{"id":1718695,"date":"2022-10-31T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718695"},"modified":"2022-10-31T15:03:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T19:03:26","slug":"twitter-blows-up-at-professor-after-demanding-pandemic-amnesty-in-atlantic-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-blows-up-at-professor-after-demanding-pandemic-amnesty-in-atlantic-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Blows Up At Professor After Demanding \u2018Pandemic Amnesty\u2019 in Atlantic Op-Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-blows-up-at-professor-after-demanding-pandemic-amnesty-in-atlantic-op-ed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718695&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Twitter blew up Monday over Brown University Professor Emily Oster\u2019s op-ed calling for \u201ca pandemic amnesty\u201d to forgive each other for what we did and said during the earliest part of the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The piece published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/10\/covid-response-forgiveness\/671879\/\">The Atlantic<\/a> is headlined, \u201cLET\u2019S DECLARE A PANDEMIC AMNESTY: We need to forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.\u201d In it, Oster lays out several examples of transgressions during that time, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/school-lockdowns\">school closures<\/a> that led to \u201calarming\u201d learning loss, Los Angeles closing beaches, and confusion about the efficacy of various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/vaccine-mandate\">vaccines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In one excerpt, the professor wrote that \u201cgetting something right had a hefty element of luck. And similarly, getting something wrong wasn\u2019t a moral failing. Treating pandemic choices as a scorecard on which some people racked up more points than others is preventing us from moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Political commentators quickly shared their responses to the article on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHELL NO,\u201d Monica Crowley, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, tweeted. \u201cAccountability is coming. Soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HELL NO. <\/p>\n<p>Accountability is coming. Soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/enJjKi1pVC\">pic.twitter.com\/enJjKi1pVC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonicaCrowley\/status\/1587089642180022272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started the pandemic giving the experts the benefit of the doubt,\u201d Erick Erickson tweeted. \u00a0\u201cI embraced the vaccine (not all the boosters). There doesn\u2019t need to be amnesty, but accountability for what experts over time got wrong and dogmatically used the press to censor dissent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I started the pandemic giving the experts the benefit of the doubt. I embraced the vaccine (not all the boosters). There doesn&#8217;t need to be amnesty, but accountability for what experts over time got wrong and dogmatically used the press to censor dissent <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zZfcNiNik9\">https:\/\/t.co\/zZfcNiNik9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EWErickson\/status\/1587112733404700678?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely no Amnesty,\u201d Dave Rubin tweeted. \u201cSome of us did not lose our minds, did not force vaccines or lockdowns, and instead fought for freedom the entire time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to have gotten some things wrong over the past few years, it\u2019s another to have led the charge to destroy human freedom,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolutely no Amnesty. Some of us did not lose our minds, did not force vaccines or lockdowns, and instead fought for freedom the entire time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one thing to have gotten some things wrong over the past few years, it\u2019s another to have led the charge to destroy human freedom. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xKMRDkhVBk\">https:\/\/t.co\/xKMRDkhVBk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RubinReport\/status\/1587087089484668929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmnesty???\u201d Raheem Kassam tweeted. \u201cNah. How about mass public trials for the \u2018experts,\u2019 [Dr. Anthony] Fauci, [Peter] Daszak, big corporate bosses, and even task force chief Mike Pence?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amnesty???<\/p>\n<p>Nah.<\/p>\n<p>How about mass public trials for the \u201cexperts\u201d, Fauci, Daszak, big corporate bosses, and even task force chief Mike Pence? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dMCeMJ8A9Y\">pic.twitter.com\/dMCeMJ8A9Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RaheemKassam\/status\/1587085379328700416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were even posts from politicians like Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX), who reminded people how there were so many who were kept away from dying family members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey made you cancel funerals and say goodbye to loved ones over Skype,\u201d Nehls wrote. \u201cNo pandemic amnesty. Accountability is coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They made you cancel funerals and say goodbye to loved ones over Skype. <\/p>\n<p>No pandemic amnesty. <\/p>\n<p>Accountability is coming. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S3cfGL2pqm\">pic.twitter.com\/S3cfGL2pqm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Troy Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTroyNehls\/status\/1587092699978645504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dr-anthony-fauci-mocked-ass-backwards-restaurant-diners-who-took-masks-off-at-table-new-book-says\">Dr. Anthony Fauci Mocked \u2018Ass-Backwards\u2019 Restaurant Diners Who Took Masks Off At Table, New Book\u00a0Says<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter blew up Monday over Brown University Professor Emily Oster\u2019s op-ed calling for \u201ca pandemic amnesty\u201d to forgive each other for what we did and said during the earliest part of the COVID pandemic. The piece published by The Atlantic is headlined, \u201cLET\u2019S DECLARE A PANDEMIC AMNESTY: We need to forgive one another for what &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1718698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1718695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1718698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}