# Fucking idiot coronavirus-loving rednecks in Michigan **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 16, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895 "2020-04-16T04:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/81 "2020-04-17T10:28:01Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Not enough. Take these inbred motherfuckers, find a deserted island in the Great Lakes and drop them off there until the crisis ends. We’ll do food and medicine drops. Then we can periodically compare the populations of rednecks versus wolves. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/82 "2020-04-17T12:16:55Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I think this is correct. Confront someone flying the “Stars & Bars” and they will weasel by saying, weaselly “Oh, it’s about southern heritage and history, not about teh blacks!”. Some folks say that. Some other folks say it’s about supporting states’ rights in the face of perceived federal government overreach. [The link Happy Lendervedder posted](https://www.michiganadvance.com/2020/04/15/whitmer-stay-home-order-protest-turns-into-trump-celebration-with-confederate-flags-and-guns/) shows a pic of the stars & bars with an assault riffle sillhouette and the phrase “COME AND TAKE IT,” suggesting that the flag has been coopted even further (by at least one person) as a symbol in support of individual rights in the face of _any_ perceived government overreach. All of which disregards the flag’s origin (and continued meaning for a very large number of people): a symbol expressing support of states “rights” to enslave black people. The town of Howell is a few miles down the road from Lansing. [Howell has some KKK history,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell,_Michigan#Historic_reputation) with racist elements persisting there even into very recent years. According to Wikipedia, 0.4% of the town’s population is black. Given the [de facto racial segregation of the region](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit#/media/File:FischerDetroit2010Census.png) (probably due mostly to white flight from Detroit after the race riots and economic decline), it wouldn’t surprise me to find a lot of racist folks in the towns just outside of the Detroit metro area (like Howell). ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/83 "2020-04-17T12:51:45Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Then we can periodically compare the populations of rednecks versus wolves. But how would you transport a redneck, a wolf, and a can of Bud in a rowboat? ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/84 "2020-04-17T13:02:28Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > _The cost of stupidity is proving quite piddly; > I yearn for a burden to visit the fools. > These would-be vectors need natural selectors; > A life guard to ban all their genes from the pool._ Bravo. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![road\_lobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d78d45/32.png) [@road\_lobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/road_lobo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/85 "2020-04-17T13:08:28Z")
I can’t believe how childish some of my countrymen are. The USA is so fucked. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/86 "2020-04-17T13:12:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > An actual photo of Ohio protesters from last week. They’re being compared to zombies. > [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://i.redd.it/stnhbw2zy6t41.jpg) Wow, quite a photo. I could see that becoming as iconic for our era as, say, the napalmed-children was for the Vietnam War. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/87 "2020-04-17T13:19:26Z")
They’re not protesters - I refuse to refer to them in that way and anyone who uses that term to refer to these pigs is a sucker. This is **uncivil** disobedience. It’s an attempt to interfere with legitimate government action during a time of emergency. If Ron DeSantis issued a mandatory evacuation in advance of a Hurricane, you wouldn’t see these fuckers charging up to Tallahassee with AR-15s. They’re right wing political thugs, not that much different than Putin’s Night Wolves, frankly. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/88 "2020-04-17T13:39:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > An actual photo of Ohio protesters from last week. They’re being compared to zombies. > [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://i.redd.it/stnhbw2zy6t41.jpg) > [@JKellyMap](#): > > Wow, quite a photo. I could see that becoming as iconic for our era as, say, the napalmed-children was for the Vietnam War. They’ve even perfected their rendition of the Trump-mouth. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/89 "2020-04-17T13:42:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Why on Earth would people in Michigan wave Confederate flags? :dubious: How about Canadians? Seriously, there’s a bubba not too far from here with a Confederate flag painted on the side of his house. No, he’s not a displaced Southern American. Yes, he is a complete racist fucknugget. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/90 "2020-04-17T13:45:58Z")
Is the blonde zombie one of the women from that Trump rally photo? I’m thinking [bottom left](https://imgur.com/a/QPbsLiX). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/91 "2020-04-17T13:48:24Z")
A political “blonde joke”. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/92 "2020-04-17T13:56:11Z")
There it is. This isn’t civil. Some people didn’t like the MLK demonstrations back in the day, but those guys weren’t tossing hand grenades left and right as they marched, which is basically what these MI rednecks are doing. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/93 "2020-04-17T14:06:44Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > How about Canadians? Seriously, there’s a bubba not too far from here with a Confederate flag painted on the side of his house. No, he’s not a displaced Southern American. Yes, he is a complete racist fucknugget. …no different from hillbillies in the Ozarks, Utah, or Idaho who raise Nazi flags. Kinda far removed, both in terms of time and space, from 1930s Germany, but the spirit lives on. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/94 "2020-04-17T14:07:07Z")
> [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](#): > > From what I read in your linked article, that is what the protest was about. And, of course, it was backed by the political opponents of the ruling party. **That’s the way politics work**. “_…the way politics **WORKS**._” That is all. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/95 "2020-04-17T14:09:22Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “_…the way politics **WORKS**._” > > That is all. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uzihn2msbKg/hqdefault.jpg "Grosso Goal- Italian Announcer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzihn2msbKg) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/96 "2020-04-17T14:12:41Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But how would you transport a redneck, a wolf, and a can of Bud in a rowboat? I’d take the can of Bud, throw it out of the boat halfway across the river, then proceed to the far side, and continue my journey. ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/97 "2020-04-17T14:45:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Why on Earth would people in Michigan wave Confederate flags? :dubious: It’s a deeply cultural thing for Michiganders, and otherwise we forget history. Or, they were huge fans of the Dukes of Hazzard. Or, maybe they’re just racists and/or traitors. Which could it be… ETA: Somehow, I missed the second page of this thread, with all the same responses that I had. Oh well, I’ll leave it. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/98 "2020-04-17T14:50:36Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > But they are less than human. Sorry but as soon as I find out someone supports Trump, I immediately look at them as intellectually inferior and a bad person. > > In other words it’s only affecting poor black people, so who cares? Don’t worry these whitey hillbilly protestors stupid actions will get them infected soon enough. But at least that will clear out the shallow end of the white gene pool and turn Michigan into a blue state again. > > I do agree that many of these rules need to be looked at on an industry by industry and if possible case to case basis. Construction companies should submit a COVID safety plan, and allow inspections to make sure its being enforced on the job site. But putting yourself and others in harms way to make this point is just stupid. > > Republicans are NOT the “ruling” party in Michigan, and even if they were this would be no less stupid. > > The Governor, both Senators, and the majority of Congress are Democrats. The Senators and Congresspersons don’t set state policy (Neither does the president in case he’s reading this) and the majority of both houses of the state legislature are Republican. (And rather handily so, at least until the state’s new anti-gerrymandering provision takes full effect.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/99 "2020-04-17T14:54:27Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > (Neither does the president in case he’s reading this) [sub][Psst…](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=22254817#post22254817)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895/100 "2020-04-17T15:05:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They’ve even perfected their rendition of the Trump-mouth. They remind me more of those [creepy-ass, open-mouthed caroling dolls/figures](https://images.app.goo.gl/JXpuVBmooHLus3aK9) that littered department store gift departments in the '90s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-idiot-coronavirus-loving-rednecks-in-michigan/851895.md?page=6)