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imanamerican63

(13,815 posts)
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 08:17 PM Jan 2022

I don't want to be selfish, but I am tired of all of the horse crap from the right!

I was at a truck stop tonight! I went to get something to eat and bring back out to my truck. While was waiting for my food with my mask on, a man hollered “masks don’t work and we should be wearing them”. I ignored him the 1st time he said it, but the 2nd? Well! I said that it was his right not to wear one, but I didn’t criticize him for not wearing one. He snapped back with “I suppose you’re against Trump too”! I responded “YEP & lock him up too”! My food was ready and I left he was laughing with somebody about me. I looked at him then I said “by the way, mask do work, I have all my shots and I’m one of the lucky ones that has yet to get COVID “ and walked out the door as he was mumbling under breath!

Anymore, I just can’t help but say it! If you choose to die because you’re to ignorant of facts? Well, it’s on you!

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I don't want to be selfish, but I am tired of all of the horse crap from the right! (Original Post) imanamerican63 Jan 2022 OP
Righteous rant! NightWatcher Jan 2022 #1
Good for you. LoisB Jan 2022 #2
im at home with mild case of covid , but self isoing . great rant. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #3
tripple vaxxer here too, and dang proud of it as well. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #4
I admire your restraint. Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #5
Just left a PHARMACY because they were letting 4 idiots run around without masks. As the saying LT Barclay Jan 2022 #6
Asked a guy 50 years younger to put his mask on as required in grocery, he threratened to punch me. L. Coyote Jan 2022 #17
The kind who think "free country" means there are no rules. I'm disgusted with all of them. LT Barclay Jan 2022 #21
Rules are for the "others" and not for them .... L. Coyote Jan 2022 #22
I tell them Trump's a con man and they're too stupid to realize he doesn't care about them Tribetime Jan 2022 #7
We're a fascist nation. Things will get worst. johnthewoodworker Jan 2022 #8
No we're not. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2022 #9
No, we are not, however there are more than a few Sherman A1 Jan 2022 #10
Against Trump? Let me tell you how against Trump I am..... paleotn Jan 2022 #11
Good for you! WinstonSmith4740 Jan 2022 #12
A word to all the stupids out there. Aussie105 Jan 2022 #13
If that happens to me, I hope I can remember to say: Patterson Jan 2022 #14
Well done... thanks! Karadeniz Jan 2022 #15
But, but, what about her e-mails? L. Coyote Jan 2022 #16
Those folks are happy to share IronLionZion Jan 2022 #18
To that I'd say - Stand your ground when some anti-masker wants to give you shit. calimary Jan 2022 #19
Am I right in assuming the culture of truckers tends to be trumpy? I am sorry you Scrivener7 Jan 2022 #20

LT Barclay

(2,606 posts)
6. Just left a PHARMACY because they were letting 4 idiots run around without masks. As the saying
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 09:08 PM
Jan 2022

goes, It takes a special kind of stupid...

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
17. Asked a guy 50 years younger to put his mask on as required in grocery, he threratened to punch me.
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 10:56 PM
Jan 2022

That's who these idiots are!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
22. Rules are for the "others" and not for them ....
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 09:48 PM
Jan 2022

might be closer to the truth, good old white privilege.

paleotn

(17,972 posts)
11. Against Trump? Let me tell you how against Trump I am.....
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 09:48 PM
Jan 2022

Frog marched in chains out on the south lawn. Kicked to his knees and..... you get the picture.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,059 posts)
12. Good for you!
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 09:48 PM
Jan 2022

And this is what we ALL need to do. Before he decided "I don't want to be associated with these people anymore" 1992, my late husband had been a life long Republican, of the Eisenhower stripe. He always told me Democrats tendency towards uderstanding everyone has a right to their opinions was fine, but the "You may have a point there" attitude would be our downfall.

Screw that...they DON'T have a point there, and we need to call it out whenever we can. We're not talking socio-political beliefs...we're dealing with public health, their "beliefs" are killing people, and they need to be called out. If they could contain the spread of this thing to each other, I seriously wouldn't give a shit. Let 'em kill each other, I'm done caring.

Just as a side note, one of my favorite games when one of them starts going off on Antifa is to first of all, point out that it doesn't exist as an organization, but then to also ask them exactly what is wrong with being anti-fascist. I mean the "Greatest Generation" fought an entire war against it. And won.

The Stupid. It burns.

Aussie105

(5,436 posts)
13. A word to all the stupids out there.
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 09:57 PM
Jan 2022

It's ok to be stupid.
It's ok to be legitimized by a former White House resident.
It's ok to be encouraged by your friends to be stupid.

Just remember stupid has built-in rewards.
Some of them not so nice.
And you will be facing some of those consequences alone. The mangled apricot hellbeast from yesteryear and your friends won't help.
Say hello to Meat Loaf if you get to meet him.

In the meantime, while you are waiting for those consequences of stupid, try not to drag others down with you.

OK stupid? There's a good little doofus, bless your little not-knowing hearts and cesspool brains!

Patterson

(1,531 posts)
14. If that happens to me, I hope I can remember to say:
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 10:08 PM
Jan 2022

I’m wearing it so I can stay alive long enough to vote against that MFPOS traitor, Donald MF Trump!

IronLionZion

(45,534 posts)
18. Those folks are happy to share
Tue Jan 25, 2022, 11:03 PM
Jan 2022

They pass the COVID around to each other to make sure they all get some

Yeah, masks work. That's why hospitals use them. Vaccines work too. That's why vaccinated are less likely to need hospitalization or die.

calimary

(81,500 posts)
19. To that I'd say - Stand your ground when some anti-masker wants to give you shit.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 12:36 AM
Jan 2022

A lot of the time they aren't expecting pushback. They're used to just yelling and venting and owning the floor and acting out/up with no consequences. They're used to thinking of us and our side as nothing but pushovers. So WHEN we DO push back, they're probably not going to be well-prepared and won't know how to handle it. Often they won't even have a comeback because they've never considered that they'd need one.

Scrivener7

(51,016 posts)
20. Am I right in assuming the culture of truckers tends to be trumpy? I am sorry you
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 05:51 PM
Jan 2022

have to deal with that crap. You are a nice person and don't deserve to have people proving their idiocy when you are just getting dinner.

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