Their whole deal with masks and vaccines is that they should have the right to decide for themselves.
Close, that’s what they said they believe. Anyone watching them actually behave during the pandemic knew that anyone wearing a mask was liable to be attacked by these brainless psychos ranting about the “kung flu” or whatever other racist name they had for it merely for wearing a mask in their presence.
I wasn’t directly attacked but my friend and I had the same experience in our 60% Trump area.
We weren’t together when each incident happened, but they’re so similar I’ll describe them together.
We were just at the checkout: me at a convenience store; my friend at a major grocery store chain.
So, we couldn’t reasonably move away. We had to stand there to pay for our purchases.
An old man encroached my space; an old woman encroached my friend’s space. We both politely asked them to step back for social distancing, and they refused.
I wish I had my friend’s ability to think and speak on his feet. After he checked out, he told the old lady “I asked for you to do something, that cost you nothing. All you had to do was take a few steps back. I hope in the future, if you ask someone the same, they treat you like you did to me.”
As for me? Even though I just said my request and didn’t respond further, the guy was a huge jerk who tailgated me for several miles in his huge pickup truck. Like headlights in my mirror tailgating… during the day.
Who tf cares that much? Honestly… just take a few steps back. Doesn’t cost you anything, like my friend said.
As for me? Even though I just said my request and didn’t respond further, the guy was a huge jerk who tailgated me for several miles in his huge pickup truck. Like headlights in my mirror tailgating… during the day.
And then they wonder why people don’t want them on lemmy.
They don’t believe anything. They think what they’re told to think. They check Fox News all day every day to make sure what they’re supposed to think hasn’t changed but they have no beliefs. And they’re willing to go along with literally anything as long as it doesn’t require critical thinking. It’s terrifying and sad.
Close, that’s what they said they believe. Anyone watching them actually behave during the pandemic knew that anyone wearing a mask was liable to be attacked by these brainless psychos ranting about the “kung flu” or whatever other racist name they had for it merely for wearing a mask in their presence.
I wasn’t directly attacked but my friend and I had the same experience in our 60% Trump area.
We weren’t together when each incident happened, but they’re so similar I’ll describe them together.
We were just at the checkout: me at a convenience store; my friend at a major grocery store chain.
So, we couldn’t reasonably move away. We had to stand there to pay for our purchases.
An old man encroached my space; an old woman encroached my friend’s space. We both politely asked them to step back for social distancing, and they refused.
I wish I had my friend’s ability to think and speak on his feet. After he checked out, he told the old lady “I asked for you to do something, that cost you nothing. All you had to do was take a few steps back. I hope in the future, if you ask someone the same, they treat you like you did to me.”
As for me? Even though I just said my request and didn’t respond further, the guy was a huge jerk who tailgated me for several miles in his huge pickup truck. Like headlights in my mirror tailgating… during the day.
Who tf cares that much? Honestly… just take a few steps back. Doesn’t cost you anything, like my friend said.
And then they wonder why people don’t want them on lemmy.
They don’t believe anything. They think what they’re told to think. They check Fox News all day every day to make sure what they’re supposed to think hasn’t changed but they have no beliefs. And they’re willing to go along with literally anything as long as it doesn’t require critical thinking. It’s terrifying and sad.
Dealt with that shit a lot. Thankfully the old “My grandma has cancer and I don’t want to be the one to kill her” line usually worked.