There's no joy in saying, "I told you so!" to a corpse @spockosbrain

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There’s no joy in saying, “I told you so!” to a corpse @spockosbrain
Published by Spocko on March 26, 2020


Soon we will have data on states that did NOT keep people apart and did NOT issue stay at home orders. I will share that data with a plea for people to act appropriately. Here’s what I will do and not do when it comes:

I WILL NOT gloat that Fox News watchers died. The network they followed featured Trump’s “hunches” instead of pandemic experts.

I WILL NOT cheer when people in Red States get sick. Even those who voted for Trump and kept supporting him.

What will I do? Keep pleading for them to listen to healthcare experts.

I want them to change their actions in order to save their lives. If they don’t, they might get sick and die. Part of that change is for them to understand that what Trump is saying and doing has made the situation worse.

Will they stop supporting him and change? Yes. Some will. I will welcome them to a community who believes in science. But some won’t.

If I’m wrong and they are right how will they respond? By mocking me. “See? I told you it wasn’t that big of a deal. I didn’t social distance and I’m fine! You lot destroyed the economy for nothing!”

I’m not sorry I tried to save their lives. I’m glad that they were lucky because of their remoteness or other circumstances that prevented them from getting sick. Maybe the actions that I took in my city and state early prevented them in their location from getting sick. That’s the prevention paradox.

If they are wrong and I’m right they will expect me to act the same way towards them as they they would. But I won’t. Why? Because I don’t care about “winning” the argument they set up. I care about saving lives. I can logically prove I was right but it’s a hollow victory, especially if the people who I’m arguing with are no longer alive to concede. My human side knows the sadness of being right on this topic.

There’s no joy in saying, “I told you so” to a corpse.

[Moostache]

1. Maybe so....maybe there is no joy to be found there, BUT...

IF they come from a whole family of Trumpers and Fox slaves, then there IS a some schadenfreude to be had...

You are a much finer person than I, but that is part of the problem for Democratic Party voters in general - being empathetic tends to make one also reticent to inflict harm or ridicule on others, especially those with disabilities or disadvantages to overcome...well, I will step into that void and man the barricade for all who are too decent to do so.

Fuck Trumpers. EVERY. LAST. ONE.
Fuck Trump himself. Perversely. With rusted garden tools.
Fuck the GOP enablers who led us here willingly.
Fuck the pseudo-X-tians that profess to love Christ, but loathe his actions and words and example.

Fuck them all.

I AM happy to tell them:

'we tried to tell you so...sure is a bad bit of luck there, but hey, grab those boot straps, pull yourself up and get busy burying those bodies because they aren't going to do it for you and waiting for a government handout or assistance in clearing a very real and present health risk is antithetical to you. Now, here's a shovel and some lime...get started because the stench of your dead families is getting a little gamey...'

[BComplex]

2. I am SO not that good of a person.

I'm glad there are folks like you.

[pat_k]

3. Yes. I like to think we are better than them.

Better than the types who said "aids is a just punishment." Or who believed the bullshit that somehow Californian's deserved to suffer the consequences of the fires for {reason of the day}.

Being a propagandist, or a victim of propaganda, isn't a crime worthy of a death sentence.