I Feel Guilty For Mocking The Protesters

Isolation protests are bringing out the worse in me

Were these people seriously protesting against the health of the nation? Were they really that self centered? How can they oppose quarantine when thousands of people are dying?

I questioned if they had even been watching the news. How could they not know how deadly the virus is? The US now has over 761,000 cases and more than 40,000 deaths, with numbers still rising, though signs have emerged that infection rates are slowing in some states.

I laughed and called them all idiots. I retweeted images of them while mocking their slogans. ‘Look at that clown condemning the virus as a hoax’ I typed. Must be Trump supporters. Except they weren’t, not all of them.

Over a dozen states have had protests. Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Minnesota, Utah, Virginia, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maryland, Idaho, Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Washington, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania. Republican and Democratic. All people.

The organizers behind these protests have largely been conservative, pro-Trump and pro-gun activists. US media have described many of these demonstrations as reminiscent of Trump campaign events, with pro-Trump banners, t-shirts, and signs aplenty.

Signs calling for freedom over tyranny have also been staples of these protests. Governors have been likened to kings or dictators. “Give me liberty or give me death,” a quote harkening back to the American Revolution has also been a popular mantra. They’re clearly not afraid and have no faith in the government.

Idiots!

Or are they?

Apart from the ones who thought the virus was a hoax and that Bill Gates was poisoning them. Or the conspiracy theorists with talk of China causing the outbreak. I thought about what their families must be going through.

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