{"id":1720135,"date":"2022-11-01T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720135"},"modified":"2022-11-01T13:33:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T17:33:42","slug":"lockdown-tyrants-want-pandemic-amnesty-conservatives-flood-social-media-with-reminders-of-what-they-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lockdown-tyrants-want-pandemic-amnesty-conservatives-flood-social-media-with-reminders-of-what-they-did\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Tyrants Want \u2018Pandemic Amnesty.\u2019 Conservatives Flood Social Media With Reminders Of What They Did."},"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\">30<\/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%2Flockdown-tyrants-want-pandemic-amnesty-conservatives-flood-social-media-with-reminders-of-what-they-did%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=1720135&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>After a columnist writing for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/the-atlantic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atlantic<\/a> on Monday asked for \u201cpandemic amnesty,\u201d receipts from mandate enthusiasts and videos of strict <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/lockdowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lockdown<\/a> policies circulated on social media as users balked at the suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>Brown University economist Emily Oster penned an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/10\/covid-response-forgiveness\/671879\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> admitting that school closures and other government mandates were ultimately unnecessary, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/not-a-chance-atlantic-writer-begs-for-pandemic-amnesty-forgiveness-for-pandemic-tyranny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> that further discussions on the damage wrought to society by such policies are \u201cheated, unpleasant and, ultimately, unproductive,\u201d as well as fuel for \u201cthe culture wars.\u201d Social media users <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-blows-up-at-professor-after-demanding-pandemic-amnesty-in-atlantic-op-ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immediately rejected<\/a> her argument after the article began circulating online. On Tuesday, many popular accounts reposted videos of lockdown enforcement in action over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p>Libs of TikTok shared footage of an indoor funeral where family members were positioned in socially distanced chairs. When two family members pulled their seats together to comfort a grieving loved one, a visibly upset individual interrupted the service to demand that the families pull their chairs apart once more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The people who did this want \u201cpandemic amnesty\u201d now. Hard no <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5AGg2XrMlb\">pic.twitter.com\/5AGg2XrMlb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1587449198743408640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another video from Libs of TikTok showed a toddler being forcibly masked at a daycare. \u201cThey want us to forget about their school closures,\u201d the account said. \u201cThey what us to forget what they did to children. Do not forget this. Do not forgive this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Democrats ruined millions of lives with their Covid policies. Now <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAtlantic<\/a> wants us to forget and move on.<\/p>\n<p>They want us to forget about their school closures. They what us to forget what they did to children. Do not forget this. Do not forgive this.<\/p>\n<p>Vote wisely <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hEwfI4xf5C\">pic.twitter.com\/hEwfI4xf5C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1587149047634087936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek posted a video of law enforcement officers beating protesters with batons while a police dog aggressively bit a demonstrator\u2019s arm. \u201cYou can put that pandemic amnesty where the sun don\u2019t shine,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You can put that pandemic amnesty where the sun don\u2019t shine. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NGIaMvLb5L\">pic.twitter.com\/NGIaMvLb5L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvaVlaar\/status\/1587417146237210624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christina Pushaw, the rapid response director for the re-election campaign of Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, shared a picture of a Michigan store that had inexplicably barred customers from purchasing seeds. \u201cThose who did this never apologized and in fact doubled down,\u201d Pushaw said. \u201cWe cannot reward them by allowing them to remain in power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Those who did this never apologized and in fact doubled down. We cannot reward them by allowing them to remain in power. No \u201cpandemic amnesty\u201d \u2014 ACCOUNTABILITY <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ckfG4BOHjT\">https:\/\/t.co\/ckfG4BOHjT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christina Pushaw \ud83d\udc0a \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ChristinaPushaw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristinaPushaw\/status\/1587131567004176384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire host Michael Knowles shared an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/business\/story\/2022-01-10\/why-shouldnt-we-dance-on-the-graves-of-anti-vaxxers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> from Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik published in January, who contended that \u201cmocking\u201d the deaths of those who refused vaccination is \u201cghoulish\u201d but \u201cmay be necessary.\u201d The writer argued that \u201cthose who have deliberately flouted sober medical advice by refusing a vaccine known to reduce the risk of serious disease from the virus, including the risk to others, and end up in the hospital or the grave can be viewed as receiving their just deserts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">libs now: \u201cLet\u2019s declare a pandemic amnesty\u201d<\/p>\n<p>libs then: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vhWjFCyYZV\">https:\/\/t.co\/vhWjFCyYZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Knowles, Pandemic Amnesty Opposer (@michaeljknowles) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaeljknowles\/status\/1587186840800579585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conservatives also rebuked individuals who supported the lockdown regime for praising Oster\u2019s sentiments. David French, a fellow columnist at The Atlantic and a senior editor at The Dispatch, lauded the article as an \u201cexcellent piece\u201d and said there should indeed be \u201cgrace\u201d for those who pushed mandates. Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham shared several screenshots of French, a self-proclaimed Christian and conservative, claiming that \u201canti-masking\u201d exposed \u201cthe darkness in parts of the right\u201d and among those who \u201cclaim to be pro-life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">David, you said it was a \u201cmoral crime\u201d and evidence of the \u201cdarkness\u201d on the right for people to question vaccines and masks. You mocked those who opposed mandates. You accused them of spreading disease and costing lives.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not surprised you\u2019re a fan of this article. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wutS9pmWUr\">pic.twitter.com\/wutS9pmWUr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Basham (@megbasham) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megbasham\/status\/1587227426337263616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Social media users also rejected American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten\u2019s plea for \u201cpandemic amnesty,\u201d noting that the teachers union boss was among the most prominent voices for school lockdowns.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Now Randi is saying, \u201cplease don\u2019t blame me for shutting down schools for a year &#038; hurting tens of millions of kids. Just forget about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hell NO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oZtIdlMXNQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/oZtIdlMXNQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1587281352507916288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among other costs from lockdown policies, nearly one-third of businesses in places such as New York and New Jersey closed their doors by the end of 2020, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nearly-a-third-of-small-businesses-in-new-york-and-new-jersey-have-shuttered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">data<\/a> collected by Harvard University. The federal government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/with-6-trillion-in-covid-relief-the-government-could-have-given-every-taxpayer-41000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spent<\/a> nearly $6 trillion on stimulus packages as the economy crashed, leading to rapid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/national-debt-surpasses-31-trillion-for-the-first-time-republicans-and-democrats-both-to-blame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increases<\/a> in deficit spending and the national debt.<\/p>\n<p>School lockdowns created the worst educational outcomes in decades. The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nations-report-card-indicates-worst-decline-in-math-and-reading-scores-in-decades\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">showed<\/a> average reading scores for nine-year-olds plummeting by five points and average mathematics scores dropping seven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a columnist writing for The Atlantic on Monday asked for \u201cpandemic amnesty,\u201d receipts from mandate enthusiasts and videos of strict lockdown policies circulated on social media as users balked at the suggestion. 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