Thanks for that. I stayed off the board even when things started to look up because I just didn't want to read nonsense.
When my wife was in ICU I came within a moment of getting into a fight with an anti-MASK protester about a block from the hospital. I haven't been in a real fight since I was a kid - when my worst couldn't really hurt someone. I'm not sure what I could do today. I won't describe the scene. I will say I didn't care about their numbers or the police present. I just wanted to wreck him, or more likely get wrecked by all his friends, it didn't matter. I talked to an officer. I thought about my kids. I wasn't sure if I'd see my wife again if I ended up spending a day locked up, or what it'd be like raising kids on my own with some misdemeanor court bullshit hanging over me. So I stayed in my car and let the fucker banging on my hood rant on by.
I'm not sure if it was reason, or at least equal parts fear, and maybe there's little practical difference.
When I read some of the things in this thread, I'm so sad.
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