Internet laughs at protester whose sign says 'COVID-19 is a lie' even though he's in full protection

[OhioChick]

As right-wing protesters descended on Huntington Beach, California to demand an end to the coronavirus lockdown, one protester in particular caught the eye of social media: A man whose sign read “COVID-19 is a lie” — even as he marched in a mask and a full-body protective suit.

Commenters laughed at the apparent contradiction — and some California lawmakers weighed in on the protesters generally.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/internet-laughs-at-protester-whose-sign-says-covid-19-is-a-lie-even-though-hes-in-full-protective-gear/

You can't fix stupid.

[msongs]

1. one suspects that outfit is worn as an attempt at humor not pure stupidity nt

[gristy]

4. yes, that is the case here nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Yes.

[greyl]

25. No, it's just the identity-obscuring costume of an unfunny right-wing nutjob.

It's like Kramer's USPS mail protest dummy. The costume is an exaggeration of their straw man argument. Nonsensical.





( Not saying Kramer is a right-wing nutjob at all. He's a beloved character. )

[dem4decades]

2. Was he the "Get a brain moran" guy from before?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Maybe "moran" guy is driving the truck

[dem4decades]

13. LOL

[OhioChick]

16. .....

[keithbvadu2]

19. It's a tough word. Two syllables.

[BHDem53]

20. He'll just a an L to the end of it.

[struggle4progress]

24. Wee the pee-pee?

[Mike Nelson]

3. I think...

... he "overdressed" to make a point, which may not have been made the way he intended. That was my first thought, upon seeing the picture.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

5. And NO real Californian EVER refers to their state as "Cali."

I lived there for years, we NEVER said that. And I lived in San Francisco. We NEVER call it "Frisco" either.

[napi21]

6. My son visitede me last night & tol;d me how many people he workd with who really believe this virus

thing is completely made up by the media & gov't so they can just boss people around. When asked about why he thought about the many people who are dying, they said it's just the flu that comes around every year. They think wearing all these masks & staying 6 feet apart is just stupid and they don't bother with any of it.

My son said he tried to explain the facts to them but now has just given up. He said their minds are made up and it's not worth wasting you breath.

[hedda_foil]

10. What kinds of jobs do these idiots (and your decidedly NON idiot son) do?

[napi21]

11. They areaicraft mechanics for a major airline. No slouch job. But I should also tell you they are

ALL Rethughs! I don't think it has anything to do with their mental capacity, but they believe Trump was right when he said it was just another flu & it will go away.

[hedda_foil]

17. Idiocracy. I'm glad your son never succumbed. Shows excellent parenting.😊

[haele]

18. I've met quite a few Aircraft Mechanics..

Happy to be Union guys, but at the same time, most were also LibertarianAssholes (you can't say "libertarian" without asshole attaching itself to that word) who actually believed that they were the only people who really worked hard and deserved their rather nice paycheck and benefits and everyone else who wasn't already well off were just lazy slackers.
They didn't seem to understand what their Union did for them, either. They all "made it by themselves without any help or handouts..."

Haele

[Ilsa]

26. And the doctors and nurses are just dying from the flu?

When they typically get themselves vaccinated against the flu every year?

Yes, your son's coworkers are completely irrational. Maybe COVID-19 causes trump-brain.

[Jarqui]

8. Maybe he used a little too much glue putting the costume together ....

Liberated too many brain cells

[jimlup]

12. Yeah I'm embarrassed to be from Michigan

they don't speak for me.

[Marcuse]

14. Obviously influenced by his intellectual mentor.

[Blue Owl]

15. OMG

[roamer65]

21. I wonder what would happen if a few of us showed up without a mask and started coughing all over.

[OhioChick]

22. We'd probably get charged with domestic terrorism

[roamer65]

23. Yeah. I think ur right.

Just for coughing and because we’re liberals.