Why should I care

[Proud liberal 80]

I have been seeing and reading stories about right wingers wanting to defy the state at home orders so that they can gather at churches, restaurants, schools etc....The latest is the the Bundy rancher clan....my question is this, why should I care, yes this may sound bad, but if those idiots want to be exposed to the virus, then I say good.

[ehrnst]

1. Then they get sick, and take a bed, and possibly a ventilator, from someone who wasn't so cavalier.

That's my beef with them.

[GoCubsGo]

5. Yep. They also spread it around even more before they get sick.

They just amplify the risk of everyone else around them getting infected, especially the doctors, nurses, and everyone else who will tend to them and their surroundings, when they do get sick. They're not acting in a bubble, where nobody else gets affected by their behavior.

[Rorey]

2. Because we need to flatten the curve

If they would all be confined to one area, with no possibility of intermingling, or getting close to the rest of the population, I'd be fine with that, as long as they would also promise to stay out of the hospitals, or be forbidden from going to hospitals.

Those of us who are trying to do the right thing are being sabotaged by the idiots.

[Squinch]

3. I agree, but I suspect that as soon as we say, "please proceed," they will scamper back to their

homes and shiver under the covers.

This is about owning liberals. If liberals are not part of their equation, their bravado will disappear.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Some want to "own the libs", but a lot of this is just ordinary cult behavior.

I saw a news piece this morning, and a lot of the interviewees actually believe that God will keep them safe if they attend Easter services.

[Squinch]

9. And many of them are in red states where the

Governors are doing their best to help Donnie Bodybags hide the numbers. That means more sick people turned away from medical care, more people dying at home, more people infecting their family members.

Because of "liberty" in fighting the "liberal hoax."

[Delarage]

4. Pharisees

They always want to appear holier than thou. My church has been having online services so we can still "get together" without possibly killing other people. They are all for show.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. If ALL they did was get sick, stay home in bed and either

die or get well, I WOULDN'T CARE. BUT that isn't the way they work. Repugs are always in the front of the line wanting "social program" assistance when things get tough.
They will take up space and resources that are needed by others that were NOT so fucking stupid.

[Snake Plissken]

7. That's like saying why should I care about Al Qaeda terrorists slamming planes into building

let them kill themselves if they want to, I have no sympathy for terrorists.



Without taking into account all the innocent people who get killed as a result of their actions.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Because public health theories incorporate the entire population.

[jberryhill]

11. So, you detest medical workers? Is that it?

Do you think they are magically transported to some hospital which is also staffed by people you hate?

[HAB911]

12. I'm hard hearted, I'm with you

same as anti-vaxxers

we need to thin the herd, especially of the willfully ignorant

[jberryhill]

14. Do you agree we also need to kill off nurses and doctors?

Because those are their victims, along with cashiers and everyone else they come into contact with.

[HAB911]

15. straw man argument

protect yourself and those nurses and doctors and cashiers, worry about them

[cwydro]

16. You realize this virus is disproportionately affecting communities of color?

Does “thinning the herd” apply to them also?

[HAB911]

17. another strawman

the OP is about willfully ignorant Bundys