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In reply to the discussion: Trumpie Tantrum Shopping Spree [View all]qallunat
(16 posts)24. Just want to express my admiration for DUers and their like-minded comrades
Hi all,
A lurker from the great White North here! As I read story after story of your encounters with the terminally contemptible, I am in awe of your courage, resilience and humour. I'm choosing this thread, because SmartVoter22's story is emblematic of the crap I know you have to put up with (for some on a daily basis). Up here in Ontario, we elected a right-wing Premier (think Governor) who, against all odds, stepped up to listen to the health experts and govern with compassion and good sense during the pandemic. Not everyone wears a mask in public, but it will soon (this week or next) be mandatory in my city and many others for the forseeable future. That being said, it is hard for me to imagine someone here objecting to reminders to maintain distance, or worse, to mock mask-wearers.
When I read your stories and see the videos of the (in the words of our Premier) "Yahoos", broadcasting their ignorance, hopeless supidity and soulless sociopathic disregard for their neighbours, it causes me to wonder whether I could handle them with the strength, grace and composure that you demonstrate.
I salute you all!
SmartVoter22, I wish you all the best in your recovery! I'd say your backbone is a good indicator that you've got it beat!
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Thank you for speaking up, SmartVoter22, even in spite of your present vulnerability.
BComplex
Jul 2020
#3
Good for you...and lucky your store clerk had the right reactions too!
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2020
#6
What complete nuts! How did they make themselves publicly obnoxious before masks??? nt
Mars and Minerva
Jul 2020
#11
I agree. They seem extra agitated, and I think it's because his buffoonery is blossoming.
C Moon
Jul 2020
#55
My guess is that these morons are being told to go out and create disruptions. There are too many
erronis
Jul 2020
#13