Is there anything on earth that is uglier than WILLFUL ignorance?

[Atticus]

Anti-vaxxers; climate change deniers; anyone who STILL believes Trump is a human being---these are just a few examples.

And, now, we can add those who say Covid 19 is "just like the flu---no big deal; a Democratic hoax". Bluntly, these people may kill a lot of us seniors.

[leftieNanner]

1. Right on!

I have a close friend in her 70s who has a lung condition that is essentially non-contagious TB. If she contracts this virus, she will die. I am horrified about the way these complete morons in The White House have mismanaged this crisis. And I am hoping that my friend stays safe.

[Brainfodder]

2. My mother is over 75 and doesn't want to give up her freedom of movement?

She's gonna get us infected for sure.

Ultimately I might be killed indirectly by BINGO, and I want that in my obit!

I am keeping my sense of humor until I draw my last breath, then fuck it!

[leftieNanner]

5. I like your attitude!

I would be surprised if BINGO isn't cancelled. My 69 YO husband usually plays cribbage on Tuesdays at the senior center. He didn't go this week - it's difficult to sanitize playing cards - and I'm pretty sure it will be cancelled too.

I have avoided the stocking up bug - but I think I'll head out this morning and get some Kleenex and Tylenol.

Stay well Brain!

[Maggiemayhem]

20. I just got a congressional call that says seniors over 60 need to stock up on

Groceries and meds. It was from a Repub but I still appreciate it because I think I live in Denial.

[Maggiemayhem]

21. Denial USA

[leftieNanner]

22. Ah, the State of Denial

And it ain't in Egypt!!

I went to the pharmacy and the grocery store and stocked up. Tylenol, Advil, Kleenex (a real luxury in my house!), Mucinex, and storable food. I'm in Southern Oregon and we have a few cases in nearby towns, but nothing local yet. There was no panic buying in the store that I saw today. I did not venture north to the Costco, though!

Stay well!

[dalton99a]

3. "The risk is very, very low."

The president said it!

[lunatica]

23. Except for those who get it and those who spread it and those who

It gets spread to. Other than that the risk is low. I hope he gets and spreads it to his MAGATs.

This is no longer a laughing or infuriating situation. He is literally spreading this disease as we speak.

[Laelth]

4. Now THAT is a serious question. n/t

-Laelth

[snort]

6. Trump's face

[RockRaven]

7. No, which is why Trump is such a awful person -- and always has been.

He might be the most loathsome person alive.

[GeorgeGist]

8. Look on the bright side ...

WILLFUL ignorance will take more of them than us.

[sarge43]

15. I wish, but no guarantee

Virus don't care about its host's political affiliations. Any eukaryote will do. So, unless someone is wearing a "I"m an asshole for Trump" baseball cap, good possibility there can be contact.

[relayerbob]

9. Willful and intentional hypocrisy

They are all closely related

[Roland99]

10. Nothing. Check this. From a local FB asking why schools aren't closing

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MAGAt: Closing schools for what? Fear?

Me: To stop the spread of coronavirus. Have you not been paying attention?? It’s the best way to “flatten the curve” so we don’t end up rationing care like Italy. https://www.express.co.uk/.../Coronavirus-latest-news

MAGAt: first most kids aren’t getting it. Second who stays home with the kids? It’s giving into fear.

Me: Kids most certainly CAN be infected. They just don’t succumb to its effects. They can easily transfer it to someone who would succumb. As for childcare issues, this is where proper leadership in govt would provide a temporary social safety net to allow for that. Instead, we get offers of measly payroll tax cuts that actually hurt the funding of programs that need it now. Mandatory paid sick leave is demanded for those who are asked/required to stay home. Other western nations are doing it

MAGAt: ok Bernie

Me: oh good gawd. Stop with the dramatics. I’m being pragmatic and realistic. You wanna end up like Italy?

MAGAt: we won’t end up like Italy because we’ve closed the border to Europe and we have indoor plumbing. Our sanitation and personal hygiene are much better.

Me: Oh, to be so confident and restful in such willful ignorance.

[sarge43]

16. Against human stupidity, the gods themselves prevail in vain.

[FiveGoodMen]

17. Actually, I think the various gods are responsible for most of it.

Or their representatives, anyway.

[The Genealogist]

27. What an idiot

This is what being a Trump cultist looks like. Only the words and actions of their deity are valid. Everything else is fake news or LIBRUL lies or some such crap. People like this are going to be the ones who self-cull from the herd.

[Baked Potato]

11. We had family night recently and

one of the adult children was saying the swine flu in 2009 was way worse. Btw, this same family member got us all infected with that flu that was picked up in college. Anyway, I and Mrs Potato reminded this family member we are 10 friggen years older and this shit can kill us! You know, the children don’t ever think their parents age and they think of us as the same young age forever.

[NurseJackie]

12. Is there a Trump Funeral Home chain that I'm unaware of?

[The Polack MSgt]

13. This is the best morbid humor I've seen in a long time

Well done



I just wish it wasn't so damn apt

[Aristus]

14. Willful ignorance tied to a petty, waspish desire to "own" people who aren't ignorant.

We're living the ancient Chinese curse "May You Live In Interesting Times."

[Lady Freedom Returns]

18. I swear, people like the one you were talking to, will be the death of me!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Yes, there is something uglier:

Orange willful ignorance.

[keithbvadu2]

24. Deliberate action based on that willful ignorance is worse.

Deliberate action based on that willful ignorance is worse.

That's Trump.

[mdbl]

25. Dumb and Dumber 3

Starring Donald Trump and Mike Pence.

[SummerSnow]

26. Thanks Obama....sarcasm of course

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. The sister of a friend decided to start messaging me last night.

I haven't seen this woman in years, but her grown and only son has spent most of the last year in a jail in Washington state for robbery. His trial was supposed to be this week.

This woman is a wingnut. Her messages tend to be short, incomplete thoughts and so don't make a lot of sense. So last night she said that garlic and fulvic acid provide protection against coronavirus; also that the virus is BS. Another head scratcher was that Lyndon LaRouche had great ideas on education and the BRICS nations and in that vein.

I don't even know how to respond to this with anything other than

This woman is educated and has been a social worker. Her sister has told me that she's now doing home health care on her own. It's sad, really, but it's like she's some barely coherent cult member. But I'm damned if I can figure which one, other than the cult of drumpf.