When this is all over and we properly examine what was done

[William769]

Link to tweet

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

1. Fox News is like someone...

That yells “FIRE” in a crowd.

[Raster]

4. No, actually Fux News is like the person telling everyone to sit back down and remain calm...

...and NOT try to evacuate the theater, even as the flames spread and the smoke envelopes everything.

[fwvinson]

16. Except, there is a fire in the room. Everyone needs to get out and Frump is telling you to sit down

and shut up.

[liberalmuse]

19. Then they will dismiss the tragedy with,

“Well, those people shouldn’t have gone to the movies in the first place.” Ladies and gentlemen, everyday we stand next to people who deny this virus, tell us it’s a liberal hoax or overblown. In the next breath they condemn their fellow Americans stuck in crowded airports being possibly exposed to illness or worse with, “Well they shouldn’t have been there.” This is what evil looks like. It’s not always some dastardly villain. It’s people listening to propaganda that demonizes “other”, mocking reality that doesn’t conform to their overlord’s false narratives (which turns out to be twisting and distorting just about everything that is good), then glibly dismissing tragedy with the waive of a hand, blaming and even scoffing at the victims. They’ve been nurturing their dark side for decades and I really think they may never be able to be shown the light.

[Raster]

32. I went to my local Safeway the other morning....

...I watched a guy grab 12 large packs of toilet paper -basically everything that was on the shelves- and as he left I commented to the checker at the register: "I wished our federal government and the POTUS were handing this better"

She replied very tersely: "Agree to disagree. He can't be in charge of everything."

I walked away shaking my head. The #tRumpCult will NEVER see the truth. In their mind, their dear leader is just a hapless victim of a plot by Democrats and the media to destroy his "presidency."

[rickyhall]

38. Went to Walmart yesterday & they had no toilet paper.

So we bought the last 2 cases of kleenex.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

26. It's the opposite. The theatre is on fire and they're telling people to relax and watch the movie.

[William769]

25. ...

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. and the decades of Rushian hate radio. that came first.

[calimary]

9. Rushian - is right. That pompous ass IS the "patient zero" of hatemongering.

[Tumbulu]

10. Yes, and so why can't Bloomberg buy

him out?

[Henk_sg]

18. We won't have Rush to kick around much longer

His excesses and lack of willpower have issued him a death sentence. First his abuse of opiates caused the man who makes his live speaking to lose his hearing. Now his abuse of tobacco has given him a cancer that he won't survive.

Disclaimer: I don't believe addiction is a willpower issue, but Rush does, for other people at least.

[IronLionZion]

5. Conservatives openly boast online about congregating in crowded places

in open defiance of the "liberal media" and "socialist mayors/governors" trying to take away their freedoms. Since this is all a hoax to undermine our great president.

[pazzyanne]

11. Ooh, really.

Then why did their "god" declare a national emergency, hmmm? It is the first time he has made any sense at all since this started.

[Mariana]

17. "He had to do that for political reasons. It doesn't mean anything."

I'm related to a Trumpster who said this. This person is 81 and a cancer survivor, and is therefore highly at risk from this virus.

[pazzyanne]

20. So you are saying he is not being honest in his announcement?

I'll buy that!

[Mariana]

24. Like most Trump fans, this person doesn't mind that he lies constantly. nt.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. They're like the idiots with pickup trucks who are "rolling coal"

because they think they're owning the libs.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. FTC licenses must roll, & truth, opinion, propaganda defined

Churchill stated publicly, and FDR concurred, that lies undermine government and the ability to govern. We're not there yet.

[Iliyah]

7. fake news (Murdoch) reminds me of . . .

1958 Blob movie . . .

[ashredux]

13. LOL...BTW...a great movie...Steve McQueen's start

[mercuryblues]

39. Ha. that movie has

been viewed as a commentary on communism. The "blob" symbolized communism. The more people it ate, the redder it got.

[Joinfortmill]

8. Ha! Just shut those phuckers down.

[Magoo48]

12. Yes, and perhaps the establishment of an opposition party to replace republicans

who’ve become a right wing, white-power nationalist cult, no longer an American political party in any real contemporary sense of the word.

[Nitram]

14. Yes!!!!

[Ferrets are Cool]

15. As long as that cess pit makes two red cents, it isn't going anywhere. nt

[Orrex]

21. Let's not kid ourselves

After this is over, the first step we will see is the Senate once again shielding fuckhead Trump from any accountability.

Step two will be the Congress acting to ensure that it faces no repercussions for mishandling.

Step three will be to make sure that billionaires are bailed out.

Step four will be to make certain that no social programs are enacted in hope of preventing similar situations in the future.

Step five will be to make sure that the middle and lower classes are prevented from escaping the financial catastrophe caused by this outbreak, in order to protect the millionaires and billionaires.


And this all assumes that fuckhead Trump doesn't simply declare martial law at some point and thereby install himself as fuckhead dictator for life.

[ancianita]

22. There's plenty of Doubt Industry behind FOX News. They're just the tip of the corporate iceberg that

promotes the noise politics of fear and ignorance to distract from disaster capitalism happening all over.

Until the pandemics and climate crises they create hurt their bottom line. Well, some of them.

Will we actually solve some problems? Probably not, just default back into ego, boredom, conflict-driven consumer dynamics.

We're not getting out of this until humans actually see each other as allies.

[uponit7771]

23. K&R, ... and faux news can't say Trump told them to

[Under The Radar]

28. That is assuming that we have enough adults to engage in said conversation

[defacto7]

30. When this is over I'll do my best to examine what happened

and start a dialog on how to do better just after I find a stone and a couple sticks to build a fire.

[BComplex]

31. I wish I could recommend this post a million times..to however many Fox News viewers there are.

Fox "news" is killing this country's people, and destroying the government.

[Cha]

33. Retweeted! Yes! Hold trump and fox "screws" responsible

Link to tweet

Thank you, Bill

[live love laugh]

35. Hate radio as well nt

[Azathoth]

36. Lying about a pandemic is literally shouting fire in a crowded theater nt

[Grokenstein]

37. Politics: NOT A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT.

Sorry for the all-caps but this needs to be shouted from the rooftops.