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As I read all of these tweets and comments mocking the death of Herman Cain and seeking to attach his death to a political narrative of "Trump and GOP killed him by not taking Covid seriously," I'm watching the televised and well-attended funeral of John Lewis, held in an... https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1288844038347653121
...enclosed church, with unmasked speakers and singers, some using the same microphone. There are perhaps a couple hundred in attendance, all apparently masked, collectively inhaling and exhaling through masks that scientists and mask manufacturers themselves warn are...
...incapable of capturing covid spores or preventing them from being exhaled or inhaled through those masks. There are any number of elderly and at-risk individuals in that crowd. The funeral is being carried out in Atlanta, a city which limits funeral attendance to 50 or less.
It is being broadcast on all cable news channels, including @CNN, which employs @renato_mariotti and has consistently advocated against church openings and public gatherings of any type, except for funerals of politicians they support and demonstrations against politicians...
...and policies they don't support. I think it right and proper to honor the life of John Lewis with a well-attended, nationally-televised funeral - just as I think it right and proper to honor the life of any American, from any walk of life, in any state in the nation with...
...a well-attended funeral. While @CNN has made it a practice to stand at church parking lot entrances and interview/berate attendees as they depart a service, many of us see the hypocrisy in condemning the average church-goers and funeral attendees as ignorant scofflaws,...
...while providing hours of coverage, encouragement, and praise of celebrity and politician attendees of large religious and funeral gatherings, masked or unmasked, and of demonstrations and riots attended by collective tens of thousands, masked and unmasked, throughout the...
...country. I wonder if they'll cover Herman Cain's funeral, or if they'll extend to him the grace of at least honoring his uniquely exceptional life. Clearly Renato and his compatriots won't - they'd rather mock him for not wearing a mask at a gathering while perpetuating the...
...myth that everyone wearing masks at the gathering currently being televised on his cable network are adequately protected from the virus. One wonders if it's more dangerous to be ignorant of the scientific inadequacy of masks - which Dr. Fauci himself has said may...
...actually be more harmful than not, due to the tendency to touch the outside of the mask and face while adjusting - than it is to know all of that and pretend otherwise for no other reason than to excuse the actions of like-minded and criticize those of your political enemies.
