That video of Billie Eilish being physically assaulted at her own concert was disturbing to watch

That video of Billie Eilish being physically assaulted at her own concert was disturbing to watch and I feel like it kinda brings us back to this conversation that music fans and concert goers have been having for a while now over these last few years, which is that fans feel disgustingly and disturbingly entitled to do whatever they want at concerts. A lot of fans truly believe their individual liberties are at the end of the day more important than the safety of the people around them, including the artist they claim to love so much. The cultural and of course political prioritization of individual liberties, um, which is in opposition of collective safety is why artists are sexually harassed at their own concerts, right? Let's say an artist is flashed, this is something that that has happened. Um, is why artists are yelled at at their own concerts, they are spoken at like they're animals at their own concerts. It's why people bring weapons to concerts because they, the individual liberty of being able to own a gun supersedes the safety, um, of everyone around them and in that example, it's something that is very political, it's in our Constitution. And in the case of this Billie Eilish situation, sure it wasn't a weapon, but physical assault is physical assault and that person who put their hands on her believe that they were entitled to doing that, that their bodily autonomy to put their hands on someone else is more important than that person being safe. And Billie Eilish's fans have astutely noted that in this case of her being recently physically assaulted, it's an even more violent situation because she has a disability, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, that is physical in nature and it places her at a higher risk for facing negative health impacts, complications from being handled so aggressively like that, from being assaulted. And again, it all comes back to the fact that people aren't really thinking about other people's physical health, they're not thinking about other people, certainly not emotional health and wellness, they are simply thinking about what they have the right to do. But when we see physical harm happening and it's contextualised in this, um, in in in American culture which basically says again, anyone has the right to do basically anything they want at the detriment of everyone around them, it really makes you wonder in what ways are we harming each other in the concert environment that we can't see, like physically with our own eyes. And I do want to say that I'm not at all saying all acts of physical harm are the same in terms of morals and ethics, right? That's what I'm not saying. So no one in the comments, y'all better not be misinterpreting what I'm saying. But what I am saying is that when it comes to physical harm and physical violence in the concert environment, a lot of these actions that are different in nature can result in the same thing. Um, for instance, someone can come down with a new disability because of the assault that they faced. Um, someone can die because of the assault that they faced. These are the negative health, the negative physical health consequences of physical harm. And the reason these physical harms happen and are widespread is because people prioritise their individual liberty and believe they are entitled to doing what they want in public spaces as opposed to considering the health, um, and wellness of the people around them. And most of us, especially those of us who are community oriented people, believe that it is more important to sometimes deprioritize our individual liberties, if not always deprioritize our individual liberties if doing so is going to reduce harm on a community level or reduce harm even just for the people who are directly surrounding you in that moment. And by the way, those people absolutely include the artist who is performing who you might be standing just feet away from because you're barricade at a show. So if we all agree that it's important to protect the health of people surrounding us by sacrificing some of our individual liberties, why aren't we applying that logic to covid when it comes to concerts? Wearing a mask at a concert is probably the easiest way to stop physical harm from unfolding in the concert venue environment because unlike, you know, tackling someone who has a weapon or pulling someone back who is clearly aggressive, those situations can put your own life at immediate risk, right? However, what protects the artist that you love who, um, is performing and what protects you and also the fans who are actually, you know, acting respectfully around you is to wear a mask that reduces physical harm and it prevents people from facing the physical impacts of violence such as death and disability. If you don't believe physical violence has a place at concerts, then you absolutely should be wearing a mask at concerts.