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Apparently the GOP has decided that the proper response to the pandemic is to send their base out into the streets to cough on each other.
Have they decided that they just don't need 1-2% of their voters this November?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,651 posts)Or...they know that their survivors will be sure to vote for (gag me) tRump.
qwlauren35
(6,148 posts)It's not 1%. Not even 1% are getting sick. In some places, it's 1 in 100,000. (Nationally, it's 2 in 1,000 based on the NY Times numbers.) Those are the places where the protests are happening. The people do not feel protected. They feel abused. And their economy is tanking.
Some people have already said that a few lives are not as important as the economy.
Personally, I feel for them. They think they won't get sick. But some of those protesters are going to die.
Ignorance is not always bliss.
And they are led by a narcissistic sociopath who only thinks in terms of making money and giving the finger to the blue states.
lastlib
(23,254 posts)in the era of tRump, it's policy.
Ninga
(8,276 posts)Onward!
Arkansas Granny
(31,522 posts)underpants
(182,848 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,522 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I so need one of those shirts.
underpants
(182,848 posts)Google "you can't fix stupid quarantine shirt" lots of options.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Cha
(297,382 posts)vapor2
(1,248 posts)WHERE I CAN GET THIS SHIRT????
underpants
(182,848 posts)I'm going to be checking on that. I need one of those!! I want to wear that shirt to the capitol in Oregon and wander through the crowd of dumbasses!! Of course I'm gonna need a few really big, really mean dogs and well as a few bikers - same description!!
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)mozan
(33 posts)I hope they all get together as much as possible. mom I have a fever cough..cough.
death is bliss.
soldierant
(6,896 posts)we might - repeat might -be able to do so ... or by putting it on ships and sending them out to sea ... as long as stupid can't swim ... but I'm afraid that's only a dream.
Danascot
(4,690 posts)apparently.
Arkansas Granny
(31,522 posts)Solly Mack
(90,776 posts)would die for him.
Same way it gives him a thrill to think they will kill for him.(and have - Heather Heyer)
He enjoys having that kind of power over them.
Native
(5,942 posts)Solly Mack
(90,776 posts)I agree. This stuff gets his rocks off.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)wnylib
(21,528 posts)Solly Mack
(90,776 posts)their "liberation" rallies, Trump will again tell us how responsible they are in their behavior. He'll throw in how there are good people on both sides.
wnylib
(21,528 posts)It's only a matter of time before it happens, with Trump inciting people to violence. He won't take responsibility for it, of course. But I think the general public will blame him.
Right now, Trump believes that he is in a battle with blue states because their governors are performing so well. His ego says he must win no matter what the cost.
Grokenstein
(5,726 posts)Every time he gets away with something, it's an invitation for him to push the envelope even further. And once you get away with locking up and 'disappearing' children, what's next?
He's got pseudochristians cheering him as he feeds them to lions and he's on the edge of declaring himself God. People have compared him to Nero, but I'm thinking he's a lot closer to Caligula.
Solly Mack
(90,776 posts)Perhaps a combination of both Nero and Caligula.
Sadly, he's typical of his kind. Cruel, petty, egotistical, selfish, with a penchant for all things tyrannical, cowardly, and just plain mean.
treestar
(82,383 posts)who said that his father and Twitler are very similar.
Solly Mack
(90,776 posts)sellitman
(11,607 posts)It's just like you said
https://medium.com/@susiemeister/the-legacy-of-jim-jones-and-the-cult-of-donald-trump-116fd56aa612
Scary as shit.
underpants
(182,848 posts)It's that simple. It started with the church thing and naturally the seculars latched on to the model.
To me this sums it up perfectly
lostnfound
(16,187 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,274 posts)underpants
(182,848 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,274 posts)Grokenstein
(5,726 posts)"We're WHITE people! Rules are different for us! KOFF KOFF KOFF"
Celerity
(43,457 posts)intrepidity
(7,327 posts)Yeah, they probably figure they *do* have a buffer.
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)It's not just the willingness to sacrifice older voters that's counterproductive (and, of course, cruel). Making mail in voting more difficult means that a lot of likely GOP voters will have to choose between their safety and voting.
Wounded Bear
(58,674 posts)appalachiablue
(41,155 posts)occurred to me just a while ago. I also know that the hardcore followers won't blame or desert the leader.
mopinko
(70,150 posts)the one trumpkin i can abide is certain that urban dems will all die, but the rural brothers are safe out there in the boonies.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)malaise
(269,094 posts)That is all
kentuck
(111,106 posts)Also, if one of them gets sick, Trump may lose the entire family?
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vapor2
(1,248 posts)they are ignorant
interesting to find out how many get the virus and die from it.
wnylib
(21,528 posts)from license plates and cross check those names with obituaries in a few weeks.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)The demographic of the old white Trump supporter... those old fuckers with multiple underlying conditions. Socially distance from them, stat, cause they are going down. Cough cough. Splat.
TygrBright
(20,763 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,747 posts)FakeNoose
(32,669 posts)... and mostly men that I can see in the photos have have been posted online.
So these guys are (1) angry, (2) desperate, and (3) think they're never going to die. Of course none of them are giving any thought to their elderly relatives who WOULD likely die if they were to be exposed to the virus. Chump doesn't care, he'll use anybody who's stupid enough to fall for his lies.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Fucking stupid, incredibly so.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)FakeNoose
(32,669 posts)They're too angry & stupid to realize that Chump is using them. That was my point.
Thanks for playing along!
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)messaging. Even if a few ( or many ) have to give their lives, the powerful are just fine with that. Just look at the wars fought for oil. All those dead, just for wealth.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)but I sure as heck hope they get violently ill.. gasp for air.. have the feeling of drowning in their own bodily fluids.. and maybe they will wake up and understand what they are doing..
KT2000
(20,585 posts)so trump gets his way. The pressure on the Democratic governors is supposed to make them put people back to work and trump wins. Nothing more than that.
nakocal
(552 posts)Then the elderly can just die before they vote against Trump and the parents of any still living sick children will be too busy trying to keep their kids alive to vote for the orange shit-stain that is currently occupying the White House.
Sugarcoated
(7,724 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)The pandemic is just God's way of punishing liberals, dontcha know?
yuiyoshida
(41,833 posts)The less likely will vote in November...cause healthwise they won't be able to.
Pillow talk
(265 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,925 posts)Never interrupt your opponents when they are destroying themselves.
Warpy
(111,294 posts)or even sensible self preservation among Republicans?
There's your problem.
NotHardly
(1,062 posts)Downside being it might then infect more of us ... but, then, again, we take precautions and they do not...so, still.
Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)for the Darwin Awards this year. Unfortunately, I am unable to stop them.
UTUSN
(70,717 posts)Skittles
(153,169 posts)kimbutgar
(21,172 posts)A lot of people I see in those pictures of protesters fit the description.
It might be more than 1-2% that ends up dying. Plus being stubborn and not going to the doctor because those symptoms they will experience are a hoax in their eyes. if they recover they might not necessarily be happy with MF45
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Democrats will prevail, ultimately. In the meantime, things will really suck.
Auggie
(31,174 posts)Risk is somewhat -- very little, perhaps -- assuaged by making some money. To their minds.
DemoTex
(25,400 posts)We die too.
Trueblue Texan
(2,434 posts)Went to the Farmer's Market store and at least half the people were without masks. The store was complying with social distancing notices, but people mostly ignored them. They even brought their children. (Run! It's a VECTOR!!)
MineralMan
(146,319 posts)That would require them to supply a real name and address, which would violate their "liberty," you see.
lpbk2713
(42,763 posts)When they die before their time they will think they did it for "the cause".
niyad
(113,474 posts)they are "washed in the blood of the Lamb" or some such.
Personally, I think a little chlorine in the gene pool can't hurt.
JudyM
(29,251 posts)Why at the peak instead of when the risk ebbs?
Interviews with the marchers suggest they dont want to feel controlled as if theyre children, so its got that libertarian thing going on, plus a healthy dose of wanting to act stronger than the dems, like theyre more macho. If you walk into the belly of the beast when its at its worst I guess that makes you a real man. Theyre also giving the finger to librul media, not believing it could be at the cost of their lives, apparently.
wnylib
(21,528 posts)Was not much of a gamble for Moscow Mitch to "let the voters decide" on a Supreme Court nominee in 2016. Moscow Mitch knew the fix was in. Trump and his cabal know the fix is in for 2020. Tgey can afford to lose a few voters to covid.
For the Trumpists who think rural people are safe, they should look at the figures on the Navajo Reservation. Can' t get much more rural than they are, with people's homes separated from each other by dozens of miles throughout the reserve.
abakan
(1,819 posts)They keep thinking it's just the dems and independents that are dying. And once all those people are gone every thing will be all light and sunshine.A pox on their houses, this is not the going to end in their favor, because they are too ignorant to know they are the frogs in hot water and it's getting hotter.
Hassler
(3,380 posts)But he's a coward, afraid of guns and sharks, so this is his next best option. Kill thousands at a safe distance.
58Sunliner
(4,389 posts)A minority. He knows that the way to kill as many of us as possible is to push for a "re-opening" of commerce. It will cause massive problems and massive chaos. DT knows he did not actually win. He hates us all for it. The tools know as well that they are an actual minority. The 3 states they have chosen to protest in are now blue, but by margins that DT would like to try to decimate-kill, literally. No mistake that those 3 are chosen.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)nwliberalkiwi
(367 posts)They go home---they get sick---they have a gun---hmmmm!!!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,018 posts)get sick enough to not vote, but unfortunately it seems to be the democratic voter populations that are taking the brunt of the sickness and death.
Expendable Deplorables.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)IronLionZion
(45,471 posts)They think it will just be in the cities killing those sinful liberals but will somehow stop when it reaches forests and farmland. It's too late for that. It's already doing damage in the rural areas, which are less prepared due to lower hospital capacity and lax social distancing orders. It spreads through churches, sports games, social events, these protests at the state capitals, etc.
While the protesters might be relatively young, healthy, males. The rural areas are also filled with elderly who have underlying health conditions and less of them have health insurance. This pandemic has already shown regional devastation in some rural localities.