Donald will lose the election. Patience
Next week they will rally for the right to light forest fires. Arsonist is such a pejorative term. If you don’t like cataclysmic fire storms, stay at home.
Waldron’s story, unfortunately, is far from unique. Over the past few weeks and months, there have been numerous stories involving individuals who dismissed the severity of COVID-19 only to find themselves infected and fighting for their lives.
While it’s easy for people — especially on social media — to harp on the irony of this situation, the real takeaway here is that the coronavirus is deadly and people need to take social distancing guidelines and mask-wearing extremely seriously.
Is that the correct term for the group? I thought it went:
a pack of wolves
a pride of lions
a murder of crows
a morgue of morons
We all ponder this. What is it that’s made America like this? It’s not a recent thing but it’s certainly at its peak. Is it mearly arrogance?
The Dumbening ; it’s been going on since at least the end of WWII, and it was far more effective than anyone could have ever anticipated.
I just overheard a maskless customer telling a masked worker how glad he was that he had the courage to not wear a mask. They had been commiserating about the discomfort of masks.
When they talk about how dangerous it is to rebreath germy air I notice they never quote actual health professionals who have experience wearing masks all day.
Kurt Anderson wrote a book about this; he traces our weak relationship with reality back to our origins. It is worth a read.
If these people get COVID-19 and die, that’s sad. If other people die because these assholes are hogging up all the ventilators? Now that’s a tragedy.
Thanks i’ll check it out. It’s really been fascinating watching America through all of this.
It’s really been fascinating watching America through all of this.
horrifying, not fascinating.
Fuck that guy. He doesn’t get to apologize. I don’t care how sincere he thinks he’s coming across.
EtA:
folly-of-youth
Is a concept that only applies to white guys. Everybody else has to learn from the consequences of their actions.
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