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How the Pandemic Has Caused Partisan Paranoia

How the Pandemic has caused Partisan Paranoia
Ja’Cinthya Gilbert Crossdale
Mass hysteria and global panic has ensued since the pandemic gripped the nation. Political bias has most certainly not been immune to this hyper-political environment. Just recently, we have seen bi-partisan issues, such as COVID, relief splitting Congress down the middle. One of the core issues has been individual freedom and how folks are able to conduct themselves during the pandemic. For many, freedom has been compromised in the name of inconsistent health measures backed up by perceived pseudo-science.
Partisan politics has become the new norm and gripped the nation since the pandemic spread. Since this has occurred, politics have reigned supreme from top level issues all the way down to lower level. An interesting revelation from the pandemic has been the issue of individual freedom and choice in terms how folks conduct their daily lives. In fact, many have taken issues with the calls to wear masks and other protective gear. Aside from standard political bias, the pandemic has driven folks further apart.[1]
During the COVID crisis we have seen Republicans and Democrats have polarized toward opposite ends of the aisle. In fact, the issue of wearing a mask has become the core of politics. This is highlighted in further detail here, “Democratic leaders have been more vocal about the importance of face masks. Many Democratic governors have made it mandatory to wear masks in public. Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said if he were in the White House, he would “do everything possible to make it required” that people have to wear masks in public”[2]. It is quite intriguing to see that even a path to a cure has caused criticism from across the aisle, this is further highlighted here, No vaccine can be expected to produce complete or lasting immunity in all who take it. Millions will refuse to get vaccinated.
In contrast, while many Republican leaders have also spoken out about the importance of masks, other top Republicans have been more hesitant to mandate masks, even as their states have started to see surges of new cases amid reopening phases. The most obvious of these is Donald Trump himself.[3]
With this being said the issue of individual freedom has been highlighted unlike ever before. Not only has COVID conducted s public health crisis, but a liberty crisis as well.
[1]“Republicans, Democrats Move Even Further Apart in Coronavirus Concerns, The Guardian, June 25, 2020,
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/06/25/republicans-democrats-move-even-further-apart-in-coronavirus-concerns/
[2] Richard Haass “the Politics of a COVID 19 Vaccine,” Council of Foreign Relations, July 14, 2020, https://www.cfr.org/article/politics-covid-19-vaccine.
[3] Lauren Aratani, How did face masks become a political issue in America? June 29, 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/29/face-masks-us-politics-coronavirus

 

 

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  1. This increasing partisan paranoia is not new, and it is not caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Current partisan divides can be traced back to the start of the Trump presidency and even before. However, this is, I believe, the first time the public gets to see and experience partisan controversies in real time due to social media and access to technology. COVID-19 aggravates the dynamics as well, as this is not just another policy issue. We are talking about health security for over 300 million American citizens and billions of people around the world. The face mask debate which you talk about sheds a light on the way that the pandemic has aggravated old partisan breaches, which in this case is the issue of individual responsibility. For decades individual responsibility has been a key factor in the way Republicans approach policy, arguing that the government should not be responsible for offering services to the public, but to rather let individuals and companies take care of that. However, due to the pandemic, the debate has taken a massive turn and has led to a fiery battle on whether mask orders violate our rights and are constitutional or not.

  2. I really like that you chose to write about this as it is a pressing issue that needs to be resolved as soon as possible if we are looking to move forward as a country in the coming years. Unfortunately, it now seems as if we are further separated due to the pandemic whereas it could of become a force to bring us together and end parties! Personally this is quite upsetting to me, but I cannot help to wonder if the virus was not spread via particles in the air and no one had to wear masks, would things maybe be different? The wearing of masks has surely escalated many situations to the point where violence is enacted- not a great look for our country and also probably strengthening peoples polarized views.
    In my town I would say this has definitely divided us a lot more, with many people being upset about first selectwoman and how she has managed our town during this time. This is strange for such a small town who has had our current administration for a very long time, but this pandemic has truly changed things forever no matter where.

  3. Although it can be agreed that partisan paranoia has only been enhanced by COVID-19, I believe it began decades ago, in the 1970s to be exact. Unfortunately it feels like politics are ran by babies in suits. Compromise is something that many politicians feel is not necessary. According to a PEW research article, 56% of Americans are willing to have their representatives compromise- as long as their side gets more of what it wants. And of course, representatives are looking out for their constituents (or so they say). Currently, red states will be fighting harder for easing restrictions and economy driven legislations to please their constituents.

  4. While I don’t think that the pandemic caused partisan paranoia, I definitely think it has definitely highlighted the dangers behind partisan paranoia, and has shown that the unwillingness to compromise comes at a cost. I recently read an article about how a large portion of surveyed Gen Z wish to alleviate some gridlock that is happening within our federal government, especially Congress. It is interesting to see how as a generation, while we want to change the system that we live under, a large amount young people are still reluctant to vote. I think as important as it is to recognize partisan paranoia, we also need to recognize the need for compromise and elect officials who want to meet in the middle.

  5. I agree with all of the data and facts you give, but I have to disagree on the core issue: the pandemic has not created partisan paranoia. This is more of a culmination of years of increasing political polarization, more of a symptom of the underlying condition. While it is tough to pinpoint an actual date, this political divide has been growing since the middle late 20th century, around the rise of President Reagan and the New Conservative. From then on, the United States has been more prosperous, but this prosperity has not reached all corners and facets of society, causing discontent among those left behind by supply side economics. As these people become more and more frustrated, they found ideas to cling onto from their side and moved further to the ends, leaving relatively no middle ground. With the rise of the Tea Party movement and President Trump, both parties completely gutted their middle ground and created a false dichotomy between themselves. In reality, the two major parties are closer to each other than anyone likes to admit.
    This false dichotomy is what weaponized the pandemic into partisan paranoia. If a Democrat says that we need to wear a mask to save lives, a far right Republican will say that the Democrats are leading a deep state conspiracy against their rights to make it hard to breathe, while if a Republican says that the economy needs to reopen since unemployment is killing more, the Democrats will say that the Republicans are in with big industry. In actuality, both sides are right with their stated action, but neither side is willing to listen to the other and leaves us in the awkward situation where nothing gets done since there can be no compromise.

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