First thing. This is not about masks. If this turns into something masks it'll just prove my point.
There's another thread where people are going round and round over Dr. Fauci and what he'd said about masks.
My observation is the result of the exercise is to engage in what seems to be meaningless back and forth never ending blame / defend / blame cycle ad nauseam.
It goes something like,
One side says, "Fauci said masks don't really help and there's no reason to wear them and they might have unintended consequences"
Other side then says, "Fauci has never said anything remotely like that."
Then someone posts a quote where Fauci said early on there's no reason to wear them and they might have unintended consequences. (He of course now recommends wearing them.)
Other side then says, "Well, even though I guess he did say that, what Fauci really meant was..."
Rinse and repeat forever.
I DO NOT think this virus was an evil attack. BUT if the goal of a country or person was to completely distract and disrupt a country and create maximum infighting and distraction so nothing positive was done, they'd look at us and think they'd hit a home run. They'd do their Dr. Evil laugh at us and marvel at how we look like children who can't stop blaming / defending each other.
Again, this is not about masks. This is about something way bigger. It's about being solution focused or blame focused.
I'd love us to be more solution focused.
It's ironic to me that our foundation here is a football site. That kind of blame / defend time wasting is the opposite of what a football team (or any team or group) does if they want to be successful.
Successful teams don't do the "Let me blame you for yesterday. Or even last play". Their focus is on fixing an error and moving on to the next play.
They are about: "Fix the problem and move forward".
As society and on the forums, we seem unable to move forward. My fear is we never break the cycle.
Because to break the cycle, it takes someone admitting they might have possibly been wrong.
And that's impossible for most people. And it's super discouraging. And 100% unproductive in my opinion.
Please help us be more solution focused. Or at the least, focused on understanding and moving forward.
There's another thread where people are going round and round over Dr. Fauci and what he'd said about masks.
My observation is the result of the exercise is to engage in what seems to be meaningless back and forth never ending blame / defend / blame cycle ad nauseam.
It goes something like,
One side says, "Fauci said masks don't really help and there's no reason to wear them and they might have unintended consequences"
Other side then says, "Fauci has never said anything remotely like that."
Then someone posts a quote where Fauci said early on there's no reason to wear them and they might have unintended consequences. (He of course now recommends wearing them.)
Other side then says, "Well, even though I guess he did say that, what Fauci really meant was..."
Rinse and repeat forever.
I DO NOT think this virus was an evil attack. BUT if the goal of a country or person was to completely distract and disrupt a country and create maximum infighting and distraction so nothing positive was done, they'd look at us and think they'd hit a home run. They'd do their Dr. Evil laugh at us and marvel at how we look like children who can't stop blaming / defending each other.
Again, this is not about masks. This is about something way bigger. It's about being solution focused or blame focused.
I'd love us to be more solution focused.
It's ironic to me that our foundation here is a football site. That kind of blame / defend time wasting is the opposite of what a football team (or any team or group) does if they want to be successful.
Successful teams don't do the "Let me blame you for yesterday. Or even last play". Their focus is on fixing an error and moving on to the next play.
They are about: "Fix the problem and move forward".
As society and on the forums, we seem unable to move forward. My fear is we never break the cycle.
Because to break the cycle, it takes someone admitting they might have possibly been wrong.
And that's impossible for most people. And it's super discouraging. And 100% unproductive in my opinion.
Please help us be more solution focused. Or at the least, focused on understanding and moving forward.
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