STOP FASCISM NOW!
Is The Overton Window Finally Shifting?
SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2021
A year ago in March 2020, the Overton window of what is considered socially and politically acceptable had abruptly shifted in a highly authoritarian and even totalitarian direction due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the response of our “leaders” to it. What was once unthinkable had become unquestionable (and vice-versa) within a matter of days to weeks, almost overnight. And once in place, the new restrictions (lockdowns, quarantines, business restrictions, school closures, gathering bans/limits, mask mandates, travel restrictions, etc.) have proven VERY difficult to undo in the climate of incessant and exaggerated fear that the authorities just kept on stoking, regardless of effectiveness or lack thereof and regardless of the very real collateral damage as well. It felt like the ruling Pharisees had slammed the proverbial gates of heaven in everyone’s faces and sent everyone a one-way ticket to hell, never to return again. Or so it seemed, at least.
(Diagram courtesy of Wikipedia)
But it now appears to be finally shifting back in the direction of liberty and civil/human rights. Little by little, and then eventually all at once at some point in the hopefully not too distant future. As of March 6, 2021, several states (17 already, and growing) are now abandoning this whole ship of fools and doing what Florida already did back in September and South Dakota already did last May–going cold turkey (or nearly so) later this month if not already. Once the first cracks and fissures in the facade appeared several months ago, it was only a matter of time before the proverbial dam would inevitably burst.