LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Is the Age of Rationalism over? – The Shippensburg News-Chronicle

Someone told me that a Georgian woman recently compared the COVID-19 public health safety measures to the Holocaust. This seemed too ignorant and hateful to be true -- although no, someone did make that comparison.

Upon examination, it is certainly unsurprising that someone who builds their brand on white nationalism, conspiracy theories, anti-religious pluralism, and transphobia would use her white privilege to equate annoying public health safety measures to the systematic intentional mass execution of around 6 million Jewish people, as well as other groups (e.g., members of the LGBTQ community, individuals living with disabilities and many others).

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Is the Age of Rationalism over? - The Shippensburg News-Chronicle