Monday, April 20, 2020
Surprises?
Interesting observation from Justin Hart stirs up a bit of thinking.
If you asked me in March to predict which people in my network would 100% back a full multi-month US shutdown without hesitation (as many of them have)... I could peg them to a person. Looking back - there’s a type.Most of the responders said there were a few surprises. I'd go with that. I predicted on Feb 20 that my immediate neighborhood would remain solid, and it did. There won't be any response in this neighborhood. No snowflakes here. Hump up and take it types. Working-class whites, old vets, Russian emigres, Injuns, blacks. The snowflakes are in Browne's Addition and the new Kendall Yards 'urban haven'. Still no masks, no panic. The same people are walking at the same time, kids playing outside, no snitching. Among the 'opinion leaders' I read online, there were no negative surprises but one positive surprise. Typhoid Rod Dreher was predictably among the early panicators. All of the stock demons, "right" and "left", bulls and bears, have predictably remained on the panicator side. The false-flag types, who consistently argue about intentionally meaningless details, have remained in standard form, focusing on the meaningless question of 'biowar' sources for the virus instead of the lockdowns. The only real positive surprise is David Marcus at The Israelist. Marcus is pure NYC, so I figured he'd be pure panic. Instead, he has steadily offered sanity and wisdom with an old-fashioned tough NYC flavor. Ralph Kramden, not Stephen Mnuchin. = = = = = Most importantly, the Spokane city government has done an outstanding job of trying to preserve sanity here, without openly defying or countermanding the genocidal orders of an utterly insane bloodthirsty governor. The cops have acted with restraint, the city has tried to discourage snitches and protect small business. They have responded in a decent human way. GOOD WORK. I was surprised by this. The previous mayor, Copkiller Condon, would have amplified the craziness instead of restraining it. New mayor Woodward, who started her term in January, was saddled with this shit immediately, and has done a heroic job considering the conditions.
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