Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Social distancing is a harmful and inaccurate meme

[Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancole]

I love Diana’s perspective :) 

But just in case the ship hasn’t sailed for you 

file:///Users/test/Documents/Social%20distancing%20is%20a%20misnomer%20%7C%20Opinion%20%7C%20eagletimes.com.webarchive
 
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This is an article by a friend who is quite clear about how important using the 
term PHYSICAL distancing is - and I think at least in northern New England, 
that is often what we say.

liz
Liz Ryan Cole
Pinnacle Project (Lyme, NH)

> On Nov 27, 2020, at 4:47 PM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I agree that a phrase like "physical distancing" would be better, but that
> ship has long since sailed.
> 
> That said, I think it is now such a ubiquitous phrase that its meaning is
> no longer tied to the meanings of the individual words.  I don't think
> young 'uns will associate it with a separation of social relationships
> anymore than they think that "bathrooms" imply there must be a bathtub,
> "sleeping together" requires sleeping, or "hang up the phone" has anything
> to do with something that hangs.
> 
> Diana
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 3:34 PM Melanie G <gomelaniego [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Diane, I live in a VERY different place from most of the people here.  I am
>> still seeing lots of MAGA banners and some of them say things like "make
>> liberals cry again" and "no more bullshit".  And sure there are plenty of
>> people here who will say hello and not move away, but it's with a very
>> different intention.
>> 
>> My main concern is the kids who grow up listening to this meme repeatedly
>> for a few years.  Imagine the school yard bullying made possible by just
>> quoting "social distancing".  I'm just really suprized there are not more
>> folks here on this list who see the harm in words, which after all, make
>> our world.
>> 
>> I used to teach middle school, and I envision some horror scenarios coming
>> out of this globally sanctioned and promoted "social distancing".  Besides
>> which, it quite simply is an inaccurate set of words to describe what we
>> are asking people to do, "keep 6 ft apart" would seem much more accurate to
>> me.
>> 
>> thanks for letting me rant and share about this.  I hope my view has given
>> you some insight into at least one other part of the country ..
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