Aaron Rogers "Lied" About His Vax Status

[WestCanMan]

Neither of us watch football, but my wife and I got into a debate about whether or not Aaron Rogers 'lied' about his vax status.

For my wife there's no grey area on this one, but IMO it's no one else's business what Aaron Rogers' vax status is, unless they're in close contact with him.

1) He received homeopathic treatment, so he wasn't completely untreated

2) The people who were in personal contact with him (his teammates, family, friends, etc) knew about his actual vax status, so he was honest with the people that actually mattered

3) by pretending to be vaxed he was actually supporting the 'vaccines'.

Does it really matter what he told the general public about his vax status? I say no, the general public has no right to enquire about that, unless he broached the topic himself.

 

If I was to ask someone, with whom I have no personal connection with, a question from right out of the blue, which was completely none of my business, I would just accept that their answer may or may not be truthful because IMO they're not under any obligation whatsoever to tell me the truth in that situation: I'm not in a position of authority and they're not my guardian. What would honestly compel them to answer me truthfully? Sure they may have 'lied', but it's actually a courtesy for someone to even answer a rude question.

I know that a lot of people will take that to mean that 'I should be ok with people who lie in places like this forum', because I don't now them personally, but when people opt in on a topic of their own accord then the usual standards of polite discourse apply. 

 

Here's a fair comparison: if a journalist asks a famous woman whether or not she has ever had an abortion, and she doesn't give the correct answer, is that really considered lying? IMO she has the right to protect her own reputation if she wants to because that's no one else's business, so I wouldn't say that she lied.

 

After reading through my own post, I guess that I would summarize my opinion thusly: People who think that Aaron Rogers 'lied' are trying to apply the rules of polite discourse to his answer although the question that he was asked fell outside of said boundaries. 

[Aristides]

Ya, he lied. If he felt the question was outside the boundaries he should have said so, not misrepresent his status.

[WestCanMan]

On 11/15/2021 at 10:39 AM, Aristides said:

Ya, he lied. If he felt the question was outside the boundaries he should have said so, not misrepresent his status.

He wasn't allowed to say that the question was outside of the boundaries, even though that was the truth. That answer doesn't show proper covid fear mongering, and without obedience to the covid fear mongering protocols you can't open your business, play your sports/music, or do anything. 

The people who he lied to didn't deserve any better. They are neo-nazis.