(September 19, 2021 at 5:12 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Am I the only one watching the response to Covid around the world and no longer giving a fuck if our species becomes extinct??

The conservatives no longer gave a fuck first.

(September 18, 2021 at 5:41 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:

(September 17, 2021 at 10:30 pm)Jackalope Wrote: Quite frankly - and I'm not proud of this - I'm reduced to hoping the antis die quickly and leave little collateral damage and let the rest of us can get on with our lives.

Also, I had to abandon part of the reply I had to this post because of Internet connection issues hitting critical mass, but the remark about the ants dying quickly reminded me of this:

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And here's the story of what ended up happening with Crystal. Spoiler Alert: A bit over a month after posting this, Crystal ended up dying of COVID.

And in turn, this reminded me of another quote: "We love our deaths more than you love your lives." Yep, this is how far gone the right is by this point; they're echoing  fucking ISIS.

My only hope is that she died at home and didn't waste medical resources.

https://www.rawstory.com/texas-restaurant-no-masks/

(September 20, 2021 at 8:06 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:

https://www.rawstory.com/texas-restaurant-no-masks/

Oddly, I don’t have much of a problem with this. If private businesses can refuse service to the unmasked, shouldn’t they be able to refuse service to the masked?

Boru

It's not far from "No shoes, no shirt, no service", but the difference is intent.  And conservatives should be aware that this knife cuts both ways.  If used for only serious matters, it's not a problem, but opening this Pandora's box for every perceivable slight makes it kind of ridiculous.  Wear a MAGA hat in my store, you're out!  Got a dike haircut, no donuts for you!  In future, we may see signs out front saying something like Trump lovers only or Trumpists can fuck off.

Oddly enough, this attitude completely undermines the very core of what America is supposed to be, a free nation where anyone and everyone is allowed to pursue their life and prosperity without oppression.  Not that we ever really made that a reality.

If you don't take your mask off I'm afraid you'll not be allowed to stay and rob our bank.

(September 20, 2021 at 8:23 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:

(September 20, 2021 at 8:06 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:

https://www.rawstory.com/texas-restaurant-no-masks/

Oddly, I don’t have much of a problem with this. If private businesses can refuse service to the unmasked, shouldn’t they be able to refuse service to the masked?

Boru

As a public service, they have an obligation to serve without discrimination without a justifiable purpose in many states. That's as it should be, so that businesses cannot collectively, say, shut out trans individuals and refuse to serve them, sell them groceries, or whatever.

If the kid is immunocompromised, as the story indicates, why the hell would they take him into, or stay in, an 'unmasked' restaurant? Another odd thing, the parents state they wore the masks to protect the child. Do they wear them at home when eating?

Are the parents stupid or do they have an agenda?

Side note: Did anyone notice how drunk the owner appeared?

Now I'm hearing that some conservatives are claiming that liberals have been pushing vaccines to "trick" conservatives into rejecting them so that they will die from Covid. Sort of reverse psychology. Can this really be true?

(September 20, 2021 at 2:13 pm)Spongebob Wrote: Now I'm hearing that some conservatives are claiming that liberals have been pushing vaccines to "trick" conservatives into rejecting them so that they will die from Covid.  Sort of reverse psychology.  Can this really be true?

Liberal = science?