In my area, the small-town governments are constantly generating a flurry of articles in favor of or opposing development, schools, or issues that have people up in arms. It can make driving down the local roads enjoyable, seeing what political action signs are posted on the banks of the roadside.
This sign and the one in the back of it appeared last week. I usually pay only passing attention to the signs; they come and go, but these caused me to slow down and eventually pull up for a photo. The “I support the most recent thing” sign appeared to be a sarcastic commentary. But in combination with the sign behind it, I realized the comment was reactionary against masking, immunizations, LGBTQ, and Black Lives Matter. I thought I wouldn’t want to knock on their door looking for directions.
As I drove along, I began to take severe umbrage toward the sign and the thought behind it due to an immediate and personal event. Last week I was bitten by someone’s cat in my backyard. After I had shooed my dog, Max, away, the bastard jumped at me and bit me hard. It had tags on so it was someone’s pet, but who’s? No one acknowledged owning it.
My healthcare provider decided that I needed to be seen in the Emergency Room, and the ER provider agreed that I needed a tetanus booster, immune globulin, and a rabies vaccine series. The reason? Many people have become “vaccine adverse.” They have shared this feeling to include being adverse to having pets immunized. Instead of just running away, the cat had attacked, which was atypical. So, without being able to confirm that the cat had been vaccinated, I was committed to a string of ER visits to get shots. Sweet.
Without the series of shots, I might just have filed this photo in among my collection of odd pictures that I had found interesting. But because of the shots, this shot of the signs boils my blood. I think of the people committed to this course of action, not as political protestors or being foolish. I see them as dangerous scoundrels because they and others like them have put my life in danger.
I don’t think that people like this can be reasoned with, and I’m reminded of the quote, “We should forgive our enemies, but not before they are hanged” (Heinrich Hein)
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So sorry this happened to you, and maddening too. People get on their soapboxes without any regard for who their words are affecting.
Thanks. I think there is much delusional thinking out there these days, and we forget that the delusional can’t be reasoned with.
Sadly true.
Oh wow.. sorry that happened to you, Lou 😞. Some cats when freaked out revert to inherent wildness and will attack any nearby being as a co-danger to it in the craziness of the moment, but yeah, the sign makes one wonder about the dangers of the bite. It’s irritating enough to pass 15 signs for one candidate on one lawn, but at least those are more pro-something than anti-something (unless painted on the side of a barn). All this madness shall pass.
I hope your sentiment that it will pass is true. It is so easy these days for idiocy to gain daily reinforcement that one wonders if we’ll soon be society divided into the permanently deranged and their caretakers.
Well, you know — “hope for the best but bring ur raincoat.” 😐 It’s kinda TOO nuts out there, indeed.
Well, this is pretty awful, Lou. Even though my cats are all indoor only cats, who’s to say one doesn’t sneak out the door one time. All mine are microchipped and vaxxed. Saves both you and me a lot of time and trouble.
This is a conundrum in our world I can’t wrap my head around. I know I’m angry but I’m completely without resources for expressing that anger or resolving the situation. My town was/has been/is opening hostile to Covid 19 precautions and so here I am, again, very likely with Covid. No tests on hand, just symptoms. I hate this place but I’m stuck here, so I (as humans have since the beginning) try to take the good with the bad and be happy about it. And no; delusional can’t be reasoned with. The “vaccine averse” phenomenon has “attacked” my vet, too. It’s absurd. I’m very sorry you had to go through the series of rabies shots. That’s NOT fun.
The health care providers have it really bad; they have to listen to all the idiocy and still maintain their cool.
Some health care providers subscribe to the idiocy. My neighbor does. Maybe that’s why I forgot her name after knowing her for 5 years! 🤣
If only erasing the idiocy was as easy as forgetting their names, that would be great.