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>"I thought Democrats were for bodily autonomy" (with regards to vaccine mandates/passports)

The liberal position on bodily autonomy (and indeed most things) has never been absolute. If an action is likely to cause harm to others (and forgoing a vaccine in the midst of a deadly pandemic is indeed likely to cause harm to others), then reasonable action to curtail the harm is justified. As recently as the 2010s, both parties supported vaccine mandates. I remember conservatives making fun of the antivax movement as liberal lunacy as recently as 2019.

>"I thought liberals were for free speech" (with regards to cancel culture).

Cancel culture is itself a form of free expression and association.



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