i’ve been trying to think of one thing that the trump administration built, one successful task ( positive or negative ) they have accomplished.
the wall? i believe they’re up to a grand total of 5 miles of new construction, all of which will likely fall over in the next few years.
family separation? but really this operated by removing restrictions on structures that already existed ( structures built by bush, and expanded by obama. )
the federal judge makeover? all mcconnell.
honestly, i’m not sure they could have distributed masks even if they’d tried. ( and that’s doubtless part of their coronavirus response. they didn’t know how to do anything. )
moreover, i really think they never believed this was a big deal. they don’t believe in science, and they don’t believe in experts. they literally can’t because his followers don’t.
he succeeds by following their lead, not the other way around.
the conversation probably went like this. “well, this thing is overblown. and if it isn’t, who cares.”
i’m incredibly off topic. i just see our coronavirus response – the response that has actually happened – as a mirror of our ongoing climate change response. and it’s not a happy thought.
Yep. I think that’s one of the key dangers with populism. Send up the weather balloon (tweet) then act according to response. It’s horrifying.
And @Ratel - along those lines, it’s so crummy hearing people say, “well, they had underlying conditions,” when hearing about someone dying of COVID. Can you imagine telling someone you recently lost a loved one to cancer and them responding not, “oh, how shitty! Fuck cancer!” But instead, “Oh, but he must’ve had some underlying conditions.” Or, “but really he died of the organ failure, right, not the cancer?”
In Germany: a Covid-denying activist compares herself to a Nazi resistance fighter. One of her security guards quits on the spot, handing in his vest while saying “I won’t do security for this bullshit. You are trivializing the Holocaust.” As he is led peacefully away the young activist turns away and flees the stage in tears instead of finishing her speech.
That’s the catch exactly. I have no idea what insurance coverage would be like, but to get the benefit, you have to get it before you know if you are going to get very ill. Not something many people will be willing to do.
Exactly. Feigned ignorance, incompetence, or helplessness is all part of the tr0lling. If called on it or thwarted in the attempt to get the desired response, they cry. That immediately casts the tr0ll as the victim who has been wronged in some way.
Tip for would-be freedom fighters: Never publicly compare yourself to heroes of past movements, even if you think such comparisons are warranted. If there’s a clear parallel to be made there then let your fans make it themselves.
In the United States this unfortunate tendency usually manifests itself as some person of privilege likening themselves to Rosa Parks.
yeah. he keeps trying. Key West doesn’t give a good dogdamn. KW banned plastic bags and straws, despite Tallahassee saying municipalities can’t do that.
hell, masks in KW would be some clothing in a city that looooves to parade about in a banana hammock or g string and pasties. if they’d match a mask to the scant patches of cloth they will wear, it would be an improvement, I suppose
