Photographer knew he'd captured a moment that conveyed several themes about 2020 in a single frame

[kpete]

Mask distribution attempt on Staten Island.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. Honestly, there needs to be a fine system in effect.

This has killed a quarter of a million people here in America. We mandate seatbelts because NOT wearing them kills people. What is the damn difference?????????

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Freedumb?

[calimary]

12. Yes. Freedumb.

Guess that's how we have to spell it now.

[SammyWinstonJack]

16. The difference is tRump.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Difference: You can get ticketed and fined for not wearing a seatbelt.

Not wearing a mask? No consequence (unless you believe that Covid is real, of course)

[bullwinkle428]

3. Ah, Staten Island - "MAGA-ville" of the greater NYC metro area.

[lapfog_1]

4. I know this is a fool's errand

but can we possibly stop referring to social media that gets viewed a large number of times as "going viral".

Out of respect for the million people that are either dead or who are going to die from an actual virus.

[localroger]

6. The meme was here first

...and by at least ten years. Plus we don't ever refer to actual diseases as "going" viral, since they're already a virus.

[AnnaLee]

5. What's on the sweat shirt? ntp

[robbedvoter]

25. Masks are for idiots

[SomedayKindaLove]

7. White privilege

Ho hum

[irisblue]

27. Yeah. Master of his universe

[calimary]

8. The stupid is strong with that one, Luke.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. Satan Island as known by some folks who live there, and most in the tri-state area.

[DBoon]

21. location for "What We Do In The Shadows"

What better place for bumbling incompetent vampires than Staten Island?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. "No thank you. I choose death by COVID. "

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Roc2020]

13. Trump and his administration is the number one reason

so many people are taking the virus lightly and dying from the virus. They believed Trump and Death is their reward. WOW.

[Klaralven]

14. First, I'd wear a mask; Second, I wouldn't accept a mask from some random person in NYC.

[JI7]

22. The ones passing out masks are working for the city

and part of an effort to control the virus spread.

[Klaralven]

23. No insignia or ID?

[LanternWaste]

26. I s'pose if I'm wearing a mask, I wouldn't need to accept one as well.

If your first point stands as is, the second point becomes irrelevant.

[BobTheSubgenius]

15. No personal Covid protocols in place?

You don't get to use our public transportation. Seems like a no-brainer...as opposed to the no-brainer in the photo.

[Ohioboy]

17. Here's another photo that captured several themes in a single frame

[Delphinus]

24. You said it!

I don't think I will ever forget this one. I wonder how they are all doing ...

[irisblue]

28. The woman on the left ran as a GOP-er in the primary-Melissa Ackison

[Politicalgolfer]

18. And...the rebuke & refusal to look at or talk to a black man

That's the other message.

[Sancho]

19. Archie Bunker...

[keithbvadu2]

20. Sometimes the MAGAts wear it