1. North Carolina, man. Sometimes I cannot freaking believe I live in this state.
2. The governor’s trying. He saw the numbers and checked the trend.
3. Unfortunately, we’ve got some folks who are particularly stubborn selfish and ignorant.
4. Cooper’s extended the Safer at Home Phase Two for three more weeks. Not a surprise considering none of our metrics look good.
5. He also added a requirement: masks must be worn in public when it’s not possible to maintain distance.
6. Looks like somebody doesn’t want to be the next epicenter.
7. Way to deliver unpopular news, Governor Cooper. It ain’t easy.
8. They announced the news Wednesday. I had hope. Change seemed possible.
9. Then on Thursday NC came crashing in.
10. That’s when our illustrious sheriff weighed in on Facebook with “The Alamance County Sheriff’s Office recommends compliance of the Governor’s Executive Order requiring face coverings. However, the Sheriff’s Office will not issue a citation for violations.”
11. Oh FFS.
12. I shouldn’t have read the comments. You know it. I know it.
13. I did it anyway.
14. Dammit.
15. It was lots of ‘MURICA and UNCONSTITUTIONAL and THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US!
16. Protecting us from what? From the terror of wearing a face covering to go grocery shopping?
17. For the love.
18. Seriously, guys, other states are saying they don’t want us showing up with our germs.
19. You know it’s bad when New Jersey says nope, you’re gonna need to quarantine for 14 days before you can walk our streets.
20. New Jersey.
21. When I went grocery shopping on Wednesday I ran into people who weren’t wearing masks. For real?
22. I try to tamp down that judgy J but my thoughts were less than charitable.
23. My mask helps you, your mask helps me – don’t be an ass, wear a mask!
24. Now there’s a t-shirt slogan.
25. Did I mention that sheriff supports having police stand guard around the clock to protect a confederate statue in this county?
26. We are paying money – cash money – to protect a monument to the armed rebellion against the United States to preserve slavery.
27. Everything about that sentence screams stupid.
28. There was some noise about taking it down in the last few years and all hell broke loose. The Daughters of the Confederacy rallied the troops.
29. Turns out those southern gals aren’t that sweet after all.
30. And omg, once again, CASH MONEY. I can think of twenty things off the top of my head that could use those funds.
31. ps – Don’t come at me with “but Southern Heritage” because I’m not fooling with it today.
32. North Carolina is also knocking it out of the park with those Wilmington police officers.
33. I mean seriously, how am I supposed to let my son drive alone once he gets his license?
34. For all my mamas of white babies out there – sit with your privilege in not having to worry like this. Think about how generations of women have worried about their Black sons, husbands, fathers and brothers. The very idea of that generational trauma is overwhelming.
35. So let me circle this back to our country’s movement for change right now.
36. When I tell you don’t shoot my son I’m not being political. When I tell you don’t shoot someone else’s son I’m not being political.
37. When I say Black lives have value, Black love has value, Black families have value – I AM NOT BEING POLITICAL. I am being a human being.
38. For my Jesus people: “The second [commandment] is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31.
39. Jesus demands we love our neighbors – all our neighbors – and until Black lives are protected and valued like white lives we aren’t there yet. You cannot cloak yourself in Christianity without doing this work.
40. Stand up and be counted.
“You know it’s bad when New Jersey says nope, you’re gonna need to quarantine for 14 days before you can walk our streets.”
That is epic.
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Son says it’s one of the reason he stays in the house or garden. For him too many seriously mixed up people out there.
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Mixed emotions on this. I’m not going to further burden you with my thoughts that differ, but I am standing behind you to support you in your quest for a lot less stupidity. Yay. Now can we all band together (whatever color we are) and take all the dumb ass politicians, shove them on a deserted island that is rife with C-19 and let them figure out what is safe and what is not? It might even generate funds if it were televised…
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Appreciate this, Melanie. I have a sneaking suspicion we’d have a much better chance for action if the politicians’ survival depended more strongly on on another…
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Laura, thank you for the words I don’t seem to be able to find anymore. My daughter lives in Florida. Over 8,000 new cases overnight. Stupid, stupid, stupid. I was so pleased to see Governor Cooper stand strong, but I knew the ‘patriots’ would come unglued. Grrrr. I am glad we are rural and I am honestly really angry at people who can so callously risk the lives of others. I have grandchildren and friends of color. It’s frightening. So frightening. I worry for those I love and those I will never know. They deserve the same rights. Last night I watched a documentary about Einstein. The first episode showed the beginning of Hitler’s rise to power. I could not shake the similarities.
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That’s been such a disturbing comparison. One time I saw someone lay it out point by point on twitter & by the end I was shaken. Glad we’re speaking up in unity now but it also makes me worry about what’s happening with ICE & immigrants while we’re focused on BLM. What kind of insanity is this??
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Thank you, thank you! Those words, or many of them, have been roiling around in my brain. The two times I went shopping last month there were far too many people without masks – only we elderly women were smart enough to wear them. And now we too are paying for it with a marked increase in cases. People – I worry about them sometimes, with their crooked thinking, the reasonably intelligent with their misplaced adoration of stupid and confusion about freedom.
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Exactly. I cannot understand the folks who go on about how the sheriff is protecting them from this affront to their liberty. I just want to say seriously, what kind of life have you lived that wearing a MASK is a horror? I’ve been through so much worse than this — wearing a mask or staying home is not even close to a trauma. 🙄
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Ongoing evidence that people are stupid.
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Yep. This morning my kid said I wish people didn’t suck and I had nothing encouraging to say. 😳
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Could be a t-shirt. (Oops it already is)
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Too bad over there. Here I see most people with masks on. And the numbers are going down.
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It’s remarkable. There are 50 states in different stages. I can’t understand how we’re not learning from one another.
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It really is strange that people are still not getting it.
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There are so many things twisted and misconstrued right now. We can’t give up on any front.
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Absolutely. My son mentioned something disturbing about ICE yesterday & I agreed we have to keep watch. There’s so much going on it’s easy to miss stuff.
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It is a crazy time and I worry for my grandson every day. Because he is driving now I fear for his safety. Our governor also stepped into the media to require masks at all times when in stores, in lines, etc. As expected Orange County complained and said they don’t want to. Now in today’s news an article came out about a huge increase in cases in Orange County. Sadly, I am not confidant that they will make the connection. Stay safe.
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I simply can’t understand how people don’t make this connection. Yesterday my kid was saying these stupid people won’t wear masks so I won’t get to see anybody until we’re finally back in school! He’s not wrong.
I’m so sorry about your grandson. I’ll say a prayer for him. 💛
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Thanks
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