Imagine living in London during World War II...

[StrictlyRockers]

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Imagine living in London during World War II, and in the middle of the blitz, your neighbor refuses to turn his lights out at night because the government isn't gonna tell him what to do. He is doing his own research on the Nazi war machine and whether the bombs are real, or not.

[PortTack]

1. It's a good analogy!!

[Rhiannon12866]

2. K&R, perfect analogy!

[captain queeg]

3. I like the response to the guy who is doing his own research

There are so many these days that think they can go on the internet and figure some complex issue out. Especially since their research only comes from places that reinforce their own beliefs.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Then imagine you neighbour claims he's the one fighting tyranny by keeping his lights on

That's what a man who used to present history programmes on the BBC is now saying: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/19486321.anger-scots-gb-newss-neil-oliver-says-cheerfully-risk-catching-covid-name-freedom/

"If your freedom means I might catch Covid from you, then so be it. If my freedom means you might catch Covid from me, then so be it.
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There's another battle of Britain being fought now. It's being fought by a minority outgunned and shouted down by those who would accept freedom handed to them by MPs on condition that they do as they are told. That's not freedom. That is tyranny. And I for one will not live under that yolk, as I have done all my life, I salute the few."