(08-30-2021, 09:33 PM)Bob Schroeck Wrote: Some on the right have noticed that their all-out war against the Democrats is resulting in their constituency being especially vulnerable to COVID and are trying to throttle it back, but they're discovering they're too late to do any good -- the base isn't going to listen to anyone who tries to tell them anything but what they want to hear now.
Yeah, this is known as a self fulfilling prophecy.
If it weren't for the simple fact that it's also helping to majorly stretch the pandemic out (and causing many other problems because their personal choices tend to spill over to cause consequences to people other than themselves), I'd have the popcorn out right now.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor