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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:19 AM Jul 2020

It seems we have a very nasty, loud and ignorant basket of Deplorables who love to scream at

local government officials that "By God!" NO ONE is gonna make them wear a face mask.

(As an aside, the adjective "local" has become unnecessary when used in front of "government". "Local" is now the only government we have.)

These brainless tools insist that their "rights" would be violated and their "liberty" infringed by a mask requirement and that "the government has no business" weighing in on such a "personal decision".

A few questions for these children:

If your family is T-boned by a drunk who ran a red light, is it "ok" if the drunk insists it is his "right" to drive drunk and that "the government has no business" telling him where to stop?

Is it ok with you if the man who lives next door to your grandkids' daycare playground claims a "right" to let his pair of Bengal tigers out to frolic in his unfenced yard?

If the nursing home where your parent or grandparent resides hires unlicensed nurses, addicts and felons to staff the place, is it the "government's business" to shut them down?

Some people believe it should be their "personal decision" which side of the highway they drive on, whether they can cook meth in your apartment building and how young their sexual partners are. Are you one of them?

Wear a damn mask and stop whining about it or we are going to tattoo "I'm a big ol' DUMBASS!" on your forehead!

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It seems we have a very nasty, loud and ignorant basket of Deplorables who love to scream at (Original Post) Atticus Jul 2020 OP
These are the same people who oppose seat belts and helmets MaryMagdaline Jul 2020 #1
And fluoridated water and jet con trails and 5G towers and----nt Atticus Jul 2020 #13
You hit the nail on the head Kaiserguy Jul 2020 #2
I wonder if they had a spouse die of Covid RussBLib Jul 2020 #3
We know a man whose entire family got covid-19 and refuses to wear a mask cyclonefence Jul 2020 #7
"Local is now the only government we have." Va Lefty Jul 2020 #4
Folks like these are incapable of living in a complex society. sop Jul 2020 #5
Trump sucks. Magats are a cult Budi Jul 2020 #6
Good one. safeinOhio Jul 2020 #9
You can't control my body, safeinOhio Jul 2020 #8
How about wryter2000 Jul 2020 #10
I personally think that if they are in public around other people w/o a mask, they have ... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #11
"Me" and "my" and "mine" are all marks of mankinds' madness sanatanadharma Jul 2020 #12

MaryMagdaline

(7,858 posts)
1. These are the same people who oppose seat belts and helmets
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:25 AM
Jul 2020

But they’re covered by public hospitals and Medicaid when they’re in a coma after an accident

Kaiserguy

(740 posts)
2. You hit the nail on the head
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:27 AM
Jul 2020

and I suspect that it would take a lot more than a hit on the head to wake up these ignorant fools

RussBLib

(9,664 posts)
3. I wonder if they had a spouse die of Covid
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:29 AM
Jul 2020

if they would change their tune, or perhaps they would just accuse the government and hospitals of working together to kill his wife?

cyclonefence

(4,873 posts)
7. We know a man whose entire family got covid-19 and refuses to wear a mask
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:10 PM
Jul 2020

He says it was "like the flu"--they were in bed for three weeks (since when has the flu kept you in bed for three weeks?) and were now "just fine."

My husband replied, "100,000+ dead people would disagree with you."

Silence.

sop

(11,095 posts)
5. Folks like these are incapable of living in a complex society.
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 11:36 AM
Jul 2020

There are a number of lawless countries where they could live happily, free from any government dictates, liberated to fend for themselves.

wryter2000

(47,349 posts)
10. How about
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:19 PM
Jul 2020

If the guy next door to the playground insists it's his "right" to masturbate in front of a window where the kids can see him?

SWBTATTReg

(24,018 posts)
11. I personally think that if they are in public around other people w/o a mask, they have ...
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:30 PM
Jul 2020

already invisibly stamped / tattooed "I'm a big ol' DUMBASS" on their faces...

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
12. "Me" and "my" and "mine" are all marks of mankinds' madness
Wed Jul 1, 2020, 12:47 PM
Jul 2020

"I", "us", "ours" are the keys to unlocking true freedom.

Totally identified with a subjective concept of "freedom", some bind themselves within their own constructed cages of fear and reactivity and rejection.
They are not free who can not be taught history, ethics and logic. The fearful are not free.

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