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Re:Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than... by cmurf on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:28PM (#24149534)
It isn't only the government, it's a significant minority of the population nationally; and at a local level it can approach significant majority.

A Marion County Florida Sheriff ordered that staff and visitors to his office cannot wear masks. That order is uncivilized behavior. The state governor should have removed him from power. People speeding on roads get sanctioned more, for being less of a menace to society.

At least the kooks who wear masks to have Zoom conference calls aren't subjecting anyone to risk their health or life.

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Re:Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than... by solaceb on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:34PM (#24149635)
You've touched on exactly what worries me most about the Trump era. Somehow, unnecessary combativeness and flamboyant disagreement has come to be valued in and of itself. As if somehow anyone wins by acting childishly.
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Re:Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than... by HumblyTossed on Thursday August 13, 2020 @05:51PM (#24149876)
> As if somehow anyone wins by acting childishly.

Certain people apparently do.

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Re:Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than... by cmurf on Thursday August 13, 2020 @06:37PM (#24150453)
Some appreciate it. Some find it too tedious to bother pushing back on it. Meltdown on aisle 5! Toddler requires, and has gone, Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!
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Re:Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than... by heavyset_go on Friday August 14, 2020 @03:48AM (#24155049)
It's conservative virtue signalling.
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Re:Parents are 5X as Worried about Infection and School than... by isabelc on Monday August 17, 2020 @11:59AM (#24188449)
This is missing context. Marion County, specifically Ocala, has a very high crime rate, one of the worst in US. The sheriff is not allowing masked people to enter because of safety concerns due to the current hate/distrust people are showing towards police. He doesn't want to guess if the next masked person who enters the station is a visitor or assailant.
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