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Originally Posted by Heyitsrick
Actually, it was your question to answer. And now we see that you mean "they should be free to choose (well, except when there are exceptions, that is)".
See, the problem you have is that you want to paint DeSantis with this broad brush, claiming he's being anti-conservative somehow. But he doesn't see this as a "freedom to choose for businesses" issue. He sees it as a governmental intrusion issue on the people. DeSantis was elected by the people of Florida, not the private businesses of Florida. He's saying the people have the right to choose, unencumbered by other concerns.
You're free to disagree with his point of view, of course. But it's a little odd that not requiring his state's residents to have to show a vaccination passport is somehow anti-conservative. Well, that is unless you buy into the notion that conservative folks only care about businesses and not individuals.
Side note: your note to the mods to retire this thread because people aren't getting it is due to the way you wrote part of the post:
What proposal? Having a vaccine passport? Yes, we know now you actually meant DeSantis's "proposal" to prohibit requiring a vaccine passport in the state. You've had to clarify what you meant more than once, when simply editing the original post could have sufficed.
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You're right, Rick. When I said this in the original post:
"Our governor has said he will prohibit vaccine passports... Conservatives are not fond of government interference in general, but they support this proposal."...
I thought readers would know the proposal is to
prohibit vaccine passports, not require them, because the proposal is described in a preceding sentence. But I get it, we all read social media quickly... because there's so darn much of it... that we sometimes don't get the whole picture. I'm guilty of it too. And the fact that the title of the thread is "Vaccine Passports?" might lead some to believe that
that is the proposal in question.
Thanks for pointing that out. I have made the revision accordingly in my original post.