{"items": [{"author": "Viliam", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ffqsHqptkYRCkZsAe#mLYJcGfSecXKJQBJF", "anchor": "lw-mLYJcGfSecXKJQBJF", "service": "lw", "text": "Some of those waitresses and hairdressers need money to pay for mortgage and food. People who don't get that, really should check their privilege. Not everyone is a remotely-working software developer.
Golf actually seems quite harmless to me, as long as the players wear face masks. In open air, not large crowds. But I am afraid that "golf" is mostly an euphemism for "football" here.
"Stop following other States / Let's Lead" -- definitely save this picture for its future memetic potential, if Wyoming happens to surpass New York in the number of COVID deaths.
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I mostly feel bad about people who want to protect their health, but will be forced by their employers to interact with people without wearing face masks.
It would be nice to restart businesses without sacrificing safety, but this world doesn't work like that. (My gut says that the lady complaining about needing a haircut would be the first to complain if her hairdresser wore a face mask at job. And the hairdresser needs the money to pay for mortgage and food...)", "timestamp": 1588346873}, {"author": "gjm", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ffqsHqptkYRCkZsAe#pS68Ejh3hhy5LXm2T", "anchor": "lw-pS68Ejh3hhy5LXm2T", "service": "lw", "text": "It's worth noting that what someone puts on a sign doesn't necessarily indicate what they really care most about, especially if what's on the sign is more socially acceptable than what they really care about. So I don't think the findings here are inconsistent with what annacaffeina says. (They are probably, albeit not very strong, evidence against what she says, though. Only "probably" because it could be that the other sign-slogans -- especially the more generically-political ones -- are evidence about the sort of person waving the sign; maybe some of those slogans are more characteristic of wealthier people who want the service industry serving them again than of poorer service-industry employees who want to be at work again.)", "timestamp": 1588348355}, {"author": "remizidae", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ffqsHqptkYRCkZsAe#86vbdvjt8RMXLFedw", "anchor": "lw-86vbdvjt8RMXLFedw", "service": "lw", "text": "Wow, that is a really toxic and hateful Tumblr post. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s worth this sort of respectful response.\n", "timestamp": 1588379869}, {"author": "Joel Kall", "source_link": "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ffqsHqptkYRCkZsAe#miG9DDqRRGRWvvbHz", "anchor": "lw-miG9DDqRRGRWvvbHz", "service": "lw", "text": "Thanks for this! I don't agree with the protesters and my gut reaction is that they get too much attention. However, uncovering truth is always worthwhile.\n", "timestamp": 1588452579}]}