Why is it? If the Prez of the USA tells someone to buy a plane ticket and a flag, ...

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

... pay for a hotel, wear a funny costume, storm the capitol, break windows and doors, beat up cops, then this all must be done because, well, the president says so.

But, if the next president tells that same someone to wear a mask and maintain social distance, that president must be trampling all over my civil and human rights?

Of course, this is not an actual question that's worthy of a thoughtful answer. Just grumbling here.

[AmyStrange]

1. I know you say it's rhetorical, but...

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it's still a good question!

Thank you.
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[blueinredohio]

2. I would like to know how they paid for it.

I know some of these people have good jobs but I would say the majority of them don't. I make fairly good money and that would be pricey for me.

[PirateRo]

3. I don't know this is the right question

Maybe the question should be from the other side. How can people’s lives be so empty and rudderless they listen to an evident fool and criminal to simply drop everything and take up that cause?

Why aren’t they busy living their lives? Why don’t they have the education or mental discipline to shake it off?

There are some t-shirts or hats I might enjoy wearing but I’m not paying $28 for a t-shirt or $45 for a hat. And don’t get me wrong, I can buy cases of the stuff but I’m just not paying THAT PRICE. Where is the critical thinking? Where is the adult evaluation that looks at the object and makes the calculation that the money or activity is better applied in another, more constructive direction instead of a destructive one? Or a short-term feel good that’s over the minute buyer’s remorse hits?