Doublethink

From George Orwell's 1984:

The Ministry of Truth—Minitrue, in Newspeak—was startlingly different from any other object in sight. It was an enormous pyramidal structure of glittering white concrete, soaring up, terrace after terrace, 300 metres into the air. From where Winston stood it was just possible to read, picked out on its white face in elegant lettering, the three slogans of the Party:

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

1. It's amazing how the coronavirus has all but magically disappeared overnight.

After all, on the one hand, I remember how liberals were libsplaining to us that it was our solemn duty to socially distance and obey lockdowns a mere week or so ago. This included forbidding large gatherings of church services.

On the other hand, it's now evidently perfectly fine to gather in large crowds for dance parties:

You weren’t allowed to go to church for the last three months but apparently you could have gotten together for a dance party. Well, as long as you have the right politics of course.

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— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 4, 2020

Yet there's been no vaccine for the coronavirus. I guess this must mean the coronavirus is no longer a public health threat. I guess it's vanished into thin air!

2. More examples:

OUT: COVID-19 is so dangerous that you can't even visit your loved one in the hospital even if they're dying.

IN: Hospital staff can go outside and applaud protesters, many of who, are walking with without a mask or social distancing.

It's really hard to reconcile those things. https://t.co/SLqCwRGVdw

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 4, 2020

Such an absolute joke pic.twitter.com/J7MQnUZ3YP

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 4, 2020

There is something both comical and depressing about how many people were screaming at people for not social distancing a week ago but are now supporting mass protests where all precautions are thrown out the window. https://t.co/wjnjRPKdfO

— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 4, 2020

Read these three tweets from the Chair of the New York City Council health committee and ask again why the public doesn’t always trust that health authorities are simply repeating what science says. pic.twitter.com/zX6hLJJ3aB

— Ari Schulman (@AriSchulman) June 3, 2020

3. In short, I guess yesterday's liberal narrative (coronavirus bad! socially distance good!) has been superseded by today's liberal narrative (what coronavirus? protests and looting and riots good!).

However, large gatherings of families and friends at weddings or funerals and large gatherings to worship God at church are still bad. Sorry, the coronavirus only disappeared for the left, not for conservatives and other normal people.

It's something straight out of Orwell.