Idiocy on Parade

I've always said that stupidity should be painful, but now more than ever it can be deadly. The problem, of course, is that it's not just Stupid up yonder who might die (or suffer serious, long-term health complications, which are too frequently overlooked in COVID-19 coverage), but those who come in contact with Stupid. If you think the current unpleasantness is a hoax or that you've lost your freedom(!!!) or that people need to just suck it up and die for the sake of the economy, why don't you try dying. For most people, death tends to be a bit more than inconvenient, since it's forever. Sure, everyone is going to die. Some today, some unexpectedly, some in worse ways than being unable to take in a lungful of air. However, hastening it for yourself is one thing (would that Stupid go right ahead and do so); the problem is that it's not Stupid's right to make that decision for others. That is usually called murder (or manslaughter, or reckless endangerment, or any number of labels for egregious infringement of others' RIGHTS to LIFE, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness). There are penalties for such egregious behavior. Some of you forget that rights come with responsibilities. You might recall that one person's rights hit a brick wall when they infringe on the rights of others. I know some of you couldn't care less; it's more important that you're free to go to your church and gather in a group and holler to your deity to your heart's content—no matter that all that hollering might kill somebody—and proclaim how you're PRO-LIFE because you want to save the precious fetuses. Go back and think about what PRO-LIFE really means, why don't you.

If you think this unpleasantness is a hoax, go talk to my daughter or my friend Rob or any number of other folks on the front line, who are doing everything in the world to mitigate this bad business so you can go back to screaming your idiocy to the four winds with less chance of dying than you have today.

I just saw a couple of acquaintances post that they'd now lost loved ones to the virus. They don't really matter in the bigger picture, though, do they?