# Fucking maskholes and vaxholes **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339 "2020-07-14T21:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 74
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1477 "2022-01-28T14:22:25Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > I mean, we know she’s an idiot… The link preview left off the best part: > Two days after [Sarah Palin](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/business/sarah-palin-covid.html) **tested positive for the coronavirus** , ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1478 "2022-01-28T14:32:52Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > The link preview left off the best part: I thought that would show up in the preview. You’re right, that’s the lede. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1479 "2022-01-28T14:38:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/world/sarah-palin-covid-nyc-unvaccinated.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/world/sarah-palin-covid-nyc-unvaccinated.html) > > I mean, we know she’s an idiot… When I first read this headline, my eyes missed the middle letter in the 6th word, and my heart smiled a bit. Then I reread it. Oh well……… ---
**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:** [January 28, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1480 "2022-01-28T15:56:16Z")
Typical, from the increasingly hilariously misnamed “party of personal responsibility.” If you actually have COVID, it’s your personal responsibility not to spread it. She should be isolating, only going out if it’s truly necessary and, of course, masked when you do go out. When our son tested positive, he was stuck in a guest room. We didn’t go out for a few days, to make sure we didn’t develop symptoms (we’re all vaxxed and boosted), and was masked when we did go out. She’s a total piece of shit. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1481 "2022-01-28T17:42:40Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > When I first read this headline, my eyes missed the middle letter in the 6th word, and my heart smiled a bit. > > Then I reread it. Oh well……… “OMG, why isn’t this all over the news? Oh…” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1482 "2022-01-29T17:27:55Z")
Might’ve been posted elsewhere… > **[Trooper who told governor to ‘kiss my ass’ over vaccine dies of Covid](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/state-trooper-told-governor-kiss-152818641.html)** > > Robert LeMay recorded a video last year explaining why he refused to get vaccinated > [@](#): > > In the video he says: “This is my final sign-off. After 22 years of serving the citizens of the state of Washington, I’m being asked to leave because I am dirty. This is the last time you’ll hear me in a state patrol car. And Jay Inslee can kiss my ass.” ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1483 "2022-01-29T17:31:46Z")
I’ll die of covid! That’ll show Inslee! Bye, dead idiot. I hope that when you were infectious you didn’t spread it to anyone else, dickhead. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1484 "2022-01-29T23:57:34Z")
And here I was naively thinking we’d be above this crap… > **[Thousands opposed to COVID-19 rules converge on Parliament Hill | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/truck-convoy-protest-some-key-players-1.6332312)** > > A convoy of thousands of truckers and other protesters have descended on Parliament Hill to call for an end to COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions — a raucous demonstration that has police on high alert for possible... Trudeau _et famille_ have been relocated to an undislosed location until this day-pass gathering is done. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1485 "2022-01-30T01:24:54Z")
I see that Conservative party leader Erin O’Toole is throwing his lot in with this motley crew of covid deniers, white supremacists, Western Canada separatists, Proud boys, and anti-government types that want to "arrest the government’, just like their heros on Jan 6 in the USA. Good luck with that Mr. O’Toole. Interesting gamble, but for your sake, I hope the shit does not hit the fan, or that you are not photographed buddying up to the more noxious folks in this shit-show. You might gain the lunatic far-right that had moved over to Berniers “people’s party”. Enjoy that 5%, while you lose 25% of the center vote. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1486 "2022-01-30T01:27:48Z")
I see their big thing now is to demand that the Canadian federal government remove all covid mandates. Most of which have been put in place by the provinces that have jurisdiction over public health. What a bunch of fucking morons. And even the thing that started this off; Mandatory vaccination for cross-border truckers is now a moot point because the US has put in similar rules. So they apparently are now demanding that the Canadian government change the US rules. What a bunch of fucking morons. But I repeat myself. O’Toole is going for the fucking moron vote. As I said above - good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1487 "2022-01-30T03:31:28Z")
Re: Anti-vax trucker convoy in Ottawa: Canadian anti-hate organization Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) is watching this. CAHN executive director Evan Balgord does interview with Salon. > **[Canada's 'Freedom Convoy': Is this Jan. 6 for the Great White North?](https://www.rawstory.com/canada-s-freedom-convoy-is-this-jan-6-for-the-great-white-north/)** > > If you choose to believe Fox News and right-wing social media, this weekend a 40-mile long "Freedom Convoy" of 50,000 Canadian truckers, plus millions of their supporters, will converge in Ottawa — our northern neighbor's capital — for a mass protest... One tangential topic I noticed: Apparently Ottawa isn’t very visitor-friendly: > [@](#): > > Maybe there’s some violence. Hopefully not. Best-case scenario is just they honk their horns, annoy the hell out of everybody, achieve nothing and then have to go home. A lot of businesses are actually closing up for the day. And there’s no public washrooms in Ottawa. They’re not going to have anywhere to poop. Sorry to be crass about it. But they’re not going to find a warm reception there. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1488 "2022-01-30T04:09:36Z")
High of 13°, low of -5° tomorrow. Significant winds will make wind chill even worse. I certainly encourage them to stand outside for hours and protest! As for pooping, no doubt they can find a Tim Hortons somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Latimera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/latimera/32/497_2.png) [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1489 "2022-01-30T05:07:46Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > What a bunch of fucking morons. But I repeat myself. It bears repeating…What a bunch of fucking morons! And “freedom convoy” makes me want to gag, although I feel a little better when I think of it as the “freeDUMB convoy”… ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1490 "2022-01-30T06:35:43Z")
The sad part is, many of these folks are simply useful idiots who have been conned into unwittingly supporting these scummy alt-right nutbags. Social media and the dumbing down of the population is going to be the death-knell of civilization I fear. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1491 "2022-01-30T15:43:21Z")
Weird! I happened to cross paths with this video last night. It’s 16 minutes long, but quite thorough, IMO. The host shows that actual participation in the convoy is far less than has been reported, that most truckers are vaccinated anyway, and just who is pushing this from the corporate side. Worth a click if you have 16 minutes to kill on a Sunday morning. (ETA: confederate flags in Canada. How common a sight is that??) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tE0LoziXN1I/maxresdefault.jpg "The 'Freedom Convoy' Is Melting Brains") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE0LoziXN1I) ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1492 "2022-01-30T15:57:01Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > useful idiots who have been conned into unwittingly supporting these scummy alt-right nutbags Another bad thing about this is that Erin O’Toole and a number of the Tories are willing participants; that is really unhelpful. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > the dumbing down of the population is going to be the death-knell of civilization I fear I fear that this may not be an exaggeration. At some point somewhere this sort of civil disobedience could get out of hand and result in an inappropriate or excessive response from the authorities and off we go. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1493 "2022-01-30T16:11:52Z")
Definitely worth a watch @bobot ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1494 "2022-01-30T16:26:59Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > and just who is pushing this from the corporate side. Who does it say is pushing it from the corporate side? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1495 "2022-01-30T16:30:25Z")
You know, I could have phrased that better. There is actual opposition from the Trucking industry. The pushers are not best described with the word “corporate”. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339/1496 "2022-01-30T17:27:11Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > There is actual opposition from the Trucking industry. The Canadian Trucking Alliance is a federation of provincial trucking associations, representing over 4500 truckers. [They do not support this protest.](https://cantruck.ca/statement-by-canadian-trucking-alliance-president-on-ottawa-protests/) Indeed, they say: (bolding mine) > While a number of Canadians are in Ottawa to voice their displeasure over this mandate, it also appears that **a great number of these protestors have no connection to the trucking industry** and have a separate agenda beyond a disagreement over cross border vaccine requirements. As these protests unfold over the weekend, we ask the Canadian public to be aware that **many of the people you see and hear in media reports do not have a connection to the trucking industry.** This protest has been taken over by various alt-right groups. It is no longer about mandates for truckers. It’s about white supremacy, western separation, anti-government, libertopia, freemen of the land, and other assorted whacka doodles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-maskholes-and-vaxholes/915339.md?page=75)