Subj : Re: Killer
To : Aaron Thomas
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Tue Sep 22 2020 12:36 am
-=> On 09-21-20 09:54, Aaron Thomas <=-
-=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Killer <=-
DS> Then you should listen to the doctors who are tell you to wear a mask in
DS> public, to keep social distance, to wash hands, etc. Others are
DS> listening to Trump telling them not to bother with masks, distancing and
DS> the rest.
AT> I watch a lot of news, but I never heard Trump tell people not to wear
AT> masks or to not socially distance.
He has denigrated the wearing of masks on many occasions. Did you not
listen?
AT> He held some rallies. People went to the rallies without masks, and
AT> they sat right next to each other. But we don't have any laws against
AT> that. I went to the beach a month ago, and hardly anyone was wearing a
AT> mask there either.
It should not take laws for people to do the right thing.
AT> We have the freedom to take a chance with the coronavirus. The
What you are ignoring with that statement is that it is not just you
taking a chance. Such behavior puts all the people you come into
contact with at risk, some of who are in more vulnerable categories.
AT> president can't actually close the border with Mexico or Canada, so
AT> he's not going to achieve 100% protection from infected foreigners.
It is not the foreigners who are dangerous. It is your neighbors who
allow themselves to be exposed to the virus without adequate
protections.
AT> Americans are spoiled, and they're not going to stop going to Walmart.
AT> Sometimes we forget our masks at home, and when we get to the store, we
AT> will get testy about not being able to enter without the mask.
Without a mask, you should not be allowed into the store. Get testy all
you like, it should not work to do anything other than create a rucus.
AT> I sense that Democrats want to pressure the president into taking
AT> authoritative actions to combat the virus, but some of this stuff is
AT> too much for Americans. Mask mandate? Try to force a mask onto a WWII
AT> veteran and seehow that goes. Self-quarrantine? Tell that to our
AT> illegal immigrant community.
Those few WWII veterans who are still around are in the high risk group.
They should welcome having the people around them take appropriate
precautions. The community of undocumented people are no different from
the rest of us.
AT> Social distancing? Tell that to the
AT> idiots who are hosting huge parties.
You called them what they are.
AT> Pressuring the president into making executive orders that sound like
AT> authoritarian orders, just so people can say "See? He really IS a
AT> dictator!" it's just not happening.
He has not been shy about making executive orders. But, it would not
take him issuing any order to have a positive effect. It would only
take him publically supporting the things that the scientific community
has said would be effective. The words and actions of a President carry
great weight. If he would only support appropriate actions instead of
denigrating them, things could get much better.
Dale Shipp
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