{"id":224828,"date":"2021-04-11T22:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/"},"modified":"2021-04-11T22:44:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T19:44:00","slug":"new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"#New York&#8217;s lockdown self-harm and other commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25457abd995\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25457abd995\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/#Economy_desk_NYs_Lockdown_Self-Harm\" >Economy desk: NY\u2019s Lockdown Self-Harm<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/#Libertarian_Keeping_Questioning_on_Campus\" >Libertarian: Keeping Questioning on Campus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/#Neocon_No_Schools_Should_Be_Closed\" >Neocon: No Schools Should Be Closed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/#Media_watch_Press_War_on_DeSantis\" >Media watch: Press\u2019 War on DeSantis<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/new-yorks-lockdown-self-harm-and-other-commentary\/#Conservative_MLBs_Boycott_Hypocrisy\" >Conservative: MLB\u2019s Boycott Hypocrisy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#New York&#8217;s lockdown self-harm and other commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/brooklyn-store.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economy_desk_NYs_Lockdown_Self-Harm\"><\/span>Economy desk: NY\u2019s Lockdown Self-Harm<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The \u201cGreat Lockdown\u201d of 2020, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/a-state-lockdown-accounting-11618008397?mod=opinion_lead_pos1\">laments The Wall Street Journal\u2019s editorial board<\/a>, involved massive, \u201cself-inflicted\u201d harm \u2014 but some states fared better than others. \u201cStates that allowed businesses to reopen sooner, and maintained fewer restrictions for the rest of the year, recovered by year-end,\u201d according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. New York was especially hard-hit by Gov. Cuomo\u2019s refusal to reopen the economy during the summer \u201cdespite ample hospital capacity and fewer COVID cases. He let retail and restaurants in New York City partially reopen in the fall, but then reimposed a near-total lockdown in December. New York\u2019s economy never awoke from its spring coma.\u201d Compare that to Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis \u201clet nearly all businesses stay open after May\u201d and the economy contracted only 1.1 percent by year\u2019s end. The lesson: \u201cPoliticians like Gov. Cuomo made the pain from the Great Lockdown much worse than it had to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Libertarian_Keeping_Questioning_on_Campus\"><\/span>Libertarian: Keeping Questioning on Campus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When a \u201cmedical student questioned microaggressions,\u201d the University of Virginia \u201cbranded him a threat and banished him from campus,\u201d \u00ad<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/04\/07\/microaggressions-uva-student-kieran-bhattacharya-threat\/\">reports Reason\u2019s Robby Soave<\/a>. Kieran Bhattacharya asked a presenter at a panel discussion if you must be \u201ca member of a marginalized group\u201d to \u201cbe a victim of microaggression.\u201d She replied it wasn\u2019t necessary. He noted one of her slides \u201cdefined microaggressions as negative interactions with members of marginalized groups,\u201d and they had \u201ca polite disagreement.\u201d A professor complained, and UVA eventually told the student \u201che must be evaluated by psychological services before returning to classes,\u201d even as officials wouldn\u2019t \u201cclarify what exactly he was accused of.\u201d A court just ruled his lawsuit against UVA can proceed.\u00a0\u201cStudents must have the right to question administrators about poorly formed concepts from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> psychology\u201d without being branded \u201cthreats to public order. That\u2019s the difference between a public university and an asylum.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Neocon_No_Schools_Should_Be_Closed\"><\/span>Neocon: No Schools Should Be Closed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Districts still refusing to open schools showcase \u201ca species of bureaucratic inertia that has hardened into an intolerable intransigence over the course of this pandemic year\u201d \u2014 and it\u2019s \u201cactively harming this country\u2019s children,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/christine-rosen\/this-isnt-about-safety-anymore\/\">warns Commentary\u2019s Christine Rosen<\/a>. The \u201cparents who want to know why their kids can\u2019t go back to school this spring\u201d are \u201crepeatedly told that there isn\u2019t enough demand for in-person learning,\u201d instead of the truth about protesting teachers unions. The lies and obstruction have \u201cseriously undermined the trust many parents had\u201d in teachers, \u00adadministrators and elected officials. Enough.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Media_watch_Press_War_on_DeSantis\"><\/span>Media watch: Press\u2019 War on DeSantis<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cSay what you want about the media in 2021,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectator.us\/topic\/mess-ron-desantis-florida-coronavirus-cbs\/\">snarks Grace Curley at Spectator USA<\/a>, \u201cthey never let a dream die. For over a year now, the \u00adactivists who play journalists on TV have been hell-bent on \u00addestroying Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. The press is trying, with all its might, to turn him into the second most evil man in America,\u201d after former President Donald Trump; CBS\u2019 botched recent hit piece was only the latest \u00adattempt. Why the vendetta? The answer is obvious: Almost all the established media are \u00adbehind President Biden, and those \u201ccheerleaders are scared of DeSantis, because he is becoming a clear front-runner for 2024.\u201d But the blue checks should beware: \u201cThe last time the media hated a guy with this much deranged passion, they helped him get elected president.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conservative_MLBs_Boycott_Hypocrisy\"><\/span>Conservative: MLB\u2019s Boycott Hypocrisy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0Major League Baseball boycotted Georgia over a perfectly sane voting \u00adreform, yet it had no qualms forming ties with \u201ctwo of the most repressive totalitarian dictatorships on the face of the earth,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/04\/08\/georgia-isnt-line-with-mlbs-values-cuba-china-are\/\">fumes The Washington Post\u2019s Marc A. Thiessen<\/a>. The MLB held a 2016 exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> in Cuba \u2014 \u201cthe Castro family\u2019s tropical gulag.\u201d And in \u201cthe same week that MLB \u00addecided to leave Georgia, the league also announced a deal with Tencent, the Communist Party-linked Chinese telecommunications firm,\u201d implicating itself in Beijing\u2019s \u201cgenocide.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em>\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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