Nobody Got Sick Because Donald Trump Lied
By: Linda Caroll
Tags: Election 2020, Donald Trump, Politics, Culture, Philosophy

We’ve all heard the news. Trump now claims he “knew” how deadly it was all along. He minimized it. To avoid panic. Or so he says.

Whatever.

He’s a reality show guy. Does no one remember that? He plays the audience. Plays the media. Plays the players. For response. That’s what reality shows do. They trigger people. Push buttons. It’s what he knows.

Did he know?

God knows. Maybe he did. Maybe he didn’t. Who knows?

Please. Show me something — anything — he’s had a consistent opinion on besides the wall and hating brown people. There’s no shortage of stories about all the times he’s contradicted himself.

The guy has verbal diarrhea.

Has no one picked up on that? Big mouth, big ego and a short fuse. Most of the time, I’m not sure he knows what he believes. Maybe he just believes whatever he’s saying at any given time. That’s how liars work.

You know he’s a pathological liar, right?

According to fact checker data reported in the Washington Post, in Trump’s first 298 days in office he made 1,628 false or misleading claims or contradicted himself. More than the average pathological liar.

Doesn’t matter if you believe that or not. Doesn’t even matter if you’re a Republican, a Democrat or a freaking Canadian, like me.

Because here’s the blunt truth, folks.

Nobody Got Sick Because Donald Trump Lied

Every single person who got sick got sick for the same reason. They were exposed to someone who had the virus. Simple as that.

Maybe they didn’t care. Maybe the other person didn’t care. Trump didn’t cough on anyone and make them sick.

He was never the only voice America had to listen to.

It’s not like Dr. Fauci was hiding under a rock.

Dr. Fauci has been in the media all along. Telling people this is serious. Talking precautions. Telling people it’s not just another flu.

We humans have a tendency to cherry-pick advice. We do what we want to, and find someone to point the finger at when it goes badly.

You know what Trump was responsible for? PPE.

He handled that badly. Very badly. Or rather, Jared Kushner handled it badly. But Trump was responsible for handing that off to him. For letting him.

You know who Trump failed?

Trump failed the people who got sick. The people who needed medical equipment that wasn’t available. He failed the medical people who needed PPE they couldn’t get.

But everyone else? We failed each other.

Fault and responsibility are not the same

Anyone who has ever worked in management knows fault and responsibility are not the same. It is not the manager’s fault if a staff member is having a bad day and blows off a customer.

It is, however, the manger’s responsibility to fix the problem.

Anyone who’s raised a child that grew up to be a decent human being and not a degenerate cretin knows fault and responsibility aren’t the same. It’s not Mommy’s fault the child stole a chocolate bar or broke a vase

It is Mommy’s responsibility to manage what happens after that.

Please understand, I am not blaming the people who got sick. It was not their fault. They didn’t infect themselves. Someone else did that.

Studies now show that almost half the people infected have no symptoms.

That’s beyond scary. It’s terrifying. We all need to walk around as though we might be infected and protect everyone else “from” us.

And maybe you’re not infected. Maybe I’m no. So?

What’s the downside, compared to the end result of not doing so if we “are” the one infected without knowing it?

It is our responsibility to take care of ourselves and each other.

You don’t have to figure out who to trust.

That’s another stupid thing people say. Oh, we don’t know who to trust. Everyone. You can trust everyone to be exactly who they show you they are.

You can trust a liar to lie.

We need smarten up if there’s any hope for us

Look, I don’t like Trump. Maybe you do. Whether you like him or not isn’t the issue. But, we need to collectively smarten up if humanity is to survive.

Please, show me a politician who’s kept every promise he’s made.

Please, show me a politician who’s never been caught in a lie.

Please, show me a politician who’s never passed the buck.

You can’t.

Half of America is so broke they can’t handle a $400 emergency, but congress is a millionaire’s club. Why is anyone listening to politicians? Do you think they really care about you beyond romancing the vote?

Stop listening to what they say.

Start watching what they do, instead. Figure out who to listen to. The people who study in the field they’re talking about and have high credibility. Ain’t no politicians on that list. Sorry. Nature of the beast.

The state the world is in isn’t our “fault.” We didn’t make the messed up laws and regulations that govern this gong show we live in.

But if there’s any hope for humanity, we must make it our responsibility.

/rant