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kpete

(71,986 posts)
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:17 PM Apr 2020

Will be forever haunted by this image of protestors in Ohio demanding governor open businesses

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Will be forever haunted by this image of protestors in Ohio demanding governor open businesses (Original Post) kpete Apr 2020 OP
My Ohio kinfolk .... this is what happened after reagan got rid of the fairness doctrine 2.5 .... Botany Apr 2020 #1
All of this! luvs2sing Apr 2020 #24
I know these kind of people well Botany Apr 2020 #45
Yup. I'm on the north side of Columbus. luvs2sing Apr 2020 #55
I try not to be racist/classist, but the white working class is the worst. Lucky Luciano Apr 2020 #81
You can thank almost 40 years of unchallenged hate radio for those two sorry suckers. CrispyQ Apr 2020 #90
In 2012 after the election I was told that now that Obama won re-election he would use ... Botany Apr 2020 #91
That is the curious thing, really The Mouth Apr 2020 #94
The zombie apocalypse DBoon Apr 2020 #2
10 points . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #9
I see them! Newest Reality Apr 2020 #11
... Aristus Apr 2020 #25
More thinking of this image.... phandancer917 Apr 2020 #39
Same intellectual level, though. Aristus Apr 2020 #43
already dead, only appears to be human DBoon Apr 2020 #66
And you know what DB? DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #67
Well if even 1 of those idiots have the virus MontanaMama Apr 2020 #3
Unfortunately they'll spread it to non-stupid people, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2020 #5
I know. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #6
No kidding. Given the spread of this thing, you know it's tagged at least one. crickets Apr 2020 #20
Freak show. BusyBeingBest Apr 2020 #4
OMG, before I even scrolled down, when I saw the first photo the very first thing that smirkymonkey Apr 2020 #31
Hauntingly similar. n/t Laelth Apr 2020 #7
Like something out of a horror movie SheltieLover Apr 2020 #8
Fucking morons WVreaper Apr 2020 #10
Good lord! wryter2000 Apr 2020 #12
Sweet they're crammed in so close together. The morons could be dead in a month. Vinca Apr 2020 #13
No that is not sweet. totodeinhere Apr 2020 #41
They're spreading all those aerosols around with the shouting. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #84
Lol, great one. Bet their dentists will recognize a couple. Hortensis Apr 2020 #14
The picture of all of those protestors in MI Jamastiene Apr 2020 #15
Right when we just heard about several meat packing plants shutting down. Do they have to lose power brewens Apr 2020 #16
Lock the Hospital Doors for Them n/t OhioChick Apr 2020 #17
That's what I say! Don't admit them to the hospitals if they get symptoms. BComplex Apr 2020 #22
Dawn of the Brain Dead kysrsoze Apr 2020 #18
I've lost all feelings for this type people bluestarone Apr 2020 #19
I haven't lost any feelings but gained a whole bunch of new ones SoonerPride Apr 2020 #28
Man do i hear you!! bluestarone Apr 2020 #30
And end up with tubes shoved down their throats. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #82
the question I ask myself is onethatcares Apr 2020 #21
Their heads are being filled with alarmist bullshit about the government. BComplex Apr 2020 #26
They're just acting like their role model. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #83
Am I a bad person for not caring, nay hoping, they get infected? mcar Apr 2020 #23
My first thought, with no emotional response whatsoever, was... Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #32
I noticed my wine glass was empty mcar Apr 2020 #34
Dammit! Pacifist Patriot Apr 2020 #37
No. I share your hopes. NurseJackie Apr 2020 #33
They are going against their god's directives about social distancing mcar Apr 2020 #36
The problem is that if they get it they can pass it on to other people. totodeinhere Apr 2020 #56
You aren't a bad person. Problem is that viruses don't discriminate. Caliman73 Apr 2020 #58
Like a RWNJ corona bubble mcar Apr 2020 #65
That would be lovely. I would get on board with that. Caliman73 Apr 2020 #68
I couldn't care less about any of them--good riddance, but it's all the innocents they could infect catbyte Apr 2020 #71
Me too mcar Apr 2020 #77
I'm a bad person too. Crunchy Frog Apr 2020 #85
Where is this place they're trying to escape from? I have questions. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2020 #27
"We want toilet paper!" Baitball Blogger Apr 2020 #29
Yesss...breathe on each other mooooooreeee.... forgotmylogin Apr 2020 #35
DeWine Was On Tapper Earlier ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #38
He has been a pleasant surprise Tribetime Apr 2020 #50
But he is still attacking women's rights while he thinks nobody is watching. niyad Apr 2020 #73
The Repugs are encouraging (and organizing) these protests ... Tennessee Hillbilly Apr 2020 #40
That reflection on the door glass.... are they watching a man urinate? hadEnuf Apr 2020 #42
Stupid is as stupid does NotHardly Apr 2020 #44
I hope they all get it.. and a good case.. not die.. I do not wish that on anyone Peacetrain Apr 2020 #46
Lick the glass Mendocino Apr 2020 #47
It's a Moran Apocalypse! Ford_Prefect Apr 2020 #48
Made me think of the Walking Dead too treestar Apr 2020 #49
Wowsers dailytroubadour Apr 2020 #51
Zombieland...Double Tap...where is Tallahassee? pbmus Apr 2020 #52
These fuckers better keep away from my grandma. liberalmuse Apr 2020 #53
you know damn well this would flip to screaming entitlement Ellen Forradalom Apr 2020 #54
That's what the unicorns looked like Generic Other Apr 2020 #57
Some of them might not be around for long bucolic_frolic Apr 2020 #59
i think half of these people should be thrown into jail for recless endangerment. AllaN01Bear Apr 2020 #60
I could see these people as the first to die in "zombie outbreak" lol rockfordfile Apr 2020 #61
Literally DYING to own the libs! eom scrabblequeen40 Apr 2020 #62
I see the joker thru that window wearing the trump hat. kacekwl Apr 2020 #63
Bring it you assholes. The stupid is burning America. And you can't fix stupid. Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #64
If fools like these get their way and mitigation becomes impossible thenelm1 Apr 2020 #69
They are idiots Hav Apr 2020 #70
Ironically I just got off the phone with my Ohio Republican sister mtngirl47 Apr 2020 #72
Why do we have to go through this hell with dumb people ? How about we negotiate a land deal and get BeckyDem Apr 2020 #74
I hold them just as responsible as the dripping piece of orange shit for committing murder. Doreen Apr 2020 #75
Darwin works "miracles." n/t. NNadir Apr 2020 #76
It no longer amazes me that there are people that are this stupid Politicub Apr 2020 #78
they need to look at their supid brainwashed selves. Cha Apr 2020 #79
We can't all be smart. nt Lucky Luciano Apr 2020 #80
The faces of "winning". nt ooky Apr 2020 #86
Remember to check Idaho Total Cases May 1 thru 8 StTimofEdenRoc Apr 2020 #87
They're looking for brains Blue Owl Apr 2020 #88
These People Are Brainwashed To A Ridiculous Degree colsohlibgal Apr 2020 #89
why do they look like they're yelling? subana Apr 2020 #92
It reminds me of the mob BlueMTexpat Apr 2020 #93
What business were they trying to get in to? haele Apr 2020 #95
OH's State Capital Botany Apr 2020 #96
Sigh lonely bird Apr 2020 #97

Botany

(70,501 posts)
1. My Ohio kinfolk .... this is what happened after reagan got rid of the fairness doctrine 2.5 ....
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:18 PM
Apr 2020

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... generations ago, they go to a good right wing Christian Church, and home schooling their kids too.


Nice social distancing too. Franklin County, OH today 1,053 proven cases of C-19 and 18 deaths from C-19.
As of 4/5 we had 0 deaths from C-19.

These people are lost. Fox News is no longer conservative enough for them so they watch News Max and OAN.

luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
24. All of this!
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:34 PM
Apr 2020

I was literally checking faces to see if there were family members in that crowd of terrorists.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
45. I know these kind of people well
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:16 PM
Apr 2020

Just 30 miles North of the state capital where the undead were yelling the locked door in Delaware, OH
these jewels were at a Trump rally.


luvs2sing

(2,220 posts)
55. Yup. I'm on the north side of Columbus.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:41 PM
Apr 2020

But my family is from Licking County, and most of them are fans of those two guys.

CrispyQ

(36,461 posts)
90. You can thank almost 40 years of unchallenged hate radio for those two sorry suckers.
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:29 AM
Apr 2020

Ignoring hate radio is the stupidest thing the dems/left ever did, and we still do.

Botany

(70,501 posts)
91. In 2012 after the election I was told that now that Obama won re-election he would use ...
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:40 AM
Apr 2020

... the U.N. to bring in Hamas fighters so he could get a 3rd term and take away everybody's guns.

Right now Fox & hate radio is working 24/7 to get people killed and or sick from C-19 by urging
that "they open it back up" because the cure is worse than the disease.

I wonder when the Trump Maggot have themselves, families, or friends getting sick and or dying
how long they stay on the Trumptanic? C-19 is now hitting the Ohio river valley and Appalachia
big time.

DENVERPOPS

(8,817 posts)
67. And you know what DB?
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:32 PM
Apr 2020

We ain't seen nothing yet when compared to what we will witness on Nov 3rd, and Nov 4th. If it even gets that far.
It doesn't matter whether they win or lose.........

Mark my words

Every day between now and then, they will get more and more ruthless, and more and more completely disavow the U.S. Constitution and Rule of Law. They.Have.No.Respect.For.Either As they have willfully demonstrated, with each and every single day that passes.

They have spent FORTY YEARS working towards this goal, and are one millimeter away from declaring a
Corporate Fascist Tyranny....By force if needed. They are not about to have anyone or anything stand in their way of a total Coup.....

If Trump, over the last few days hasn't shown us and the world where he and his band of merry Republicons are headed, no one has been watching the news. He already has succeeded in doing irreparable damage to this nation and it's Democracy. He has taken over public TV for 1-2 hours a day preaching the new Republicon tyranny, non stop. Every day, it gets more extreme and more like a dictatorship coup.

WASF

crickets

(25,969 posts)
20. No kidding. Given the spread of this thing, you know it's tagged at least one.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:29 PM
Apr 2020

I feel very sorry for their families at home, especially the children or elderly. They will be infecting all of them too.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
31. OMG, before I even scrolled down, when I saw the first photo the very first thing that
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:49 PM
Apr 2020

popped into my mind was "Shaun of the Dead"!

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
41. No that is not sweet.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:09 PM
Apr 2020

That is a very shortsighted comment. If they get it they could pass it on to other innocent people who had nothing to do with this protest.

Crunchy Frog

(26,579 posts)
84. They're spreading all those aerosols around with the shouting.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 08:25 PM
Apr 2020

I hope they end up being like those people in the church choir.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Lol, great one. Bet their dentists will recognize a couple.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:27 PM
Apr 2020

"Now this is only going to pinch a bit, and then you shouldn't feel anything."

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
15. The picture of all of those protestors in MI
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:27 PM
Apr 2020

blocking the ambulance will be the thing I will remember most when our civilization breaks down permanently, because of jerks like them doing all of this stupid stuff. Remember their faces. When America falls, it was their fault for not acting halfway civilized.

brewens

(13,582 posts)
16. Right when we just heard about several meat packing plants shutting down. Do they have to lose power
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:27 PM
Apr 2020

to get it? You really do not want to be responsible for infecting even one person in the food supply chain. Those people have to eat too, so they really can't quit.

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
22. That's what I say! Don't admit them to the hospitals if they get symptoms.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:32 PM
Apr 2020

Let the national guard get all their names and numbers, and when they show up at the hospital, don't admit them.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
28. I haven't lost any feelings but gained a whole bunch of new ones
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:44 PM
Apr 2020

That I can't repeat in polite company.

onethatcares

(16,167 posts)
21. the question I ask myself is
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:30 PM
Apr 2020

how the hell do supposedly grown people act like that?

the insanity is palpable.

BComplex

(8,049 posts)
26. Their heads are being filled with alarmist bullshit about the government.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:35 PM
Apr 2020

Trump, fox, and the new rightwing networks are behind this. Those networks need to be shut down before this country is no more.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
32. My first thought, with no emotional response whatsoever, was...
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:58 PM
Apr 2020

That's an image of a bunch of future COVID-19 patients, right there. And then I noticed I broke a nail and felt something.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
37. Dammit!
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:00 PM
Apr 2020

You made me look over at my glass on my desk. I have half a sip left. Felt the earth move with that one. Like moving me back to the bottle.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
33. No. I share your hopes.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:58 PM
Apr 2020

They're asking for it. So... I hope they get exactly what they want. Nothing wrong with that.

mcar

(42,307 posts)
36. They are going against their god's directives about social distancing
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:59 PM
Apr 2020

Yep, they're asking for it. I hope they don't spread it to innocent people.

And, fck them for blocking ambulances from getting to the hospital. Heartless, amoral bastards.

totodeinhere

(13,058 posts)
56. The problem is that if they get it they can pass it on to other people.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:41 PM
Apr 2020

So I at least hope they do not get infected. I wonder how many of them might have a grandparent or other vulnerable persons at home. No we should not hope that anyone gets it no matter who they are. To think otherwise is very shortsighted IMO.

Caliman73

(11,736 posts)
58. You aren't a bad person. Problem is that viruses don't discriminate.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:43 PM
Apr 2020

I totally understand the feeling. My gut reaction is the same, however, I immediately think that if they get infected, then they are going to spread the virus to innocent people that had nothing to do with their stupid protest.

If there was a way to guarantee that only they would be affected, I would say go for it. Let it happen. That is not how things work though. For that reason I would have to hope against your hopes.

Caliman73

(11,736 posts)
68. That would be lovely. I would get on board with that.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:32 PM
Apr 2020

If only the consequences of stupid people only affected them. Right!?!

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
71. I couldn't care less about any of them--good riddance, but it's all the innocents they could infect
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:49 PM
Apr 2020

that concerns me.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
27. Where is this place they're trying to escape from? I have questions.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 05:41 PM
Apr 2020

Exactly which mental institution has them all locked in where they seem so desperate?

Did some miss taking their sedative this morning?

Has someone called their parents?

Can we send them thoughts and prayers?..........

40. The Repugs are encouraging (and organizing) these protests ...
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:09 PM
Apr 2020

are over the country. They're trying to make the average American think that there's a lot of public support for Trump's plan to re-open everything as quickly as possible.

hadEnuf

(2,189 posts)
42. That reflection on the door glass.... are they watching a man urinate?
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:11 PM
Apr 2020


What a bunch of fucking morons....

Peacetrain

(22,875 posts)
46. I hope they all get it.. and a good case.. not die.. I do not wish that on anyone
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:20 PM
Apr 2020

but a really good case of the virus.. have fits of gasping for air.. just to know what they are going to put people through .. all those typhoid Mary's... My poor Mom has been in isolation at her care center for almost a month now so these idiots can chant..

treestar

(82,383 posts)
49. Made me think of the Walking Dead too
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:32 PM
Apr 2020

And they are packed in there passing on whatever each of them might have.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
53. These fuckers better keep away from my grandma.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:38 PM
Apr 2020

There will be hell to pay if anyone of these antiscience Trump-humping dipshits exposes her. My uncles practically have her hermitically sealed. When they come over to bring groceries, she has to stand in the next room. No hugs, either. My uncles are high-risk, too. It angers me immensely to see people like this so callously endangering lives. They are ugly inside and out.

Ellen Forradalom

(16,159 posts)
54. you know damn well this would flip to screaming entitlement
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:39 PM
Apr 2020

the minute they get COVID.

"NO ICU BED FOR ME? But I'M A WHITE AMERICAN! Throw an illegal immigrant off his ventilator, I need it! I demand to see a manager!"

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
59. Some of them might not be around for long
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 06:43 PM
Apr 2020

Don't understand their obsessions about money ... maybe they fantasize the invincibility of youth?

kacekwl

(7,016 posts)
63. I see the joker thru that window wearing the trump hat.
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:18 PM
Apr 2020

How appropriate. Then there was the person in the Joker mask.

thenelm1

(854 posts)
69. If fools like these get their way and mitigation becomes impossible
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:38 PM
Apr 2020

and we go through one, two or more waves of infection with even more accompanying disastrous economic consequences, the image that comes to me, as frightful as it may be, are of scenes from "Night of the Living Dead" and other like films where you have lines of troops or armed civilians opening fire on the monsters, or in this case, this type of idjit. Gawd forbid that ever happens, but taken to an extreme conclusion, it's not totally unforeseeable. It's like most literary, TV or movie horror come to life. We all assume that everything can brought under control eventually with smart, levelheaded action. But we don't have that now or will we ever with butthead in charge. Hopefully life won't imitate art, but in fiction, the worst usually happens.

Hav

(5,969 posts)
70. They are idiots
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:45 PM
Apr 2020

and they are lucky that this crowd looks rather small. Seeing them shouting like that with a highly contagious disease going around is irresponsible. It was a football match in Europe that lead to hotspots in regions of Italy and Spain as a result of all the saliva in the air due to the shouting and celebrations.

mtngirl47

(989 posts)
72. Ironically I just got off the phone with my Ohio Republican sister
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:52 PM
Apr 2020

(who has a freaking Masters Degree) and she ranted for 30 minutes that "our country just can't be shut down because some people might die."

I sat there thinking that I must be in some alternative universe where my "Christian" sister has been taken over by Trump body snatchers! And look, here's a picture of them!

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
74. Why do we have to go through this hell with dumb people ? How about we negotiate a land deal and get
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 07:58 PM
Apr 2020

rid of them?

Give them x amount of territory, and they can apply libertarian and conservative plans until they're all sick to death of it. Which these days may not take that long.

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
78. It no longer amazes me that there are people that are this stupid
Wed Apr 15, 2020, 08:11 PM
Apr 2020

Welp... looks like there will be another breakout of Covid in Ohio among the MAGA set. They should lick each other like a cat licks her kittens as a form of protest. Let's hope they stay in their bubble.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
89. These People Are Brainwashed To A Ridiculous Degree
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 11:01 AM
Apr 2020

Again Reagan is as responsible as anyone for where we are now.....tied with the insane “Citizens United” decision.

People slurping up far right propaganda for 30+ years has led us to this precarious time.

It looks like this Pandemic has exposed Trump enough that he is likely losing non foaming at the mouth supporters hourly......what happened In Wisconsin recently seems like a good omen, along with polling showing Trump losing support....bigly as that dumb low life would say.

Let’s crush this would be despot worse than Goldwater got crushed in 1964.

subana

(586 posts)
92. why do they look like they're yelling?
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 04:39 PM
Apr 2020

is it really such an inconvenience if they can't go to a grocery store or fast food place whenever they want? Just like their dear leader, they look like spoiled brats!

& those shelter orders are in place to save lives, including theirs! But if they would rather risk their lives by going to a store or congregating with a large number of people, I say go for it!! If republicans would rather die than obey an order that was created for their benefit, have a good time! I hope it kills as many republicans as possible! Running this country would be a lot easier if we didn't have to constantly wade through the crazy BS that comes from their side of the aisle!!

haele

(12,650 posts)
95. What business were they trying to get in to?
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 06:00 PM
Apr 2020

A Bar? A hair salon and Spa? A Yankee Candle store at a mall, or the mall itself?
What closed business would be so essential to them that it's closure would be so emotionally devastating to them to act like zombies out of a George Romero flick...
Surely not a school, a food bank, or a health clinic.

Haele.

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