I am not the best at communicating over text. Let me try again. I am not dismissing the seriousness of what is happening on the border. I find it deeply concerning although I do not know the best way to handle it. That said, in recent days the number of people coming across the border has been used as a talking point on many news broadcasts that are attempting to argue against vaccination and masking. They do not have to both be untrue. This is not a black-and-white issue. My frustration when people bring up that particular topic is that it is often in response to other people expressing concerns about the low number of vaccinations in a certain region or the desire to be more aggressive with masking. The reason I said that it was a talking point is that it is continuously brought up when people don’t want to address the situation in Florida or across the rest of the country. It is a classic example of whataboutism. It’s responding
To something that is serious and alarming with something that is also alarming, but unrelated, instead of engaging the origianl
Concern. There is room (or should be) to discuss both with some level of nuance. However, pivoting away from a serious issue by bringing up another one is disingenuous. Sorry if that still isn’t clear. I really struggle to put these thought into words