You’re not wrong to a large extent, but my beef is that imma and blacklab have created and reinforced an environment where the MAGA cabal can screech “no CR!!!!” on shit that’s pretty damn benign and they immediately jump in to save their feelings. They’ve catered to and coddled that crowd for so long that they have the privilege of dictating any discussion which remotely strays into politics which, has been discussed ad nauseum, is pretty many current event these days. It’s tiresome that one group gets to dictate the discussion here. If the mods would tell the MAGA cabal to STFU and grow up every now and then you might see people not get so wound up about the inconsistency in moderation here. Maybe not, but we’ll never know because the mods have taken a hardline position that MAGA is a protected class.
In a case like this involving a large employer, I think your best move is to advocate for money to be given to the community foundation who can then distribute the funds to vetted local organizations in the front line. Obviously, I can’t speak for every community foundation, but the ones I’ve had involvement with do really good work and are pretty efficient.
I know people are mad and I’m not calling you out singularly, but it doesn’t make a fucking difference. Kids don’t vote. And, FWIW, everyone I know that either had kids at camp in Hunt, has sent kids in the past or is an adult that went to camp there, myself included, definitely didn’t vote for Trump.
You were expecting a tasty spicy chicken sandwich from a chain based out of Wisconsin? I could have told you how that was going to go and saved you a few bucks.
Who read the scans initially? I’m amazed at how often things get missed. My wife and I both have examples of things getting missed, fortunately they were both orthopedic issues and not cancer. First was my wife who had been having knee pain (she’s a runner) and got the all clear on an MRI. After it not going away, I sent the scan to a buddy that’s a pediatric radiologist and he took one look at it and saw a meniscus tear. She had surgery a week later. In my case, I tripped over a broken sidewalk while walking my dog in the dark. Had an x-ray the next day and got the all clear. Continued to have pain and couldn’t walk without a limp for six months when I finally made an appointment with an orthopedic surgeon. He took one look at the films and said he would have operated on me the next day after I had the original x-ray. Ended up having lisfranc surgery and I have an assortment of screws in my foot as a result.
I hear you. I don’t have kids and I swing between distraught and rage. I can’t imagine how much that’s amped up for the parents around here. I’m having lunch on Thursday with a friend that had two sons rescued out of one of the cabins at La Junta that has been seen all over the news. I imagine that will be an emotional meal.
This administration cracks me up. They put out the most obvious propaganda that can easily be disproven and people just lap it up. “The average American now makes $675,000 annually” and people would believe it while looking at their bank account with less than $1,000 in it.
A whole lot of kids and families are going to need grief counseling. I hope there is some sort of way to ensure these people have access to the care that they are going to need on an ongoing basis.