Rex Huppke: I will not coddle Trump supporters who refuse to get vaccinated... [View all]

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1/ I will not coddle Trump supporters who refuse to get vaccinated and I won’t bear the burden of “listening to Trump supporters” to better understand them. Why, you ask?

2/ Regarding the unvaccinated, they’re prolonging the pandemic, costing us a fortune when they end up hospitalized, increasing the odds a vaccine-evading variant will develop AND they made life hell for many by refusing to wear masks and mocking those who do.

3/ I'm not going to be polite in the hope they'll do the right thing. They’re not children. They’re grown-ass adults who are willfully putting me, my family and the rest of the country at risk.

4/ There should be vaccine mandates in place to make it damn near impossible to function unless you’ve been vaccinated or have a medical condition that prevents you from getting vaccinated. That’s the only thing that’s going to work.

5/ Regarding “understanding Trump supporters,” I’ve done that, over and over and over again. Yet I’ve never, not once, seen a Trump supporter try to understand my views. Or seek middle ground. I’ve seen them cheer violence against those who disagree with them.

6/ I’ve been threatened by them, over and over and over again. They don’t want understanding. They'll accept nothing short of full acquiescence to their view of the world, a view shaped by the most fundamentally dishonest narcissist I’ve ever seen in public life.

7/ It’s not on me, or anyone else, to understand Trump supporters. They’re not complicated. And ignorance doesn’t win you a participation trophy.

8/ So no, I won’t carry that burden. I’m done. And everyone else should be too. You only need to spit in a fan a time or two to figure out what’ll happen if you do it again. END