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I completely agree with this. Completely. You’re right... but look at your second paragraph as an example of how much energy we’re exchanging in the service of logic! It really is a mine field isn’t it.
I’m still in two minds as to whether I should quietly ride to my solo work today and quietly return to isolation later. I can’t tell whether I’m just cautiously doing my bit to stay out of trouble or am going to be the victim of a slew of shaming... so I totally see where you’re coming from.
And yes, of course you should delete Facebook. For your own sanity, do it yesterday!
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It's just as important to call out if people are incorrectly negging others because they think they are flouting the guidelines because they don't have a similar set up/experience/situation as them.
And I don't mean to single out @atz here (truly). There was a misconception, it was called out (sarcastically, by me - probably not helpful) and offense was taken to being called out/corrected (or offense to how that call out was made).
More broadly, I am seeing people on social media lambasting those who have no choice but to open their shops or travel to work saying "why can' they just follow the rules like everyone else", and by that there is often an undertone of unrecognised privilege. I have already seen this morning (I need to delete Facebook), a cushy IT home worker sharing pictures of packed tube carriages calling all the travellers "wankers". No consideration given to who those people are, what they do or how they might be feeling having to get on that packed tube with every other fucker. They might be doctors or nurses, they could be labourers working in a hospital, they might be cleaners.