Individual Rights vs Collective Rights: What’s The Right

[Soiled fruit roll ups]

You have the right to spread shit. You dont have the right to spared jail for the harm this causes.
/thread
/vaccinedebate

[Kragholm Free States]

You seem to be labouring under the delusion that a virus is capable of caring about your political affiliation.

[Major-Tom]

You seem to be labouring under the delusion that a virus is capable of caring about your political affiliation.

"Viral Proteins don't care about your feelings, all wings destroyed!"

[Vetalia]

I do feel sympathy for people who get it. Yet by showing at a Trump rally , they mark themselves (unfortunately )for death.

Death and/or serious illness is extremely unlikely unless they are very old, very sick or both...there may be freak cases that buck that trend but it's been consistent from the beginning. That being said, I think this is an important point to consider; there is a huge difference in potential risk of exposing others depending on individual circumstances. It's one thing if you live alone or with people who are unlikely to develop serious illness with limited contact with vulnerable individuals, it's a whole other situation if you are in that kind of environment or work in a field where you interact with those kinds of individuals.

Of course, there is also the obvious situation where if someone is symptomatic they should not be in public under any circumstances.

And at the same time there is also a responsibility for those who are vulnerable to take their own precautions. They should be self-isolating as much as possible rather than taking unnecessary risk of exposing themselves to the virus (that is unless they are willing to accept the risk).

[Tinhampton]

Is this supposed to be a thread about "Individual Rights vs Collective Rights" as a broad topic, or a thread about whether people should wear facemasks and socially distance?

[Eternal Cesken]

I thought about this for a long time. I’ve questioned why I am saying anything to Republicans. But hey, not all of you should die. Ready ? Joining a Trump rally without face masks in close proximity to each other will kill you. It really will, and unfortunately, it will make your breathing messed up and there is a chance you will eventually die from it.
However, you have a perfect right to go, you have a perfect right not to wear a mask and you have a perfect right to die. But what you Don’t have a perfect right is to pass it on to us and you don’t have a perfect right to spread Coronavirus 19 to us. So while you’re spreading the virus, can you isolate yourself and die alone ?
So it rings it to a question of individual rights vs collective rights. Do we have a right to complain about Republicans catching coronavirus 19, or do you have the individual right to spread the coronavirus to everyone else ? I want to see how you solve it.

You are a satanist, your words are meaningless
/thread

[Kyundao]

If I were the government, I would do what Taiwan did: mandate that everyone wear a mask, that way the virus doesn't spread to anyone (especially the elderly, who are at risk the most) while people go about their daily lives.

Best of both worlds.

[James_xenoland]

What the hell is a "collective right"?! There is no such thing. A fallacy of logic a/o a willful disregarding of the completely opposite and opposing nature of the concepts. One is about dignity, respect and freedom... The other about control. A convenient doublespeak cloaked in the language of rights and freedom, but leading only to the "freedom" to excuse abuse and authoritarianism/totalitarianism for it's masterminds. Though usually, thankfully, little more than leftist and collectivist wankery.

[Ceskian Armed Forces High Command]

You are a satanist, your words are meaningless
/thread

Yes. I am a Satanist. And...?

and a homosexual

[US-SSR]

This is not a case of whether you can worship freely, demand a trial by jury or piss in your own backyard. This is a matter of public health. The message from not wearing a mask in a grocery store or a crowd isn't "give me liberty or give me death," it's "I'll do as I damn well please and to hell with my neighbors."

[Soiled fruit roll ups]

This is not a case of whether you can worship freely, demand a trial by jury or piss in your own backyard. This is a matter of public health. The message from not wearing a mask in a grocery store or a crowd isn't "give me liberty or give me death," it's "I'll do as I damn well please and to hell with my neighbors."

Yes and the only ethical way of dealing with that is litigation, not legislation.

[The Holy Mercurian Empire]

I thought about this for a long time. I’ve questioned why I am saying anything to Republicans. But hey, not all of you should die. Ready ? Joining a Trump rally without face masks in close proximity to each other will kill you. It really will, and unfortunately, it will make your breathing messed up and there is a chance you will eventually die from it.
However, you have a perfect right to go, you have a perfect right not to wear a mask and you have a perfect right to die. But what you Don’t have a perfect right is to pass it on to us and you don’t have a perfect right to spread Coronavirus 19 to us. So while you’re spreading the virus, can you isolate yourself and die alone ?
So it rings it to a question of individual rights vs collective rights. Do we have a right to complain about Republicans catching coronavirus 19, or do you have the individual right to spread the coronavirus to everyone else ? I want to see how you solve it.

I could ask the same question of everyone who's attended a BLM protest this year.

[Tinhampton]

I’ve questioned why I am saying anything to Republicans... Joining a Trump rally without face masks in close proximity to each other will kill you[,] make your breathing messed up and there is a chance you will eventually die from it... you have a perfect right to go, you have a perfect right not to wear a mask and you have a perfect right to die. But what you Don’t have a perfect right is to pass it on to us and you don’t have a perfect right to spread Coronavirus 19 to us. So while you’re spreading the virus, can you isolate yourself and die alone ?

I do feel sympathy for people who get [coronavirus]. Yet by showing at a Trump rally , they mark themselves (unfortunately )for death.

[Some people] are 1) attending Trump meetings with 2) no [f]ace cover 3) nor distancing them selves and they will get 4) get sick and 4) possibly die.

I agree with [Soiled fruit roll ups]. But I am for thousands of Republicans getting the virus and dying aloe, painful death.

You have made four posts about people at Trump rallies "without face masks in close proximity to each other," but nothing about people at BLM rallies - or indeed any other large public setting - doing the same...

[Alistan Democratic Nation]

I'm a bit disappointed this is not a thread about the broad discussion about rights and well being of the individual and the rights and well being of the collective. I will still put my opinion regardless as it is still relevant. I believe you have the right to do anything you want unless it harms others and their property or impedes their ability to exercise their rights. Like for example, you may join those rallies and catch the disease but you should make sure people around you who don't want to have it as well don't get infected.

[Farnhamia]

Yes and the only ethical way of dealing with that is litigation, not legislation.

I agree with you. But I am for thousands of Republicans getting the virus and dying aloe, painful death.

*** Warned for trolling ***

[West Leas Oros 2]

False dichotomy. The “rights” of the collective and the “rights” of the individual are not mutually exclusive or fundamentally opposed. Often, the two align.

[Nobel Hobos 2]

What the hell is a "collective right"?! There is no such thing. A fallacy of logic a/o a willful disregarding of the completely opposite and opposing nature of the concepts. One is about dignity, respect and freedom... The other about control. A convenient doublespeak cloaked in the language of rights and freedom, but leading only to the "freedom" to excuse abuse and authoritarianism/totalitarianism for it's masterminds. Though usually, thankfully, little more than leftist and collectivist wankery.

"Corporations have a right to remain in business and not be seized by government" would be meaningless then.

[Kragholm Free States]

You have made four posts about people at Trump rallies "without face masks in close proximity to each other," but nothing about people at BLM rallies - or indeed any other large public setting - doing the same...

Tell me, what do Black Lives Matter ( the organization), believe ? Please supply with the organization’s website. Thank you.

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Now, care to make an actual argument? Or do you genuinely believe that the contagion risk of a mass gathering is dependent on whether or not the participants of that gathering are members of a formal organisation with a specified set of beliefs?

[The Holy Mercurian Empire]

You have made four posts about people at Trump rallies "without face masks in close proximity to each other," but nothing about people at BLM rallies - or indeed any other large public setting - doing the same...

Tell me, what do Black Lives Matter ( the organization), believe ? Please supply with the organization’s website. Thank you.

What do their beliefs matter? They're large groups of people, in close proximity, and facemasks aren't mandatory at their gatherings. Ergo, they are just as big of a threat in terms of coronavirus as the Republicans are.

[Northern Davincia]

Individual rights, every time, no matter the circumstance.

[James_xenoland]

What the hell is a "collective right"?! There is no such thing. A fallacy of logic a/o a willful disregarding of the completely opposite and opposing nature of the concepts. One is about dignity, respect and freedom... The other about control. A convenient doublespeak cloaked in the language of rights and freedom, but leading only to the "freedom" to excuse abuse and authoritarianism/totalitarianism for it's masterminds. Though usually, thankfully, little more than leftist and collectivist wankery.

"Corporations have a right to remain in business and not be seized by government" would be meaningless then.

Not really. On the basic business level that right falls under freedom of association. The individual right to freely associate and the right not to associate. There is no collective right to anything not derived solely from the individual right. This is where and why the issues with corporations (and to an extent, public companies as well) arose from. It's a big part of how we ended up with corporations having 'legal' (corporate) personhood. As there is no legal concept of "collective association" in the context of rights and freedoms.

[Czechostan]

I’ve questioned why I am saying anything to Republicans... Joining a Trump rally without face masks in close proximity to each other will kill you[,] make your breathing messed up and there is a chance you will eventually die from it... you have a perfect right to go, you have a perfect right not to wear a mask and you have a perfect right to die. But what you Don’t have a perfect right is to pass it on to us and you don’t have a perfect right to spread Coronavirus 19 to us. So while you’re spreading the virus, can you isolate yourself and die alone ?

I do feel sympathy for people who get [coronavirus]. Yet by showing at a Trump rally , they mark themselves (unfortunately )for death.

[Some people] are 1) attending Trump meetings with 2) no [f]ace cover 3) nor distancing them selves and they will get 4) get sick and 4) possibly die.

I agree with [Soiled fruit roll ups]. But I am for thousands of Republicans getting the virus and dying aloe, painful death.

You have made four posts about people at Trump rallies "without face masks in close proximity to each other," but nothing about people at BLM rallies - or indeed any other large public setting - doing the same...

At the BLM rallies I've been to, 99% of people wear masks, and they all take place outdoors. Proximity, yeah, that can be an issue at time. Not trying to say that BLM protesters aren't spreading the disease, but they're clearly acting with greater caution.

[-SARS-]

Maybe they enjoy being infected with deadly diseases? Everyone has their own kink.

[Big Jim P]

I thought about this for a long time. I’ve questioned why I am saying anything to Republicans. But hey, not all of you should die. Ready ? Joining a Trump rally without face masks in close proximity to each other will kill you. It really will, and unfortunately, it will make your breathing messed up and there is a chance you will eventually die from it.
However, you have a perfect right to go, you have a perfect right not to wear a mask and you have a perfect right to die. But what you Don’t have a perfect right is to pass it on to us and you don’t have a perfect right to spread Coronavirus 19 to us. So while you’re spreading the virus, can you isolate yourself and die alone ?
So it rings it to a question of individual rights vs collective rights. Do we have a right to complain about Republicans catching coronavirus 19, or do you have the individual right to spread the coronavirus to everyone else ? I want to see how you solve it.

You are a satanist, your words are meaningless
/thread

Oh, wait a minute....