tone deaf talking points, by el gato malo

Trump bragging about his COVID performance is revolting. From el gato malo at boriquagato.substack.com:

this is maybe not the anniversary you want to commemorate.

i know many of you are fans of trump for a variety of reasons (some of which i even agree with) but i think we all also need to be honest about people and past events and so please take this in the vein of “we all need to own our own goals” and remember that the strength of team toxo lies in calling it like it is and staying friends even when we disagree.

and consider the possibility that there are two forms of trump derangement syndrome: one that he can do no right and another that he can do no wrong.

and neither one is helpful.

and i’m sure this comments section will be one for the ages, so have at it, but stay respectful and on point and let’s see if we can stay off the ad hominem.

because i think we really do need to talk about this.

because this is sort of a doozie…

what an astonishingly tone deaf way for the guy who locked us down to commemorate lockdowns.

4 years ago today i had just fled my home to escape puerto rico’s literal home arrest version of lockdowns because “the CDC and the president said so.”

it felt too unsafe to live here.

if you went outside, cops would swarm you. it was like some sort of dystopian sci-fi movie.

and i wanted no part of it so i flew out of here as fast as i could for fear they would close down the airports.

i was on empty planes, connecting through empty airports.

you could have gotten a pick up game of pickleball going in ohare.

i was not afraid of a virus, but i was terrified of panicked, wet pants agents of the state running amok and roughshod over liberty, rights, and the economic debacle it was going to set off.

they were still pulling solo surfers out of the water 6 months later.

4 years ago today, america was closed. the whole country was living under the first “2 weeks to flatten the curve” that turned into probably the most extended and extensive rug-pull of personal freedom in the history of these united states.

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