It was pretty glaring. Yes.

There was no question here, who was in the wrong. Actually, in her case, SEVERAL wrongs. Including filing a false-alarm report. You can get in big trouble for doing that.

BOOM! THIS TOO.

She DID advance on him - FIRST. I think your assessment is correct. She didn't feel like she had to conform to a cautionary note from a black guy.

And then she backed off and did her queen-of-the-horror-movies act, screaming and yelling into her phone about how she was being attacked, right then and there - when he was not even near enough to reach out and touch her. It looked like he needed arms that were about 14-16 feet long to be able to do that.

When I saw the video, there she was - what looked like a few yards away,

bending over while choking her poor dog, and was near a tree screaming into her phone trying to make it sound as though she were being physically attacked right that moment, yelling how she was IN THE MIDST OF being attacked then and there, acting up a storm like she was starring in some horror movie, making it sound as though there was an assailant literally on top of her and brutalizing her.

This, mind you, WHILE the guy she was accusing was standing what looked like a few yards (like three-feet yards on a yardstick) away recording her histrionics with his cell phone. He was NOWHERE NEAR her. He was NOWHERE NEAR coming into physical contact with her. You could see her whole body, from head to foot, easily, WITH ROOM TO SPARE so you could see a LOT of the surroundings in the park around and behind her, which would prove he WAS NOT NEARLY as close to her as she was yowling on the phone claiming he was.

Actually, yes, I think she should be fired. If I were a coworker, I wouldn't want someone like her in the office any longer, where I worked. The behavior demonstrated proves she's unfit and can't get along with people, and can't take instruction - like LEASH YOUR DOG WHEN YOU WALK YOUR DOG IN A PARK WHERE IT SAYS TO LEASH YOUR DOG, okay? Who died and made her queen so she could wantonly and willfully ignore rules just because she didn't feel like doing so.

I'm sorry. No mercy. No patience for people like that. They're the people who'd run over your kid because they thought your kid was in the way and they didn't want to slow down and didn't think they should have to.

If I were running that business where she worked, she would not be employed there anymore. I'd feel compelled to consider the wellbeing of everybody else in the office with a loose cannon like her around.

THIS. For the most part, anyway.

I doubt that some of them are that self-aware, that they understand "what they've gotten us into."

They're just as impulsive as he is. All they know is what they want RIGHT THIS INSTANT! I doubt it's occurred to them that what their actions are aiming for is TOTAL FUCKING ANARCHY!

They're the "nobody tells ME what to do" crowd.

And I'm sorry to have to break it to them, but that's what we have government for. That's what we have police departments for. That's what we have fire departments for. That's what we have poison control for. That's what we have hospitals and doctors' and dentists' office visits - and dietitians and physical therapists and veterinarian visits for. That's what we have red-yellow-green stop 'n' go lights at intersections for. That's what we have a vehicle code for. That's what we have traffic control people out there with signs to "SLOW" or "STOP" when they're fixing the road and have things choked down to one-lane-only and have to manage two-way traffic, for Pete's sake. That's what we have instruction manuals for. That's what we have doctors' instructions for - when you get a prescription filled, that's what we have pharmacists for, who confront you when you're paying for your prescription, to ascertain that you understand the FUCKING INSTRUCTIONS before you take your meds and head for home. That's what we have fitness clubs, personal trainers, and exercise classes for. That's what we have teachers and professors and ministers and church leaders for. Hell, that's what we have the fucking Food Network for! To tell you what to do to fucking COOK something properly, forcryingoutloud!

If they want to live a "nobody tells me what to do" life, then they need to find their own island to live on, set up their own island nation, and live there. And I'd bet they'd want to dictate what to do to everybody who dared to try to settle on THEIR island.

They don't call it Dumbfuckistan for nothing.

Update -

At 10:55am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 5,710,933
Deaths worldwide - 356,645
Confirmed cases US - 1,718,713
Deaths - 101,428


At 12:05pm
Confirmed cases worldwide - 5,712,675
Deaths worldwide - 356,740
Confirmed cases US - 1,720,455
Deaths US - 101,523

Have you seen the "BYEDON 2020" bumper sticker?

A neighbor (and fellow Democratic activist) left one at our front door. I LOVE it!

LOVE how your t-shirts speak out, btw!

The Daily Dread - Tracking the spread, 5/28/20

All times Pacific, source: Johns Hopkins/NBC News

Late start, my apologies.

At 10:55am
Confirmed cases worldwide - 5,710,933
Deaths worldwide - 356,645
Confirmed cases US - 1,718,713
Deaths - 101,428

WHOA, Mike! I'm so glad you posted! Especially with this particular news!

It's amazing how the virus affects more of the body than just what you'd assume, with a respiratory disease.

We've sheltered in place for what is now 81 days.

And another K&R to be seen.

LOVE this!!!