Those who still have jobs are insensitive to the plight of protesters who want to go back to work

Glenn Harlan Reynolds:

Protests show 'two Americas' — those who lost their jobs and those still getting paid

People don’t appreciate being condescended to and bossed around, especially when the leaders ask them for sacrifices without empathy and humility.

This is especially the case when the sacrifices they are calling for are unnecessary for most people as the two posts above demonstrate.

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Others shame them as “virus deniers” and accuse the protesters of wanting people to die. But it’s hard not to notice a class divide here. As with so many of America’s conflicts, the divide is between the people in the political/managerial class on the one hand and the people in the working class on the other. And as usual, the smugness and authoritarianism are pretty much all on one side.
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Likewise, in Los Angeles — where less than half the county is working now — radio journalist Steve Gregory asked the L.A. County Board of Supervisors whether any of them were willing to take voluntary pay cuts during this crisis. He was told by the chair that his question was “irresponsible,” which is to say embarrassing and inconvenient. (By contrast, New Zealand’s senior officials, including the prime Minister, are taking a 20% pay cut.)

There really are two Americas here: Those still getting a paycheck from government, corporations or universities, and those who are unemployed, or seeing their small businesses suffer due to shutdowns. And the America still getting paid is, so far, not showing a whole lot of sympathy for the America that isn’t.
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There is too much hatred out there and it is coming mainly from the left.