The Truth About The Open The Economy Movement

Dam Mark that is good!!

Boilerman, Charles and I are pretty much aligned, it seems.  (To me, anyway.) 

As soon as Mark/Kevin (one and the same) begins with a point that I could consider, and possibly agree with, they launch into universal nasty name calling and labeling, at which time I can't continue.  It ruins any point they wish to make.   Their degree of generalizing belies any reasoned thinking on their part.

You have no problem, apparently, with our resident Trumpers doing exactly that.

So it's not the tone you really object to, it's the content. Mark and I don't align with your ideology. That's fine. But treat it as what it actually is--ideological differences.

Our thinking IS reasoned, and for that matter, in a twisted, bizarre way, so is that of Charles, Tom, Boiler, and Stal---OK, can't go that far.

Mark and I have strong objections to the dominant role of massive corporations in American life. Right now, that's killing people--it's not some kind of abstraction.

I have friends who have died and are dying. Am I angry at those who did nothing to stop it? Goddamn right I am. My most insincere apologies for that.

I highly object to the tone, the name calling, the labeling.   

Candy Wright, What is the politically correct thing to call a horde of people a lot of which are decked out in Nazi paraphernalia and or waving Confederate flags armed with long-guns, that break into a State Captial chanting that they want to execute the governor? 

When the news media interviews these folks and ask them what they are upset about they hem and haw before saying something stupid like I can't get a haircut, I can't get my nails done, I can't launch my bass boat, I can't get anybody to watch my kids, I can't eat out, I can't hire anyone to cut my lawn, a mask is too uncomfortable to have wear and on and on. Each reason given is dumber than the last. Not to mention most of them don't wear masks or practice social distancing while screaming at the top of their lungs. Once they are done at the protest, they stop by the grocery store or gas station forcing all of those workers and regular people they encounter along the way to expose themselves to people that gather in large groups and don't self-distance. What would you call someone one so self-centered and so lacking in basic humanity?

We know your guy Trump calls them good people. 

Make no mistake.  Mark dreams about using the pandemic as a means to eliminate capitalism and invoke a state directed economy.  He really believes 30 Million unemployed American workers aren't 'essential'.  They are traitorous Republican slobs.  They shall not go back to their old jobs or small businesses.  They will be directed to the meatpacking plants or the gulags or they can starve.  The longer we keep the economy locked down, the sooner its foundation collapses which he believes can be rebuilt into a socialist utopia….Like China.

No, Charles, I am saying conservatives should put on their big girl panties. If you are not content because you are laid off, do something constructive for yourself and the country as a whole. Work one of these essential jobs so your family, friends and neighbors can make it through this hardship with their basic needs met like having food to eat. If you don't want to give up your unemployment, volunteer at a hospital or nursing home. They desperately need people right now to keep those facilities running. 

So yes folks that gather at the statehouses and governors' mansions armed and mixed in with groups of people carrying Confederate flags and wearing Nazi paraphernalia chanting to execute the governors or forcibly remove them are traitorous. 

And the premise of opening the economy is pure lunacy with no basis in reality. What do you think is going to happen when the cases spike upward?  Is that going to be good for the economy? Are you going to go to work every day when you don't have food to eat because the food processing plants are no longer running? 

What is the real unemployment rate right now 20% or more?  Do you think flipping a switch and saying it is open is going to magically restore everything? Is everyone going to go back to their good-paying jobs like they never left? No, of course not! There has to be a demand for the product or service their employer is providing. And demand won't increase until the virus is licked.  Infecting more people to open things is just going to set us back by months or even years. 

I highly object to the tone Trump sets every day cheering on armed people that don't social distance and chant to execute or otherwise forcibly remove elected officals looking out for their health of their citizens. 

You never object when our Trumpers do that. Boilerman misspells "liberal" and treats it like a term for everything wrong in the world. Charles, Tom, and Stalker take aggressive, hyperpartisan stances every day--and label anyone who disagrees with them a liar. 

I have a hard time validating selective righteous indignation.

Yup. Whataboutisim, the new consertivatisim.

 Everyone has  a hard time with your filth spewing mouth Kevin.