07-13-2020, 08:53 AM
(07-13-2020, 08:34 AM)OutsiderFan Wrote: I don't think anyone on this board would confuse me for someone who has anything nice to say about the current POTUS.Trump's leadership has been a disgrace. Whatever controversy there was about masks disappeared sometime in the last few weeks. He should have gotten on board then.
That being said, that tweet is more than a little bit what I hate about the "gotcha" culture we can't get enough of in our sad and pathetic society. The original tweet from the woman saying she wouldn't wear a mask, was made on May 9. The one saying she wants the same mask being worn by the POTUS was on July 11. How do we know this person hasn't already started wearing a mask? How do we know she didn't start taking the virus more seriously over the last two months? That's a long time to evolve your position, particularly if the virus has become a bigger deal where you live.
Unless the person being ridiculed steadfastly refused to wear a mask through July 10, and then only said she would wear one on July 11 - after seeing a pic of POTUS wearing a mask - there is no real story there, other than someone trolling for their gotcha moment of the day.
That said, I applaud the example set yesterday. The story has a long way to run, and this is just another chapter.
A graduate of an elite University, with all the implicit status that implies, describing the society around him as 'sad and pathetic' is itself pretty sad and pathetic. What o what did the poor proles do to offend you?
I wouldn't give you two cents for all your fancy rules if, behind them, they didn't have a little bit of plain, ordinary, everyday kindness - yeah, and a little looking out for the other fella, too.