The Partisan Divide on Issues

[David Horn]

(04-17-2020, 05:36 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: … And I can’t help a little bit but resent the selfish and hedonistic way some people are ignoring the isolation precautions.  The more you bypass the precautions, the longer they have to stay in place.  These people care more about themselves than, say, the first responders and medical professionals. They cling to the Unravelling old ideals rather than shifting with the Trigger.

That’s pretty much where I am right now.

I share this, but with a caveat. There are many small business people who actively resisted taxation and regulation when it paid them well, and saved little if anything for the proverbial rainy day. Now, they're stuck at home, their businesses closed and their income at $0.00. So they lash out at their fate -- one they fully participated in creating -- and cry for their hero DJT to release the Kraken and bring back prosperity. They firmly believe that this is a hoax, or, if not a hoax, then exaggerated for someone else's benefit. It's irrational, but 40 years of the Kool-Aid takes its tole.

I'm starting to believe that we'll see a sate-by-state experiment in daring the virus to get us. Since all state borders are porous, the rest of us will have to be extra vigilant.