2020 has been a perfect storm conspiring against humanity in the United States. Better People make Better Americans. Only we have never had the chance to put this into practice. At a time that desperately calls for relationship building we face quarantines and a myriad of measures that distance us from one another. When a handshake or hug seems logical in the healing process only lawbreakers who gather together and those among them who physically lash out at others have unfettered human contact.
And those who protest protective restrictions in place to combat Covid-19 do so more because of the luxuries being denied than a true belief they are not necessary. The perceived risks of contacting the corona-virus are outweighed by their desire to go clubbing, out to eat and otherwise gather in large groups for entertainment and discretionary spending purposes. The participation trophy generation and those who awarded participation trophies at their entitled and privileged worst. Yet were their motives altruistic and directed towards solving social unrest instead of promoting social unrest they would be in a far less harsher light.
And the social unrest we are experiencing began with the whiny ass complainers who espoused their civil liberties were being infringed upon by requests or being required to wear a mask in public to mitigate spread of covid-19. Righteous indignation abounds at this moment in those who just read that and feel they are absolutely 100 % within their Constitutional granted rights to pursue life, liberty and happiness sans any restrictions ... or any restrictions government is attempting to apply to them that they disagree with anyway.
Then we have the whole social protests and a rioting scene. The Covid - Warriors think because the government allows protesters to gather en mass and riot they are being duplicitous. If protests and riots can be allowed to happen, why cant we go clubbing and out to eat and hold graduations and play sports? When a salon owner is arrested and jailed but protesters and rioters are not a cry of discrimination goes up.
Never mind that this is an apples to oranges comparison. To my knowledge customers of establishments open in violation of covid-19 guidelines have not been arrested or charged, only owners of these establishments. That would equate to protesters and rioters not being arrested, only organizers being held accountable. Point out the organizers (one is supposed to obtain a permit, correct?) and I am sure the authorities would be interested.
And if we continue with this scenario we find that an establishment's clientele have dispersed after the business has been shut down whereas protesters and rioters have not. Police have then taken action to disperse crowds - made arrests, used tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets often to little or no avail. Then the protesters, rioters and media lament the use of force in the police attempt to do their jobs. If any intelligent and sane individual objectively looks at these facts they very quickly understand how absurd and illogical both the attempted comparison and actual events playing out truly are.
Is there any real difference between a covid-warrior and the protesters / rioters? No, not fundamentally. Both are refusing to obey governmental authorities and endangering fellow human beings in doing so. Endangering fellow Americans. That's the bare bones FACTS of the matter.
The righteous indignation from covid-warriors who are appalled by the protests and riots rings hollow. I hold more respect for the covid-warriors who also protest and even riot than I do the disingenuous finger pointers trying to make a distinction between being a covid-warrior and rioter.
All this rhetoric only serves to obscure the real issue at hand - Better People make Better Americans.
And I'm not talking about the illegal immigration / open borders situation that allows for an influx of undocumented criminals to flood our country although that is certainly a problem. No, I'm talking about you and me, our neighbors and co-workers. We each need to be better people for the betterment of America.
The memes depicting the participation trophy generation as making up the base of covid-19 warriors and protesters / rioters is almost laughable in that the generation making those claims is comprised largely of those who awarded the damn participation trophies to begin with. Talk about things that make me go ... huh? Or is this more a Homer Simpson, "Doh!" moment?
The combination of covid-19 and protests / riots - be it an organized conspiracy or simply the most unfortunate of coincidences - has brought us to a point in time where traditional means of healing involving the sense of touch and physical feeling is deprived unless one does not follow laws, health orders, guidelines and recommendations.
Emotions are running amok and compounding the problem as people allow their feelings to override their commonsense and intelligence. Response to these adversities has been akin to impulse buying at the checkout lane in a grocery store. That 20 oz bottle of soda pop for $2.00 seems like a good thing at the time despite your having just walked past 2 litres of the same soda pop on sale for $1.79 elsewhere in the store. A rational lucid individual wouldn't make the impulse decision, but some of us just can't help ourselves. Poor decision making seems to be the most problematic contagion we face.
In place of handshakes and hugs we need to find a way to personally connect in an effort to better our self and those we share this country with. Or go full blown on ignoring the government and shake hands and hug one another anyways. Maybe the hippie free-love protests should be revisited? A love-in seems in order right about now. Change my mind.
A Better Me makes for a Better You.
A Better Me makes for a Better We.
Better People make Better Americans.
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