Birdnow's Aviary

April 20, 2020

Some are More Equal

Warner Todd Huston observes:

Um, if we are supposed to have shut down "non-essential" jobs and are enforcing "social distancing," how are we seeing literally thousands of radio and TV commercials all made in the last month about how we are "all in this together" and other coronavirus themes? Are ad men a "vital job"? Are the literally millions of TV employees so "essential that they can keep shooting TV commercials while the rest of us have our jobs shut down?

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1 Television commercials are usually (not always, but most often) made years in advance of when they are aired.

Posted by: Bill H at April 20, 2020 10:56 AM (vMiSr)

2 That may be so, Bill, but I think the point here is that we are NOT all in this together. I think there's a deep divide in this country, and I don't mean between Left and Right, though it may play out that way to a certain extent. I mean between those who are just as happy to stay at home and let the economy go to hell in a handbasket, and those who want to get back to work, start earning some money again, and get the economy going.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 20, 2020 11:02 AM (l0Dc6)

3 I think that's probably true, Dana, and a lot of it revolves around Trump Derangement Syndrome. But using bogus arguments to illustrate it not only does not help, it weakens the argument. It's the sort of thing that anti-Trumpers do. If they can show that we used one false argument to make our point then they can argue that we should not be believed in anything we say, and their point would not be entirely invalid.

Lie to a judge in court just once, and your goose is cooked. The judge will not believe anything you say thereafter.

Let the other side make silly, provably false claims. We should stick to saying things that make sense.

Posted by: Bill H at April 20, 2020 12:07 PM (vMiSr)

4 What bothers me about this "essential jobs" dance is that ALL jobs are essential to those who are providing them and earning money from them. My hairdresser is performing an essential job for her customers at Fantastic Sam's, and I'm going to start looking pretty damn scruffy before I can get back to her, not to mention that she's going to be hurting financially unless she can start cutting hair out of her home. Ditto for the people who groom my dog.

Why isn't EVERY job an "essential" job? Tell me just one job that isn't an essential job to somebody.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 20, 2020 09:58 PM (RjlmW)

5 I would agree with that analysis entirely. Every job is an essential job to the person who is doing it. Why else would they be doing it? If out politicians had ever worked for a living they would know that.

Posted by: Bill H at April 20, 2020 11:46 PM (vMiSr)

6 And the point Warner was making was that these psa's were shot AFTER the lockdowns, so they are considered vital services. Not ALL commercials, but the ones that have been out there promoting "together" stupidity.

BTW "stronger together" was Hillary Clinton's campaign slogan. Coincidence?

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 21, 2020 06:57 AM (ffSwX)

7 They pay any royalties to The Hag?

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at April 21, 2020 01:16 PM (qzo8l)

8 Wonder if that means she wants to run again?

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at April 22, 2020 08:05 AM (3+tNT)

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