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You may have an excellent argument to make but I’m afraid I stopped reading at “covidiot”.
I think we found one…
Ahh shoot. I wasn’t clear at all.
My family refers to vaxxed people as covidiots. So I tend to associate it with antivax people. I will accept my negative number either way. Apologies for the confusion.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/covidiot
Your family is just wrong, seemingly on every single shit they say or think.
Lesson learned for me. My apologies for the snap judgment. And I appreciate the time you took to help educate me.
One of the most helpful mindsets I've adopted was accepting that I don't want to be wrong any longer than I have to be.
Strangers on the internet don't care. The only person you're hurting is yourself.
I wouldn’t say I’m hurt. More embarrassed that I accepted a definition without further scrutiny.
My philosophy is to always be learning. Sometimes trauma impedes it and a wake up call is necessary. So I appreciate your time and thoughtful response and will take this lesson as an opportunity to do better for myself.
I wasn't strictly talking about the definition of covidiot, I was referring to the virus' transmissibility; indoors vs outdoors.
There has been a lot of misinformation during covid, from both sides, and virtually everyone needs to accept that they were wrong about certain things.
For example, I was forced to change my mind about the safety of the vaccine. I still personally believe most people should have been vaccinated, but we need to accept that it didn't do what was expected.
At the end of the day, Covid is a respiratory virus, and the consensus of indoors vs outdoors transmissibility had been reached decades ago.
I appreciated the measured response, it's rare to see people sincerely reflect on their beliefs so quickly without feeling condescended.