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Aquaria

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18. I know that I don't get

Sat Mar 28, 2020, 11:13 AM

Mar 2020

The boo hooing about shelter in place because my husband and I are introverts who aren’t into socializing. We’re also a one-income family, so going out is not something we do very often. One income also means my husband works while I stay home with only my cat and my own company to amuse me. If it weren’t for my mother and grocery shopping, I could go weeks or months without even talking to someone other than my husband. And I’m fine with that.

I don’t get how people see any of that as depriving them of their liberty. Maybe they don’t get how liberating it is to have so few obligations on one’s time and energy?

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Another pattern I've noticed about Republicans during this crisis [View all] NCDem47 Mar 2020 OP

At this point I say let them listen to their leader. Let the morons cull themselves. Squinch Mar 2020 #1

Yes, self-cull, for the good of the Nation! machoneman Mar 2020 #42

They owe it to their grandchildren, I hear. Squinch Mar 2020 #43

They have no sense of community Lars39 Mar 2020 #2

So true. Ohiogal Mar 2020 #3

they equate society with some kind of "hive mentality" rampartc Mar 2020 #7

I am glad you brought her name up. dugog55 Mar 2020 #14

they are experts in denial and blaming others and this really stretches that certainot Mar 2020 #38

and they both had alzheimer's or some kind of senility. I guess that stuff demigoddess Mar 2020 #40

You're correct about the lack of a sense of community. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #52

It's why they don't seem to acknowledge the need Lars39 Mar 2020 #53

The churches in my area are large and ornate. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2020 #54

Sounds medieval Lars39 Mar 2020 #56

Oh so that's their excuse? Varaddem Mar 2020 #4

They think, Family values means me and my family not somebody else's Walleye Mar 2020 #5

Hallelujah!!!! CRK7376 Mar 2020 #6

Totally agree! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #8

There's also a level of defiance going on here. NCDem47 Mar 2020 #10

Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #12

If they want to follow Dear Leader off a cliff, it doesn't bother me The Blue Flower Mar 2020 #9

Unfortunately, way too many of them Aquaria Mar 2020 #11

Here in Ohio I have heard several blaming everything on Dewine. One of them this morning doc03 Mar 2020 #13

Selective reasoning. NCDem47 Mar 2020 #15

Oh ffs Ohiogal Mar 2020 #26

Governor DeWine is doing an excellent job !!! SamKnause Mar 2020 #30

I'm sure it's in great part due to their getting mixed messages on how big a problem it is. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2020 #16

Party full of selfish weasels? Brainfodder Mar 2020 #17

I know that I don't get Aquaria Mar 2020 #18

Frankly, I've noticed the same from some lefties greenjar_01 Mar 2020 #19

See my post downthread. yardwork Mar 2020 #23

Yup. NCDem47 Mar 2020 #24

Forty years of rampant entitlement Skidmore Mar 2020 #20

More evidence that Dave in VA Mar 2020 #21

In general, the current form of the Republican Party is built on resentment and fear. yardwork Mar 2020 #22

If I may add underpants Mar 2020 #28

There's a little nugget of truth in what Limbaugh says. yardwork Mar 2020 #32

Time to cowboy up central scrutinizer Mar 2020 #25

Compared to the sacrifices this country made during WWII... cos dem Mar 2020 #27

Like all, I had relatives that lived through the Great Depression and WWII NCDem47 Mar 2020 #29

'...all you have to do is stay home, watch movies, drink bourbon...' Volaris Mar 2020 #33

Constant external stimulation is needed to keep sadists in good spirit sanatanadharma Mar 2020 #31

we needs to quarantine all republicans AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #34

Solution MLAA Mar 2020 #35

Married into a family and seperate business ties. NCDem47 Mar 2020 #44

Yes, I understand about the business requirements to engage with them, that's your living. MLAA Mar 2020 #45

karma prismpalette Mar 2020 #36

They're in make-believe land lanlady Mar 2020 #37

Pretty much. NCDem47 Mar 2020 #47

I had words with a Trumpanzee yesterday, during my trip to the grocery store. Snarkoleptic Mar 2020 #39

Say it with authority, and they often assume you have some DFW Mar 2020 #49

California's governor left it up to the cities /counties as to leave open or close gun shops. C Moon Mar 2020 #41

I can imagine their panic DFW Mar 2020 #50

Spot on eleny Mar 2020 #46

Besides having no empathy, I call them digital people. rickford66 Mar 2020 #48

Today's Republicans are not like the ones I grew up with. Joinfortmill Mar 2020 #51

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