Well, I finally had my first exposure to public ignorance - in a post office

[NRaleighLiberal]

I had an early afternoon errand run and me and my tomato mask went to a nearby small post office (town with the great name of Horse Shoe, NC!). Noted it was pretty busy - meaning half a dozen people in line, all separated by 6 feet, all masked.

An older woman came in with a few boxes and headed for the front of the line. I somewhat politely said that we were all in line but responsibly distanced and suggested she join the line (she did not have a mask). She yelled at me - and all of us, I guess - "COVID is a hoax - you are all just being stupid". I couldn't help myself and said "well, try telling that to the families of the more than 130,000 people who died from it". She snapped back "it's all a lie - they are reporting all deaths as COVID deaths". I just shook my head in disbelief and decided to not dig into this any further. A woman behind me said "I lost friends and have family members that are compromised" - at that, the unmasked avenger took her packages and left in a huff.

When I got the window, I told the woman that she just missed a "COVID is a Hoax" customer and fortunately they left. She said that such a reaction was not uncommon....we actually have a sheriff in our county (Henderson County) that will not enforce the mask guidelines set out by our Democratic Governor, Roy Cooper.

So, I am no longer a COVID Hoax spewing by a trump asshole virgin. What a clusterfuck our country is right now. And we know why.

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Shoulda kicked her ass for bucking the line-- covidiocy is just a bonus point.

[gratuitous]

2. One person speaks up, it's just an argument

A second person speaks up, and the fools retreat. Good for you for speaking up first. Good for the woman behind you for backing you up, which got the nincompoop to leave.

[Talitha]

20. Amen to that - they back down just like Dump does.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Well done, my dear NRaleighLiberal!

You had more presence of mind that I would have, under those circumstances!

And the country sure is a clusterfuck. I keep telling myself, "this too shall pass."

Sometimes I believe it.

[mvd]

4. I have also seen ignorance

I have a real estate agent friend who spouts much of what Dump And FAUX News say - but she has no problem wearing a mask! I can avoid politics, but I would draw the line at no mask wearing.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Oh, heck. Even a year ago her trying to go to the front of the line

was unacceptable.

[beveeheart]

6. I got called a sheeple at the grocery store the other day.

[lagomorph777]

26. By a shitpile?

[Nay]

29. Oh, man, I gotta use that if someone calls me that.

"Well, well, a shitpile is calling me a sheeple. Imagine that."

[Ilsa]

7. Undoing the ignorance, tribalism,

and paranoia will take decades.

[handmade34]

8. they're everywhere

my exposure came yesterday... a man in front of me in line... same line... "it's all a hoax... the deaths are not really from Covid..."

[spooky3]

9. I live in a blue area but on our neighborhood listserv there were several idiots posting

similar comments on a thread today. I really did not expect to see as many as there were here. Fortunately the majority of commenters tried to set them straight, politely. It won't change their minds, I'm sure, but they need to be told the truth, so at the very least they can see they are not getting over on the majority of their neighbors.

[Lilaclady]

10. Down the road

I am right down the road from Horse Shoe and occasionally use that PO. There’s one several miles Down the road from there in Etowah that is our regular PO. All you need to do is read the conversations in the local NextDoor app to realize how many people foolishly believe that dangerous nonsense. Since March I have only left the house to go to doctors’ appointments after getting diagnosed with breast cancer March 20th. My ‘elective’ surgery was delayed until the end of May because of foolish people like that lady and I’m not the only one. My husband runs all the errands, only goes out early in AM or around 7 to the grocery store, comes home and changes his clothes in the basement. We wipe all groceries and the mail. Yesterday he left the store without several items because in one aisle a maskless man was yelling at his maskless daughter who was yelling back at him. This is the new normal we get to experience in our ‘golden’ years.

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. Hi neighbor! yes, the recent mask pissing wars on next door...

yikes!

[Toorich]

11. When I wear my mask

and a dipshit makes a stupid comment, I just shake my head and say in my most solemn voice-
"That's exactly what my brother said right before he died from Covid."
Now my brother didn't really die of covid, but it works no matter what they say, and it damn sure shuts them up.

[lagomorph777]

27. Love it! I'll remember that one.

[DFW]

13. In a few weeks, I will be going back to Texas for the first time since January

I will have my guard up from start to finish.

[mahina]

24. I wish you didn't need to go.

[Midnight Writer]

14. Saw one in Walmart tonight. Burly guy screaming at I'm guessing a teenage lady.

He was entering in front of me, and the clerk greeted him and informed him that as of next Monday they will not allow anyone in without a mask.

Guy: You can't do that. It's against Federal law.

Lady: This is private property and we can require masks.

Guy: I WILL be back here Monday! I WILL NOT wear a mask! And you WILL NOT STOP ME!

Then he strutted into the store like he'd just made the winning goal.

[Mariana]

17. They just love to go after women and kids, don't they?

If a man his own size told him, he wouldn't have said boo.

[Hortensis]

21. Actually, studies show yes. They typically choose

victims seen as weak and prefer to attack in packs overwhelming their victims.

These individuals spouting off alone are seemingly among the braver of that type, but note that the majority are retreating as they do (including this guy as he moves into the store).

[True Blue American]

34. The Clerks are told to walk away..

My Grandson went back for the summer when co-oping went away. They have been good to him carrying him as an Employee on School leave.

He said most customers have been nice, only a few ill bred, ignorant bores.He laughs at them.

[yaesu]

18. sounds like he wants to be banned from walmart for life, I see a trespass violation in his future.

[Cha]

28. Gawd.. the Stupidity is Deadly!

[jeffreyi]

15. Ran into that today, also

Deaths from other causes are being attributed to covid.

[certainot]

16. most dems have no clue it starts at the local rw tallk radio station and that's something

we can do something about

there is no reason for any radio advertiser who does not love trump to support that crap

the advertising industry wants all those ears and they have been supporting rw radio by bundling and discounting to include advertisers who will not support limbaugh and sons bullshit - it needs to end

[yaesu]

19. I listen to am radio occasionally as a hobby and the number of rw spreading misinformation

is overwhelming, if we had a real FCC they would shut them down as going against community standards, like twitter shuts down accounts for spreading misinformation.

[certainot]

22. they all yelled hoax in a covid theater and should lose their licenses

[SWBTATTReg]

23. Well, all I can say is that you stood your ground and didn't fall for her childish antics and ...

bullying. I too, am getting sick and tired of these thugs and bullies thinking that they are above the rest of us in knowledge and common sense when in fact, they're not. I think everyone is getting sick and tired of these loudmouths. Seems like they've all taken rump's style to heart and thus, all become idiots and loudmouths too.

Again, good for you in standing up for yourself and the others in your line. You give me energy and strength through your story.

[Cha]

25. I used to live in Asheville in the '70s & can imagine

the beautiful area around there.

Too bad too many are so Brainwashed by fox that the woman left the PO without mailing her packages. Cutting off her nose to spite her brainwashed face.. so to speak.

[CaptainTruth]

30. I want to see your tomato mask!

[NRaleighLiberal]

31. my wife makes them. I'm on Instagram, but don't use pic sharing tools

[Lonestarblue]

32. I truly fear for the future of this country.

Eventually, the virus will be brought under control, either because hundreds of thousands of people die or we finally get a vaccine that works, though it will most likely take at least two years to manufacture enough vaccine for everyone who wants it (the antivaxxers will just keep spreading the virus among themselves). But we will still have millions of people who choose to believe conspiracy theories, who believe only Fox News and hate radio, who think education is for sissies, who believe that science isn’t true, and who want a strongman leader who hates minorities and women the same way they do.

I don’t know how we build a country that is strong enough to hang onto a world leadership role (does anyone even think about how the US economy would be affected if the Euro or some other currency replaced the dollar as the world’s currency), while also investing in infrastructure and preparing people for the jobs of the next 50 years, not the jobs of the last 50 years. We have a significant population that wants to do nothing but obstruct change and progress. Every move forward will be bitterly fought.

[montana_hazeleyes]

33. Why are these assholes always so freaking angry!?!

And are stuck in" rebellious teenage" mode. All.The.Time. Damn

[oldsoftie]

35. Oh, they dont even have to be Trumpers. I know some conspiracy LOVERS who arent.

The latest one is that Wayfair is part of the child trafficking that goes on worldwide.
These are college educated people.
I dont get it. Its 2020 not 1820

[NRaleighLiberal]

36. I do wonder if some crave drama and controversy.

Life that makes sense is too boring for them

[oldsoftie]

37. You know, thats a good point. A couple people came to mind when you said that

They just HAVE to have some drama. Even in their own lives too

[jaxexpat]

38. Line buckers. Hate 'em.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

39. In the rest of the world, Covid-19 is seen as a medical issue

In the US (and to a lesser extent in the UK), it's seen by many as a political issue.