The news is not a Hollywood movie, but dissonance and disinformation reign in a noisy minority that is being manipulated by one political party. It is the ultimate test of a libertarianism guided by cognitive dissonance rather than science.
Organizers of “Defeat the Mandates” said they do not oppose vaccines, just forcing people to get vaccinated.
“We’re pretty concerned about what’s going on,” a demonstrator from Ohio told News4. “We came in from out of town and tried to get a burger last night and we got turned away because we didn’t have a proof of vaccination card, and I think that things are going in a pretty scary direction for the community. That’s the first time we had to deal with anything quite like it. All I know is that if I don’t try to do something, I think later on in my life I’d probably be regretting not having stand up and do something.”
Several speakers were expected at the Lincoln Memorial, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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“Basically, it came down to, they were asking me to wear a mask to the games and being a public figure, someone a little bit more visible, I stuck out in the crowd a little bit,” John Stockton said. “And therefore they received complaints and felt like from whatever the higher-ups – those weren’t discussed, but from whatever it was higher up – they were going to have to either ask me to wear a mask or they were going to suspend my tickets.”
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Stockton has been among the most prominent and influential former pro athletes to voice opposition to the shutdown measures, mask mandates and vaccine requirements brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In addition to the documentary, he has made multiple appearances on the DNP-CD Sports podcast, where hosts Tony Farmer and Chad Fisher have also expressed strong anti-vaccine views.
Speaking about Gonzaga’s vaccine mandate for students, Stockton said “those children and kids their age, they have literally zero statistical risk of being harmed by the disease and they have significant statistical risk of being harmed by the side effects of the so-called vaccines.”
Medical peer-reviewed studies have debunked both of Stockton’s assertions about COVID-19 and the vaccine.
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