Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Octogenarian who refuses to wear mask in virus-wracked Italy condemns those who protest virus restrictions.

No, it's true: the pontiff is effectively anti-mask.

But if others protest the infallible judgment of Caesar, they are privileged selfish types--possibly even merciless profiteers--but in all events incapable of imagining the suffering of others.

Meanwhile, he receives throngs of people without a mask because reasons.

The notion that people are terrified for their livelihoods or are exhausted by failed governmental policies cannot enter his closed Manichean mind. 

No, not for a moment. The sprawling factory complex where strawmen are assembled and burned by the thousand and labels substitute for engagement with those who think differently runs 24/7/365. Sadly, it is capable of producing only tiny amounts of actual empathy for those not with the program.

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