I freely admit this short post is mainly an excuse to share a couple of quotations I found interesting… but with a little independent thought around them. So here we go. NUMBER ONE. I follow a fair number of Australians on Twitter, including several Australian pastors, actually. And it has been interesting to watch their evolving reaction to their own government’s COVID-19 measures. At first, I would say there was overwhelming support for them, and perhaps that made sense at first. Claire Lehmann of Quillette has been
Loss of faith in the authorities is a big part of opposition to lockdowns/mandates. When you say an emergency justifies you taking enormous amounts of power, and then you completely fail to resolve the emergency, people will start seeing you as useless, and really, worse than useless.
Loss of faith in the authorities is a big part of opposition to lockdowns/mandates. When you say an emergency justifies you taking enormous amounts of power, and then you completely fail to resolve the emergency, people will start seeing you as useless, and really, worse than useless.