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Protests Yes, Camps No: Cuomo Called Out For Hypocrisy

"Hypocrisy at its finest": Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio are being called out for double standards, forbidding summer camps and playgrounds for children but allowing mass rallies for adults on Sunday. Full Story

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This is a constitutional issue!
June 14, 2020 8:23 pm

The clear constitution right to have camps and playgrounds should not be violated!! Unlike the ridiculous, outdoor, gatherings peaceably assembles to petition the government, which should absolutely be banned.

Constitutional
Reply to  This is a constitutional issue!
June 14, 2020 9:21 pm

I’m afraid you are mistaken. Free speech is constitutional. See the 2nd Amendment. Not justifying them, just stating a fact.

attorney
Reply to  Constitutional
June 14, 2020 11:08 pm

It’s the First Amendment. The Second concerns the right to bear arms.

No, it’s called the constitution, look it up
Reply to  Constitutional
June 14, 2020 11:38 pm

I read the second amendment and it was something about a militia? Nothing about protesting. You clearly don’t know what you’re talking about.

Trump should just override Cuomo; the constitution has a clear supremacy clause, and it’s not even one of the (lesser) amendments; it’s in the original text

Correction...
Reply to  Constitutional
June 15, 2020 7:24 am

First Amendment. Second Amendment is about guns.

Hypocrites!!
June 14, 2020 8:30 pm

No playgrounds or sleep away camps for the kids?!?!
This is definitely not about Covid.

attorney
June 14, 2020 8:33 pm

. . . protests are constitutionally protected.

Cmon
Reply to  attorney
June 14, 2020 9:04 pm

We both know this isn’t about the constitution

SO true! It is not about the constitution AT ALL!
Reply to  Cmon
June 14, 2020 10:56 pm

In part, it’s about making people so accustomed to “needing” an alternative to going out that they will not go out and vote in person on primary election day, so they’ll vote early or by mail, which can be much more easily cheated upon — FRAUD! — than voting in person. It will also lower voter turnout in general, which always favors incumbents and Democrats.

Voter turnout and fraud
Reply to  SO true! It is not about the constitution AT ALL!
June 14, 2020 11:32 pm

Early voting and vote-by-mail have been used for elections in the US for over 150 years.

It will -increase- voter turnout, because ease of access to the ballot always increases turnout.

Low voter turnout usually helps -republicans- although most political scholars say now that increased voter turnout will not advantage either side.

But I’m sure you will vote for the one who loves you, and also all the other poorly educated.

Mottel
Reply to  SO true! It is not about the constitution AT ALL!
June 15, 2020 11:28 am

1. There is no evidence that voting by mail increases fraud. Our community leaders have encouraged it, because it’s a *safe* easy way for people to vote.
2. lower turnout almost always benefits incumbents, yes, but also overall greatly benefits conservatives.

attorney
Reply to  Cmon
June 14, 2020 11:09 pm

It is absolutely a constitutional issue.

Attorney student
Reply to  attorney
June 14, 2020 9:45 pm

…and so is prayer!

Constitution
Reply to  attorney
June 15, 2020 2:26 am

The right to bear arms is also protected by the constitution. Good luck getting one in NYC.

S0 frustrated
June 14, 2020 8:41 pm

Feels like we are just a bunch if puppets and we have these 2 people dictating our lives and there is just nothing we can do about it!! It’s a disgrace.

S0 frustrated
June 14, 2020 8:43 pm

We are just a bunch of puppets and these 2 men are dictating our lives and there is nothing we can do about it.

Putting it politically correct
June 14, 2020 8:49 pm

What are all the non yeshiva teens going to do over the summer. Protest all day every day?

Perfect example
Reply to  Putting it politically correct
June 15, 2020 8:37 am

This comment is showing exactly why there are protests. Truth- what are ALL the teenagers going to be doing?

Anti Semitic
June 14, 2020 9:27 pm

It was the Jewish camps petitioning to be open…

We need to speak up
June 14, 2020 9:27 pm

It’s time that we stopped letting them push us around. We need to stand up for our rights.

S0 frustrated
Reply to  We need to speak up
June 14, 2020 10:13 pm

How?

New Autonomous Zone
Reply to  S0 frustrated
June 14, 2020 11:14 pm

Jewish camps should declare ourselves a new autonomous zone, and stay in the camps until Cuomo opens up or summer ends, whichever comes first.

Community leaders action required
June 14, 2020 10:03 pm

Let’s have all the community leaders of all Jewish neighborhoods to protest against the governor of new York state for not allowing to open up the camps the summer , why are we told to vote for Democrats, this should teach us a lesson to stop voting Democrats

Problem Solved - Kinderla, Welcome to Protest Camp
June 14, 2020 10:35 pm

Just rename the Jewish camps, Black Lives Jewish Camp #1, 2 and 3. That’s it, its not a camp, its a continual protest, for the whole summer, with unlimited kosher food. And according to the NY Political Correctness Code, if you protest, and are part of ethnic/racial group that votes, you don’t break the law. That’s why Gov Cuomo is threatening to close down the bars in Manhattan and the Hamptons, but won’t make arrests when protestors block Eastern Parkway by the Brooklyn Museum. Did you learn something today? I hope so.

Jay

Voting blocks!
June 15, 2020 3:51 am

The Jewish communities in NYC need to make voting blocks, pressuring politicians to give —- about us!

This is not nice....
June 15, 2020 6:11 am

But hipocracy runs on both sides
Of course our children should be allowed to go to camp BUT if we allow that we can in no way expect or ask other Yidden to NOT VISIT Crown Heights.

There’s clearly a difference
Reply to  This is not nice....
June 15, 2020 10:48 am

Did you not realize that travel is what made covid a universal pandemic?

how correct
Reply to  This is not nice....
June 15, 2020 11:50 am

How can we possibly ask our brothers and sisters to keep away from Crown Heights, away from Beis Rabbeinu the source of their energy only because we are worried about the virus, yet we are willing to send our children away to camp and expose them which in turn will bring it back Chas V’Shalom to us here.

Camps VS Protests
June 15, 2020 10:14 am

Hashem is clearly being in charge here, & watching over all Jewish kinderlach so as NOT to, Chas V’Sholem, get sick over this summer.
On the flip side, Hashem is letting the Protesters be close in contact with one another at their own risk, with a very high possibility of them getting ill & possibly dying.

Oh please
Reply to  Camps VS Protests
June 15, 2020 1:24 pm

Kids are not at risk for this virus.
Camps should be the FIRST thing opened.

"Calling for social injustice "
June 16, 2020 12:47 am

Actually, no- people are protesting injustice and *calling for social justice*

Be sensible
June 16, 2020 12:37 pm

The problem with playgrounds is it’s an open or close decision. Playgrounds can be safe if they are not over crowded and social distancing is maintained. However, once you open the playgrounds there is no way to control how many can be admitted and, kids being kids, it would be very difficult to enforce social distancing.
The orthodox communities have been hit hard by the virus. Children have suffered a mysterious inflammatory disease. While it may be inconvenient, I suggest utilizing the larger parks, which can handle crowds and still allow for distancing.

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