am an antivaxxer or mask-denier.
May 18, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
Fashion editor.....hmmm....Not an essential worker. So very busy editing about fashion. Might have made more of a societal impact if she helped manufacture the toilet paper we all needed so desperately.
May 18, 2023Liked by NE - nakedemperor.substack.com
This crazy woman already locks her kids down out of another fear, which in turn locks her down. Stop ferrying your damn kids all over town, and planning their every activity. Send them to school, have them do homework and then go the hell outside and play. And don’t go out there with them. Let them learn to be independent, capable human beings that have a sense of self developed confidence that they will benefit from for the REST OF THEIR LIVES. And you might have a little time to yourself.
It's especially stupid because Harriet is (I assume) an adult who can run her life however she wants. If she thinks that she's too busy post-lockdown, she could -- hear me out on this -- JUST STOP DOING SO MUCH SHIT.
I’d like for Harriet to feel what it’s like to see your dad hospitalized for Covid, suffering all alone, isolated on a ventilator, while your fully vaxxed mom is prohibited from seeing her dying husband on their 45th wedding anniversary because some faceless hospital bureaucrat doesn’t like the form of mom’s vaccine certificate. I’d like Harriet to hear mom wailing in despair as she is denied the humanity of seeing her loved one as they lie dying. Then I’d like hear Harriet talk about her nostalgia for the evil reign of lockdown terror. She disgusts me.
The modern version of “let them eat cake.”
Let's put Harriet in a locked psychiatric or prison ward and see what happens with her longing.
Reminds me of trauma bonds- when going through a difficult situation you'll tend to stay with that individual even after the relationship has become dysfunctional.
Lockdowns were experienced in different ways by people depending on their status as extroverts or introverts; but mostly as their economic status. If you were lounging around in a big suburban house with a garden and access to trails, a private swimming pool, etc, probably it wasn't terrible. Maybe you didn't notice. But that means you have to totally ignore the people that were devastated by the lockdowns--kids, businesses, loss of liberty, closed churches,etc. Never AGAIN
So all of the hundreds of millions of old people whose cognition and lives utterly depended on visits and activities and touch, who went off the cognitive cliffs, and all those who died of poverty, perhaps 15 million in the developing world, and those who lost their small businesses, 3 million in the US according to RFK jr., just don't count, don't exist, never existed, or never mattered. The real pandemic is one of narcissism and triviality, the elevation of exteriority, fame, and money as a sign of being superior, and shallow self-absorbed navel gazing. People like this, who don't at least acknowledge that this happened, leaving the rest of us to carry on our backs the unspoken stone of these tragedies, will indeed bring it all back down on us.
Once, long ago, I was canvasing for Greenpeace in Orinda, California, a Republican stronghold and I walked to a house at the very top of a high hill. The fellow that answered the door would not contribute, saying "Why do you think I live up here?" Great article.
Lockdowns . . . the ultimate privilege. Demented MFers!
Have never doubted for one minute that ALL of it can come roaring back, only worse. The sheeple were primed & performed admirably for their masters
What a child. Too busy keeping up with the Jones to live her life as she would really like. Instead needs the government to tell her what to do
I am from the "laptop class" - I do not need the lockdown, but I definitely do not need to go into an office to do my work. I save two hours of commuting each day and the costs coming with that. My freedom increased by giving me back two hours of my time each day. I do not have to catch every cold and flu that goes around on busses and trains or the office itself. I do not have to see the faces of all those people knowing I am an antivaxxer or mask-denier.
Fashion editor.....hmmm....Not an essential worker. So very busy editing about fashion. Might have made more of a societal impact if she helped manufacture the toilet paper we all needed so desperately.
Quite.
Welll said NE, thank you.
“...time that didn’t come with the pressure to be used efficiently or productively.”
So they enjoyed playing into the worthless eater Narrative. Klaus vill be verrrrry happy to hear zis.
This crazy woman already locks her kids down out of another fear, which in turn locks her down. Stop ferrying your damn kids all over town, and planning their every activity. Send them to school, have them do homework and then go the hell outside and play. And don’t go out there with them. Let them learn to be independent, capable human beings that have a sense of self developed confidence that they will benefit from for the REST OF THEIR LIVES. And you might have a little time to yourself.
This piece is so important for EVERYONE to read! A must share.