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maynard

(657 posts)
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:32 PM Sep 2020

Made a phone to an Oregonian friend.....

Called a friend to make sure she was OK from the fires.she lives in one of the suburbs outside of Portland.

I just wanted to know if she was safe. She gave me an earful..

COVID-19 is a hoax
Masks are government plots
She will wear a mask if a business requires it
Antifa set every wildfire in Oregon, California, and Washington
Governor will not allow firefighters make fire break lines
She refuses to leave her home (still in level 1) because people are watching houses and waiting for
People to leave so they can come and loot houses
She is sleeping with a loaded gun under her pillow because she knows someone will break in
Governor should have been grooming the forests
Every single person who is rioting in Portland is BLM.
She is dating a doctor who believes the same things (plastic surgeon)

All I could say was, ok. She has never been political. Told her I was glad she was safe.

Glad that phone call ended.


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CaliforniaPeggy

(149,499 posts)
1. That must have been quite a shock.
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:34 PM
Sep 2020

Sounds like she's been taken over by extreme right-wingers.

I'm sorry you had to deal with that.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
4. I can vouch for a lot of physicians are ignorant white wingers. But other than
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:41 PM
Sep 2020

that, your description is a good example of some people I know, but avoid.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
5. Wow. And she wears a mask because ALL businesses require and everyone is wearing whether
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:42 PM
Sep 2020

they believe in it or not. That is sad. She hit on all the rw BS.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
6. What's the plot with masks ? Im glad to hear that she complies with all business request to mask up
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:44 PM
Sep 2020

It hits all professions I’m not surprised by the surgeon not anymore .
It’s like a disease I am sorry your call went that way

 

Baclava

(12,047 posts)
8. Think she'll leave when they say 'go'? I been watching local news of entire towns burned to ash
Fri Sep 11, 2020, 11:44 PM
Sep 2020

One neighborhood after another after another completely destroyed, scenes from hell all over Oregon.

People escaping at the last minute with nothing but the clothes they're wearing. Fire is scary as shit.

captain queeg

(10,073 posts)
16. Does she vote? Sounds like a wingnut and some of those types don't vote
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 01:12 AM
Sep 2020

I’ve met a few with these sorts of attitudes that leads them to not bother to vote because the system is all rigged. So, that gives me a little hope.

pnwmom

(108,950 posts)
19. I know no legitimate doctors who discount the value of wearing masks.
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 02:09 AM
Sep 2020

And someone who operates on people? Unbelievable.

orwell

(7,765 posts)
21. Did "Antifa" cause the...
Sat Sep 12, 2020, 02:25 AM
Sep 2020

...121 degree temps in LA a few days ago?

...or the melting glaciers...

...or the melting ice caps...

...or the derecho in Iowa...

Man, that Antifa sure gets around.

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