I'm starting to think that the people who built their identity around the imperative to "stand athwart history yelling stop" rendered themselves uniquely ill-equipped to deal with the sorts of adjustments necessary to deal with a pandemic of historically-unprecedented scale.
I mean, you can yell "stop" at the coronavirus all you like, but it really doesn't care.
You can yell "stop" at climate change all you like, but it really doesn't care.
Conservatives: We're the wise ones with a sober respect for and understanding of history.
Also Conservatives: We're going to organize a movement built around the promise to stop history, and that will totally work.
Also Conservatives: We're going to organize a movement built around the promise to stop history, and that will totally work.
Come to think of it, the coronavirus actually *loves* it when you yell "stop" at it, because it increases the rate at which the virus is spread through airborne particles.
https://twitter.com/SethCotlar/status/1493269907365978112?s=20&t=IfPN62sh8kxLhurNUQLEeQ
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