If it's a waste of time to explain yourself, then it was a waste of time to express the idea in the first place. Yours and mine.
I've been explaining myself even though my feelings are clear. You want to start having me use a word that I haven't used so this has nothing to do with me and everything to do with you. I don't have to explain myself by using words that you pick out so stop pretending that I am the problem here. The phrase "as it turns out" is clearly a phrase used in hindsight about something that has already happened. You either misunderstood it or wanted to play games. I am not going there with you again and it has nothing to do with my feelings on the issues. You can like it or not, and you can even come up with your own fantastical conclusions. At some point, unless you can't help yourself, you should come to the realization that this part of the conversation is an unnecessary waste of time.
Those two things are not mutually exclusive. It's easy enough to say "yes, they're reckless and ignorant unless they have a good reason." With that, you simultaneously call out the reckless behavior but make reasonable allowances for individual circumstance. This is what we've been talking about the whole time.
Feel free to have at it. If I don't want to call people out, it's OK isn't it?
Advising someone to do something is not the same as saying they should "take [your] word for it." But let's roll with that anyway: if the doctor tells them to take it, and they refuse, then are they being reckless and ignorant?
How about we roll with this; I'm not going to do either, and I'm not calling people out.
You haven't, though. You've had to make the same kind of comparison in deciding you'd rather avoid applying social pressure than make sure people get vaccinated, which means you've decided the tragedies that might result from that are worse than the others.
It's unfortunate that pandemics put us in the position of "comparing tragedies," but they do, and you haven't avoided it by taking this position.
I haven't passed on comparing tragedies? So you're saying I have? I'm pretty sure I've said that everything about the pandemic, that every time someone has health complications, it was tragic. Try not to put words in my mouth. It happened before and it led to needless conversation that was a waste of time.
Arguments don't go away just because you say "waste of time" or "not interested." I'm interested in it, and you should be, too, because it shows that the phrase doesn't hold up, however emotionally compelling it may sound.
I said I wasn't interested in the analogy, but thanks for misrepresenting my words again. I'm also not trying to be emotionally compelling, at all.
Let me summarize my feelings on this-
My wife and I have been vaccinated.
I wish everyone would get vaccinated.
If someone asked me if they should get vaccinated, I'd say it's what I chose to do. You should do your research, consult your physician, and make your decision.
If someone decides against getting vaccinated, I don't need to know their reason, but I will not disparage them or act like I am morally superior.
Pretty clear right? Now if anybody is confused, feel free to ask me questions and I will entertain them. If anybody feels differently, that is your right.