The “Just Wait ‘Til” Argument
25th August 2021
Freeberg nails it yet again.
“Just wait ’til” arguments are emotion, not reason.
This may not be evident to the people who need to know; the people who go around using them, with varying degrees of frequency. It is abundantly apparent to those of us who have been continually on the receiving end of them for the last sixteen to nineteen months. “Just wait ’til you catch the ‘vid.” “Just wait ’til you’re on a ventilator.” “Just wait ’til you suffer permanent lung or organ damage.” “Just wait ’til it’s your family members who have it, and they caught it from you.”
These are not rational arguments. They feel like they are, to the person who is making them. That’s the problem. Feel.