Submitted by gone_to_croatan in AskRaddle (edited )
Should we own the responsibility for endangering people who may be disabled, or are in a risk group like elderly, etc?
I am totally in middle here, because I agree wholeheartedly with this view but I don't want to impose (or force a consensus) mask wearing and other prevention measures.
My friend shared this concern and I totally felt they were correct and was my fault to "ignore" such issue. But then their justification was very moralistic, appeal to solidarity and mutual aid as mission to take care of others that asked our help and were living in bad conditions, etc.
First some of other friends shared their view as a negationist(not the antivaxx type but more akin to those plandemics and crust punks). I supported their point by saying that this can't be mandatory or imposed to the other volunteers engaged in our mutual aid.
At the end there was a "fabricated" consensus around this moralistic view.
bloodrose wrote
I mean, one should own responsibility for all of their own actions, no? I am not visiting my mom until I get my booster because I'm worried about getting her husband sick - when he had pneumonia a few years back, it was really awful for him and he's in his 70s so I should be responsible. However, I'm not a cop. If my brother choses to see my mother and she agrees to have him over, that's their prerogative. I just won't be the one responsible for bringing something unsafe to my mother and possibly damaging her husband.
I don't know how to apply this logic to a group. I wouldn't lead a group so my brain just doesn't go there...