It's the understatement of the century to say there are some pissed off people here and around the country. Hard to explain to one small business owner why he/she still can't open up while the huge retail box store down the street can fill their parking lot with customers. I've got a couple of buddies who are gym owners, including the one I go to. In my gym, there are sanitary wipe dispensers all over the place and a huge bottle of hand sanitizer at the front desk. The owner didn't put them out just for this pandemic. They've been there since he opened and it's been his policy since day one that you wipe down whatever you used when you move on. He can't open his doors, but Lowe's and Home Depot and Publix etc. can make an absolute killing off this thing.
Safety measures have been drilled into our heads 24/7 for weeks on end. We got it. Let people use common sense. If I want to go to the gym, or go shop for some new kicks or go get a haircut, (Not that that's been a problem for me) let me make that decision. I've said from the start that I get shutting down sporting events, concerts and the like where thousands will be shoulder to shoulder. But I think I can go to Academy Sporting Goods and look around without breathing on anybody or vice versa.
I've heard multiple times from Fuckci and some of these other asshats (our own guvhah included) that "we can't guarantee your safety."
Well FUCK me. Isn't part of being an American the freedom to take risks?
My safety isn't guaranteed when I roll out of bed. I could slip, hit my head and be Wiregrassy the rest of my life.
My safety isn't guaranteed when I pull my truck out onto the road. I could get distracted and run in a ditch. I could pull out in front of another car. My gas tank could explode.
My safety wasn't guaranteed when I shopped at the store before this shit went on. The guy who used the buggy (cart if you're a yankee) before me could have AIDS, the flu, some viral shitting infection, open sores, or any of a million other diseases which could crawl on my hands and infect me. Each of them has a higher mortality rate than this shit.
My safety wasn't guaranteed riding a bike, breathing the air, eating out (I could tell you stories of the despicable and vile things we did to food when I briefly worked at Pizza Hut in high school), zipping up my pants, taking a flight, hammering a nail, cooking on my grill, etc.
There IS NO GUARANTEE OF SAFETY. We do as we've always done. Explain the risks and let people make their own decisions.
This bullshit where every commercial is showing the brave nurses and doctors who are on the front lines? FUCK THAT. There are no front lines. The idiot fuck out banging pans at 7 am? Somebody needs to bang that pan over his head.
We have allowed this country to be taken over, proving to all of our enemies (here and abroad) just how easy it would be to herd us like fucking sheep. Fauci? Enemy.
"Guaranteed Safety" absolutely CANNOT be the standard. Otherwise we will never be allowed to leave home for any reason.
Do not attempt to guarantee my safety. The sky isn't falling.