Performative Sorrow 101

[Soph0571]

“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic” Stalin.
And we all know the GOP loves the mind of a murdering tyrant... heh.

[SergeStorms]

1. And all the while...

they'll be tearing down President Biden for some manufactured slight they'll create out of the thin blue sky.

That's almost always part of their performance as well.

[madaboutharry]

4. President Biden needs to be careful about which tie he wears.

It could become the next scandal.

[Nuffer]

2. Preformative

My thoughts exactly. Actually my birthday is 9/11 and I have had people tell me to change my birthday. I was here first..the 9/11 act took the place of the Oklahoma City bombing.. by all rights the 650,000 covid deaths should have pushed 9/11 out...

[PatSeg]

9. The 650,000 COVID deaths

can't be used to invade another country, enrich military contractors, or demonize a group of people for political purposes. The over-the-top memorializing of one very tragic event, has gotten excessive. Meanwhile, we've watched politicians use that tragedy for years for political advantage and hawks use it to increase military spending.

Republicans have tried to put that horrible day into a category akin to World War II, because it works to their advantage, whereas commemorating 650,000 COVID deaths does not.

[TNNurse]

3. I think the same of all those memorials for those 13

who just died in Afghanistan and nothing about the 2400+ who had already died.

[Traildogbob]

7. That is the statement of the year.

And gun (Freedumb) deaths exceed 9-11 every year.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. I wonder when we will be able to commemorate

The Covid-19 dead?

This year? Next year? The year after next?

You know it's going to be over 1,000,000 dead Americans by the time it is under control.

[JudyM]

10. Biden's honoring them ceremonially the night before his inauguration was meaningful.

Not that that’s adequate, but it was memorable.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Yes, I had forgotten that, it was only last February

It was such a relief to acknowledge the Dead Covid-19 victims. When Biden tookover.

Under the last president, it was as if the dead had never died.

[oldsoftie]

6. No, not "completely preventable". Foolish words

To think we had the ability to COMPLETELY prevent something that is all over the world is ridiculous.
It certainly could have and SHOULD have been handled in a much better way

[Evolve Dammit]

8. Had we done what was asked; contact tracing, testing, masking from 3/2020 on, we would be in a

much better place. But a big percentage just said Fuck it. I'm not doing ____ (fill in the blank) even if it means_____, because it's a hoax_____. Etc., Etc., Etc. The shared sacrifice of the WWII era is done in America, sadly. I wish it were not the case, but it is.