Follow The Science

This is probably the most manipulative statement since “Support The Troops” was reinvigorated after 9/11.

After 9/11, you could see that phrase everywhere. The definition of what it meant to “Support The Troops” rapidly changed to manipulate the political landscape. If you questioned the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you didn’t support the troops. If you didn’t support defense spending, you didn’t support the troops. If you wanted accountability within the Department of Defense, you didn’t support the troops. For a while, the expectation was that you should blindly support anything and everything associated with the military, otherwise you didn’t support the troops. Extrapolated out, if you didn’t support the troops then you weren’t a patriot and you didn’t love America. Frankly, it was ridiculous.

“Follow the Science” is being used to manipulate the landscape in the same way.

You have to take the vaccine. Why? Follow the Science. You need a booster. Why? Follow the Science. You need to wear a mask. Why? Follow the Science. You need to shut down schools and businesses. Why? Follow the Science.

You need to suspend your religious beliefs. Why? Follow the Science. You need to give up your personal freedoms. Why? Follow the Science. You need to stop having an opinion. Why? Follow the Science.

People lost jobs. People died alone. Children’s education and ability for social interaction has been significantly damaged. People were kicked out of the military. Businesses closed forever. People weren’t allowed to attend religious services. Drug use, alcoholism, and depression were all on the rise. Why? Because we were all told to Follow the Science.

They discouraged any analysis of what the impact of the science was or would likely be. We were just told to Follow the Science. They discouraged any discourse about the validity of the science. We were just told to Follow the Science. We weren’t allowed to ask about the science. We were just told to Follow the Science.

Newsflash: None of this had anything to do with science. This had to do with their science. This had everything to do with their control. This was all about doing what they wanted you to do. This was about their agendas. Opinion got in the way of that. Religion got in the way of that. Your business got in the way of that. Your personal rights got in the way of that. They knew what was right and healthy for you without asking you. We were all supposed to just Follow the Science, no questions asked. And if you didn’t? They took away your rights. You couldn’t travel. You weren’t allowed certain places without your vaccination card. You lost your job. You lost your business.

Turns out masks weren’t really all that effective against the virus. Huh. Turns out that even with the vaccine and boosters, you can still get and transmit the virus. Huh. Turns out all those ventilators that hospitals had to have weren’t lifesavers, but literal death sentences. Huh. At one point all of those were “true” because…Follow the Science.

The people who were yelling “Follow the Science” louder than everyone else were the same ones marching in parades. They were participating in demonstrations. They were ignoring (and sometimes endorsing) people who were violating “the Science”, as long as their politics agreed. They were violating it themselves by attending posh dinners in closed restaurants, not wearing masks while wait staff served them all masked up. They habitually flaunted “rules for thee but not for me” while they told all of us to Follow the Science. In some cases, the decisions they made were criminal. Ask the New York Supreme Court about firing people for not getting vaccinated. Turns out that’s illegal. Huh.

They don’t actually believe in the Science, but they want us to follow it. They want us to follow it so they can control us. So they can manipulate us. They want us to Follow the Science when it is convenient for them. They don’t Follow the Science all the time, but they sure will tell you to do it, especially when it supports what they want.

This wasn’t about science. This was about control. This was about power. This was hiding behind science, using science, to justify what they wanted. You know how I know? Off the top of my head, I can think of three or four very politically charged topics where those same people are NOT Following the Science. You know why? It doesn’t benefit them to Follow the Science and it certainly doesn’t benefit them if we Follow the Science.