‘Clap For NHS’ Virtue Signal to Return to UK
Cringe world strikes again
Paul Joseph Watson
The pointless and cringeworthy virtue signaling exercise where people ‘clap for the NHS’ once a week is set to return to the UK, according to the woman who started it.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday that England was set to enter a third national lockdown for an open ended period that could last for months.
The decision was made despite the fact that previous lockdowns haven’t worked, including one in London which saw higher cases after the lockdown than before it started.
To add insult to injury, the insufferable practice where people emerge from their houses at 8pm every night to ‘clap for carers’ is apparently making a comeback.
“The woman behind Clap for Our Carers, Annemarie Plas, has confirmed it will return from 8pm this Thursday,” tweeted reporter Carl McQueen. “This time, widening its message to #clapforheroes to “acknowledge every hero who has played their part through the pandemic”.”
NEW: The woman behind Clap for Our Carers, Annemarie Plas, has confirmed it will return from 8pm this Thursday. This time, widening its message to #clapforheroes to “acknowledge every hero who has played their part through the pandemic”.
— Carl McQueen (@CarlSMcQueen) January 6, 2021
McQueen admitted that the reaction to the idea had been largely negative, with many respondents dismissing it as “meaningless.”
Plas is trying to restart the gesture despite canceling its previous incarnation because it had become “too political.”
The coronavirus pandemic has seen nurses exalted to God-like status across the western world despite the fact that in England, hospitals are emptier than they were this time last year.
Family members of cancer victims and others suffering from serious illnesses who have had their treatment cancelled have also expressed fury at videos showing NHS nurses dancing in hospitals for social media clout.
As we previously highlighted, skeptics have pointed out that the event turned into a bizarre kind of communal ceremony, with the NHS being deified as a religious institution.
Doctor and author Theodore Dalrymple said the NHS worship clapathon reminds him of communist despotism.
“It reminds me a little, in its tendency to get longer and louder and almost more hysterical, of the applause after a speech by Nicolae Ceausescu or other communist despot, in which everyone in the audience had to show himself as enthusiastic and the most enthusiastic applauder, and to continue applauding as long as someone else was applauding, for to be the first to stop might be taken as a sign of disloyalty and dissent from the official line,” wrote the author.
Some people were even named and shamed by neighbors on social media sites for refusing to join in with the weekly worship session. TV channels also briefly went off air to encourage people to join in.
As we highlighted earlier, the true purpose of the new ‘lockdown’ (most of the country was under de facto lockdown anyway) is to give leeway to the police to be significantly more draconian in enforcing it.
*********
(TLB) published this article from Summit News as compiled and commented on by Paul Joseph Watson
A quick note from PJW
New limited edition merch now available! Click here.
In the age of mass Silicon Valley censorship It is crucial that we stay in touch.
I need you to sign up for my free newsletter here.
Support my sponsor – Turbo Force – a supercharged boost of clean energy without the comedown.
Also, I urgently need your financial support here.
••••
••••
Stay tuned to …
••••
The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate, and for this we are grateful and excited! But we must also be practical. For 7 years we have not asked for any donations, and have built this project with our own funds as we grew. We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent. So we have just installed donation buttons on our websites and ask that you consider this when you visit them. Nothing is too small. We thank you for all your support and your considerations … (TLB)
••••
Comment Policy: As a privately owned web site, we reserve the right to remove comments that contain spam, advertising, vulgarity, threats of violence, racism, or personal/abusive attacks on other users. This also applies to trolling, the use of more than one alias, or just intentional mischief. Enforcement of this policy is at the discretion of this websites administrators. Repeat offenders may be blocked or permanently banned without prior warning.
••••
Disclaimer: TLB websites contain copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available to our readers under the provisions of “fair use” in an effort to advance a better understanding of political, health, economic and social issues. The material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving it for research and educational purposes. If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than “fair use” you must request permission from the copyright owner.
••••
Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared are for informational purposes only including, but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material are not intended as medical advice or instruction. Nothing mentioned is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
Leave a Reply