Tells for Spotting Moral Panic Shills Over the Next Couple of Weeks

Moral Panic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panic

Acceptable wiki page, but LW slanted as usual, caveat emptor, good for basic summary. Familiar moral panics of the relatively recent past include the satanic ritual abuse (esp day care) and the repressed memories of sexual abuse during the heyday of feminist/militant lesbian hysterics of the late 80s and early 90s.

Also, for anyone who hasn't, read Mackay "Extraordinary Delusions and the Madness of Crowds." Well worth the read. Cheap, used, free postage copies likely all over Ebay.

COVID IS A MORAL PANIC. Special interests are highly motivated in fearmongering this moral panic. How to spot them?

1. "One size fits all" shills At this point, after the models have proven extremely inaccurate to the point of being clownishly low, -any- person who can read and write who advocates mass U.S. state or other country shutdown is LYING to you PURPOSEFULLY towards whatever self-interest. Could some of the "measures" posted below be advocated or even required? SURE, IN NEW YORK or other virus hot spots.

2. "Tester" shills. Past this point of general knowledge about COVID, anyone advocating mass, involuntary testing who does not also mention that the "Novel" test is the same old test as for the common cold is either ignorantly parroting or shilling. It's fine to advocate for tests of the common cold, but that's not really the same as this virus. Should antibody tests be conducted in heavy activity areas? Maybe, but always keep in mind "1" above.

3. Mask shills. See "1" above. Masks are seemingly benign for prevention, but not really. They engender a fearful, negative attitude in the population and massively interfere with many types of business and social life. They are a last resort, yet there is -0- conclusive scientific evidence on masks. Isn't it interesting that the "concerned social scientists" of the gov-edu-union-contractor-grantee-trial lawyer-MSM Complex and their bureaucrat HACKS always skip the EVIDENCE when their politics and POV are favored while DEMANDING pure epistemological proof when their politics or POV are threatened? There's a reason for that, they are purposeful, inconsistent LIARS. Masks are a TERRIBLE idea.

TO BE CONTINUED

 

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Other shills to watch out for the next few weeks:

4. "More Lockdown" shills. See "1" above. Even in NYC, the numbers do not support further lockdowns, shills are engaging in purely dangerous SPECULATION if shilling that. People's livelihoods equate numerically to "human life/death" anyone who omits that or plays at false equivalencies is attempting to deceive you.

But you know what? Go ahead and lock down NYC and the big blue cities more, that will be just fine. Just leave the rest of us be, free from the "one size fits all" shlling.

5. Vaccine shills. We know already that vaccines take months and years. No one would be fooled by shilling to "shut down until vaccine" but hey, they are desperate and they know that a percentage of people are stupid enough to buy into their fear fantasies. Nuff said there.