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I'm in a small city in the midwest and if you went to a store today you would think there was no covid. It isn't like my state was declared the least safe for covid or anything.

I went to see Spider-Man at a 4pm matinee -the first movie I've seen in a theater since this all started and I was the only person in the theater wearing a mask.

And my state attorney general is going on tv saying he doesn't believe the statistics and the state legislature is says that teachers need to be impartial when teaching about nazis...

And people wonder why I'm such a misanthrope.

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My wife is a 2nd grade teacher, also in the midwest. 200+ kids out today with covid or b/c of a family member. Over a dozen teachers out today in a small school. There are no subs and they are asking parents who aren't sick to come "supervise" classes. The janitor quit and nobody is cleaning the bathrooms or classrooms. Yet the superintendent says schools need to be open, we are taking all the best safety precautions, etc, etc... completely ignoring the reality on the ground which I'm 100% sure he knows about. At some point reality has to set in here? right? maybe?

After these past two years, I will never again underestimate society's ability and willingness to ignore reality and base their decisions on wishful thinking and convenience. My community's school system is also closing their eyes and ears and insisting on the "We must keep schools open" dogma, despite student absences and running out of teachers, substitutes, and staff.

Just for clarification, do you mean the actual flag waving nazis from ww2, or the "nazis" that exist today?

If this is in the US and it's One Of Those States, I wouldn't be surprised if it was Flag Carying WW2 Nazis and not "cancel culture" ones. I grew up in One Of Those States and we talked highly about Slave Owners, Pinkerton, and other obviously bad people.

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/01/06/naz...

Those evil nazis and their matinees! If Spiderman has the decency to wear a mask, then they should too! But really, I'd almost assume that was a sarcastic post you made... if it weren't that NOT conforming to a "papers please" mentality now got you labelled as a "nazi" by the good boys and girls who do what the authorities tell them.

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