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brooklynite

(94,489 posts)
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:28 AM Nov 2020

NY POST: "Yes, you should plan on traveling to see family for Thanksgiving"

Go and see your family on Thanksgiving. Yes, even if you have to travel out of state to do it. In case you’re wondering, yes, I’ve heard of the pandemic, and yet I repeat: Go see your family on Thanksgiving.

Last Tuesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio urged New Yorkers not to travel for the holidays to see their family members. Two weeks earlier, Hizzoner had skipped Columbus Day celebrations in the city, because, according to his spokesperson, “the mayor is out of state visiting family today.”

Never mind getting angry about his hypocrisy. Just do as de Blasio did — not as he said.

Look, we’ve made some major mistakes in our handling of the COVID-19 crisis, and the main one has been discarding everything that makes our lives worth living out of fear of the virus. The pandemic has the potential to destroy our way of life if we keep dismissing everything important to us. Family is important. We shouldn’t forget that.



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NY POST: "Yes, you should plan on traveling to see family for Thanksgiving" (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2020 OP
Jeezus soothsayer Nov 2020 #1
bring them many gifts from afar... Blues Heron Nov 2020 #2
Did they provide suggestions for crashing the Canadian border? ariadne0614 Nov 2020 #3
"Family is important. We shouldn't forget that." sanatanadharma Nov 2020 #4
Post is a failed enterprise Dem2 Nov 2020 #5
What's next from them? "How to do a festive Christmas funeral with your family"? highplainsdem Nov 2020 #6
Festivus Funerals Nevilledog Nov 2020 #7

ariadne0614

(1,709 posts)
3. Did they provide suggestions for crashing the Canadian border?
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 10:40 AM
Nov 2020

That’s where my only child lives. She had the good sense to move there before the USA became an international pariah. .

sanatanadharma

(3,695 posts)
4. "Family is important. We shouldn't forget that."
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 11:04 AM
Nov 2020

"The pandemic has the potential to destroy our way of life if we keep dismissing everything important to us. Family is important. We shouldn’t forget that."

Dismiss the pandemic to show how important our way of life is, we can always continue visiting our family in the cemetery.

Or we can keep the urn collection on our mantle.

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