Orthodox Borough Park Residents Burn Masks, Beat Dissenters Over COVID Lockdown
gothamist.com
"Nobody here has the virus," said a woman walking in Borough Park with her children on Tuesday. "The president got the virus, he recovered. There are medicines now."

Pledging "war" on officials and public health guidance, demonstrators clad in black religious garb set fires along 13th Avenue and tossed masks into the flames. They CHASED AWAY NYC Sheriff's Deputies...

    • Posadas [he/him, they/them]
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      4 years ago

      You'd think a community that just got hit had by measles in 2019 would take a new virus outbreak seriously.

      NOPE

    • Tupamaros [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Question is, why do they get away with it, but we get run over? :curious-marx:

      • GhostOfChuck [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I mean, just on a surface level it's not a great look beating on a group of very visibly Jewish people. Especially when you're a government that's been being accused of being Fascist a lot the past four years.