Who does that?

 

Laughing at death

            The other day I was reading a post from a hospital site on social media. They were talking about the severity of the pandemic and the loss of life. They were asking people to wear a mask and practice physical distancing. Community deaths were mentioned and sadness expressed at the loss of life. A nurse on the front line made some comments.

            What caught my eye before I even started reading the post were the laughing emojis in the likes bar. I checked out the posters to see if they were real or bots. They were real people. News feeds plastered with pro Trump memes and misinformation. They were ridiculing not only the nurse and the hospital but the deaths as well. Their comments were usually along the lines of it’s just a hoax or that the deaths were probably the result of something else and doctors were just attributing these deaths to being caused by Covid so they could make money. (I have had in person conversations with Trump supporters making these same kinds of statements.)

            Where it really gets obscene is when they actually mock a person that died from Covid-19.

What kind of person does that?

Laughing emoji!

            President Trump continues holding and supporting superspreader events while throwing up roadblocks to those actually trying to deal with the pandemic. During a national emergency, instead of rising to the occasion, Trump is sulking, whining, spewing and tweeting out false information

J  Over 1,100 people a day are dying now from Covid-19 and Trump supporters are talking about how small a number that is compared to the general population. Here’s where they post a laughing emoji.(le) Then they talk about infection rates and compare Covid-19 to the flu. Yes, they’re still doing that.

J  Covid-19 isn’t a big deal compared to the flu. Laughing emoji!

J  Covid-19 is a hoax! It’s a real knee slapper! Laughing emoji.

J  250,000 people have died from Covid-19. Hysterical! A hoax! Laughing emoji!

J  Doctors, nurses and healthcare workers are dying from Covid-19. Laughing emoji.

J  Entire families are being wiped out from Covid-19. Laughing emoji.

J  Old people are dying in nursing homes. They were old and going to die anyway. Laughing emoji.

J  We could lose a half million people to Covid-19. Laughing emoji.

J  People that survived are suffering long term health problems. Laughing emoji.

J  Masks and physical distancing help stop the spread. Laughing emoji.

J  Hospitals are filling up! Fake news. Laughing emoji.

J  ICUs are filling up! Laughing emojis.

J  Most people that get it will live. It’s only old people, people of color and those that are sick already that will mostly die from it so what’s the big deal?

            I’ll stop here and let the laughers catch their breath. This is hysterical stuff to them. What kind of people think that this is funny stuff?

Who does that?

Trump isn’t alone.

            It’s easy to lay this off on Trump, the man that knew that the virus was deadly back in February and not only covered it up but blamed Democrats and then did everything possible to make it worse. Then the man surrounded by a bio-bunker caught it and survived. Not a big deal after all. He lived. Who cares about the rest of the people?

Not him.

            He isn’t alone. He’s surrounded by Republicans and supporters that march in goose step with everything that he has done.  His administration, Republican Senators, Republican House members, Evangelicals, Nazis, Proud Boys, White Supremacists, the KKK, Confederates, Putin and all those conspiracy-loving deniers of the truth, of our government and all the values that make our Republic. They made him possible. They made the evil that circulates amongst us possible. They embrace it. They revel in it.

            So if you’re a Trump supporter and lose someone you love to Covid-19 pat yourself on the back and give thanks to all of the above. Job well done.

            If you aren’t a Trump supporter and lose someone close to you remember all of the above and never vote for another Republican anywhere ever again. They have crossed over. They support a mass murdering sociopath that they made President. That won’t stop when he leaves.

            So to answer the question about who laughs at causing the deaths of others?

The answer is obvious.

And they aren’t done!