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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 8091007" data-attributes="member: 7808">A game I sometimes play is &quot;Who's the stupidest person in this video?&quot;Normally, a person who says &quot;The normal flu is worse than COVID&quot; starts out in the lead.&nbsp; But in this case it's a kid who has clearly not been given a chance to know any better (I believe the phrase would be &quot;Bless his heart&quot; in Tennessee vernacular).The principal who isn't wearing a mask and blames the governor is up there.&nbsp; As a person of authority, he should be taking responsibility for keeping his students safe instead of passing the buck.The grandma who says masks are the tools of child molesters was really going for gold.&nbsp; But then the woman who compared wearing a mask to the fate of Eric Garner* swooped in.&nbsp; Those two are neck-and-neck in the battle of co-opting real issues for their own idiocy.But throughout all that, you also have to think back to the first person you see: the reporter, who is pointedly not wearing a mask.&nbsp; I guess it's nice that she didn't have a sign or shout slogans on camera, but it's hard to imagine a less impartial way to cover the event.So in the end, who wins the game?&nbsp; No one.&nbsp; We all lose.*Edit: Sorry, should be George Floyd.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 8091007, member: 7808"] A game I sometimes play is "Who's the stupidest person in this video?" Normally, a person who says "The normal flu is worse than COVID" starts out in the lead. But in this case it's a kid who has clearly not been given a chance to know any better (I believe the phrase would be "Bless his heart" in Tennessee vernacular). The principal who isn't wearing a mask and blames the governor is up there. As a person of authority, he should be taking responsibility for keeping his students safe instead of passing the buck. The grandma who says masks are the tools of child molesters was really going for gold. But then the woman who compared wearing a mask to the fate of Eric Garner* swooped in. Those two are neck-and-neck in the battle of co-opting real issues for their own idiocy. But throughout all that, you also have to think back to the first person you see: the reporter, who is pointedly not wearing a mask. I guess it's nice that she didn't have a sign or shout slogans on camera, but it's hard to imagine a less impartial way to cover the event. So in the end, who wins the game? No one. We all lose. *Edit: Sorry, should be George Floyd. [/QUOTE]

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