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Strange crossover between anti mask protests and George Floyd BLM protests
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Strange crossover between anti mask protests and George Floyd BLM protests
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Scottsdale councilman Guy Phillips made national headlines today due to his comments at an anti mask rally in Scottsdale. Phillips parroted the popular BLM phrase and George Floyds dying words "I Can't Breathe" in relation to his feelings on being forced to wear a mask. A portion of Americans around the country and here in Arizona have been expressing disdain for new mandates requiring masks in public to prevent further spread of the virus through protests and gatherings. These new mask mandates come as Covid cases spike here in Arizona and across the nation.
I found this tweet and the actions of Phillips here to be especially noteworthy due to the complete misunderstanding of not only the public health recommendations regarding masks but also the core message of BLM protestors. This elected official seems to disregard the dying words of Floyd by mimicking them to express his unwillingness to wear a mask, which, to me, seemed absurd. A big part of this stage of Covid in America is both the "giving up" of trying to flatten the curve by many people and government officials and the "anti health mandates" portion of the public and government officials who have turned the virus into some sort of political debate. Phillips exemplifies the latter, and I felt it necessary to include this example as I felt this is a rather uniquely American phenomenon or thought process.
I found this tweet and the actions of Phillips here to be especially noteworthy due to the complete misunderstanding of not only the public health recommendations regarding masks but also the core message of BLM protestors. This elected official seems to disregard the dying words of Floyd by mimicking them to express his unwillingness to wear a mask, which, to me, seemed absurd. A big part of this stage of Covid in America is both the "giving up" of trying to flatten the curve by many people and government officials and the "anti health mandates" portion of the public and government officials who have turned the virus into some sort of political debate. Phillips exemplifies the latter, and I felt it necessary to include this example as I felt this is a rather uniquely American phenomenon or thought process.
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Date (Dublin Core)
June 25, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
@reuters
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Armaan Sharma
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST485
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
tweet
video
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Twitter
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Protest
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Pandemic Skeptics
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Government Local
English
Cities & Suburbs
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
Scottsdale
Arizona
Councilman Guy Phillips
councilman
BLM
mask
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
Arizona
antimask
protest
Collection (Dublin Core)
Social Justice
Black Voices
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/26/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
07/11/2020
10/06/2020
02/01/2021
03/24/2021
05/08/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
06/25/2020
This item was submitted on June 26, 2020 by Armaan Sharma using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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