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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They should all be marked in some way so when they want to go to hospital for Covid symptoms they can be turned away at the door.[/quote]

I assume you felt the same about people attending the large protests over the last month?[/quote]

I attended the protests, mainly local people, most socially distancing, and nearly all wore masks! For a public good to highlight injustices that were already going on!!! Not for freaking fireworks on a controversial holiday at the least and especially as he has been taunting the mayor about clearing the streets. Fine if he wants fireworks why doesn't he have them at his home in Florida and let all who want to go see, provides buses, I don't care but not in my hometown when the CDC says no social gathering over 10! A 5 year old could tell you this makes no sense, no wonder Americans banned in Europe, the USA is a laughing stock / horror show you can't stop watching at how utterly ridiculous this and the anti-mask campaign by government officials is![/quote]

Sorry, you still took part in mass gatherings, with tons of people yelling and chanting (not to mention mask wearing not nearly as universal as you claim and often no distancing), in the middle of a pandemic.  You don’t really have grounds to stand on to criticize other people for also gathering together.[/quote]

Yes I do because it wasn't a government sponsored, Covid is peaking and this is a gov sanctioned event. The mayor and CDC are against large gathering, and during this time if you don't think a fly-over and 35 minute firework show is a waste of time then you've lost your mind. [/quote]

Why would government sponsorship matter?  It’s ok to make the pandemic worse as long as the government wasn’t sanctioning it?  That doesn’t make any sense.  And here in DC, the protests were very much supported by the local government, even if not formally sanctioned by them.

I never said the fireworks aren’t a waste of time.  I won’t be attending and I wish others didn’t either.  But I also didn’t attend the protests.  And I live little patience for people sanctimoniously mocking bumpkins who attend gatherings when they did the exact same thing quite recently.

It doesn’t matter that you felt (and I don’t disagree) that you were protesting for a good cause.  You still took stupid, dangerous actions in the middle of a pandemic and it’s rich how you criticize others for doing the same.[/quote]

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