{"id":2005,"date":"2020-08-16T17:49:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=2005"},"modified":"2020-08-16T17:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:49:42","slug":"coronavirus-the-fear-of-conservatism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/coronavirus-the-fear-of-conservatism\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus & the Fear of Conservatism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coronavirus & the Fear of Conservatism ~ but whose fear is it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 16 August 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinch me, wake me up, please tell me that I have been dreaming. I will not go so far as to say that the BBC has plumbed new depths of depravity, but could we say stupidity? Once renowned for its incisive journalism, for producing some of the finest English historical dramas ever to cross the airwaves, not to mention some of the finest comedies, the beeb has allowed itself to become so completely enslaved to the revisionism and foppery of liberalism and its politically correct mantra that it is fast becoming a parody of their worst excesses. Consider this article, if you will: ‘The fear of coronavirus is changing our psychology’.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There now follows a series of quotes, please look away if you are not up for a giggle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDue to some deeply evolved responses to disease, fears of contagion lead us to become more conformist and tribalistic, and less accepting of eccentricity. Our moral judgements become harsher and our social attitudes more conservative when considering issues such as immigration or sexual freedom and equality. Daily reminders of disease may even sway our political affiliations.\u201d {Oh no, Ha! Ha!}<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe recent reports of increased xenophobia and racism may already be the first sign of this\u201d {Ha! Ha! Ha!}<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the same study, a reminder to wash their hands led participants to be more judgemental of unconventional sexual behaviours. They were less forgiving of a woman who was said to masturbate while holding her childhood teddy bear, for example, or a couple who had sex in the bed of one of their grandmothers\u201d. {Ha! Ha! He! He! Others, Its and all \u2026 er, and so what?}<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 the threat of disease can also lead us be more distrustful of strangers. That\u2019s bad news if you\u2019re dating.\u201d {\u2026 guffaw!  and good news if you are not as cautious as you should be}<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 it can result in prejudice and xenophobia \u2026 fear of disease can influence people\u2019s attitudes to immigration.\u201d {snort, well, yes?}<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\u2019s Michael Palin when you need him! Oh yes, most likely virtue-signalling by calling for a new politically correct design for the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George. We\u2019ll press on without him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one level, the nonsense in this article is reassuring, for instance you may have been labouring under the false apprehension that your conservative view on the world and the renewed trust placed in less \u2018eccentricity\u2019 and more social and moral stability is the onset of coronavirus itself (one of those media-alleged new symptoms) or alternatively has been brought about by me, in Kaliningrad, hacking into your juice blender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No connection, but as for the sex bit, I would think that your lust affair with your teddy bear, Action Man model or Obama doll is your business, and as for grandma\u2019s bed, well it is the same as gay parades, it is all very colourful, isn\u2019t it, but do we really have to applaud every time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for strangers, generation upon generation of grandpops and grandmas (all suspicious about \u2018whose been sleeping in my bed\u2019 (wasn\u2019t that something to do with teddy bears? Or did that happen at their picnic?) have been warning the young about the dangers of strangers ~ \u201cIf you go down to the woods today you\u2019ll be in for a big surprise \u2026\u201d ~ there you are, it\u2019s those teddy bears again! Admittedly, it is not good for dating, and we no longer have Cilla Black to reassure us it is all safe fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And what about, \u201cExtra! Extra! Read all about it! Fear of coronavirus \u2018can result in prejudice and xenophobia \u2026 fear of disease can influence people\u2019s attitudes to immigration\u2019\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Presumably, when in lockdown you would welcome the chance to see more people, is not that the reason why when lockdown was eased hordes of Brits, both legacy and in name only, threw away their masks like women\u2019s libbers of old discarding their burnt bras, and shooting off to Skeggy and Brighton for the day, showed the world, whilst showing themselves up, just how tolerant they were to every piece of space invasion. The same could be said about Brit attitudes to immigration, unless of course you realise that the country is over-populated, that the NHS cannot cope and as the economy is at the lowest ebb it has been for years there is little sense in encouraging thousands of illegals to land upon these shores and put them up for free in Kent hotels. But then that\u2019s not xenophobia, that is common sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, we can see from this article that the definitive message is do not worry about catching coronavirus and feeling ill, do not worry about catching coronavirus and feeling very ill, do not worry about catching coronavirus and it killing you, the main concern is that the fear of coronavirus may wake you up from the PC nightmare inflicted upon you for the past 30 years and make you want life to be normal again ~ a return to Britain the way it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rest assured, this is not your fear, but the fear of it happening is sure terrifying someone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick, bring on the \u2018vaccine’!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You\u2019ll just have to wait until you\u2019ve had the vaccine!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2020 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Coronavirus & the Fear of Conservatism ~ but whose fear is it? Published: 16 August 2020 Pinch me, wake me up, please tell me that I have been dreaming. I will not go so far as to say that the BBC has plumbed new depths of depravity, but could we say stupidity? 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