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NRaleighLiberal

(60,009 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 07:58 PM May 2020

well, look on the bright side. we are seeing answers to that age old

question, "what is a life worth". *

Some answers...MY trip to the beach. MY ability to sit at a restaurant. MY BUSINESS surviving.. and so many other pathetic, narcissistic answers

* note we are talking Caucasian, young lives. old folks? people of color? "the libs"? clearly worth far less.

I simply can't believe what I've witnessed in this country the past few months.

then again, silly us...we all KNOW corporations are people.



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onecaliberal

(32,786 posts)
2. There is a conversation on my nextdoor AP right now between wingnuts and normal people
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:02 PM
May 2020

About wearing a mask. The person who started the conversation said she’s not wearing the mask as a personal protest and invited people to join her. She says she is a nurse although I don’t believe they because of the comments.
I will stay the hell home until I am ordered back to work and then I will diligently protect myself and my family from people like her.
All of these people gathering in protest are going to find out this virus is not a joke.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,009 posts)
5. well, I keep telling myself that the problem may be self correcting if
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:05 PM
May 2020

enough of them drink the kool aid, so to speak...but its not that simple. their assholery will take out those who deserve better.

Little did Hillary know how unsuitable her word "deplorable" would be. They are far, far worse.

shanti

(21,675 posts)
7. Some nurses
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:15 PM
May 2020

are avid Magats too. I know of two of them (RNs) right off the top of my head, so I'm sure there are plenty more.

tblue37

(65,227 posts)
6. Some think a haircut or a manicure. If course, they've convinced themselves THEY won't get
Fri May 1, 2020, 08:07 PM
May 2020

CV-19, just as that 21-year-old on Instagram (Ireland Tate) did, just before she came down with it.

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