Dangerous sociopath and malignant narcissist Donald "Moron Vector" Trump's suggestion yesterday (see post below) that he may call for a premature suspension of social distancing and business closures to "restart" the economy, against the urging of doctors and public health experts, has provoked intense backlash and the creation of #gopdeathpanels:
It was perfectly fine to expect the average person to let their own personal economies crash and burn for the sake of society, but somehow as soon as it threatens the bottom line of the 0.1%, we're expected to make human sacrifices. #GOPDeathPanels— Sara Heartburn (@saraheartburn) March 24, 2020
Translation: Sacrifice your grandparents so poor people can get back to working for minimum wage and no benefits. These yachts aren't going to pay for themselves. Do it for Walmart. #NotDying4WallStreet #GOPDeathPanels— Dona Sweet (@Dona_Sweetly) March 24, 2020
#GOPDeathPanels....— It's Not You (12,913 words/150,000) (@SchuylerThorpe) March 24, 2020
I don't want to hear EVER AGAIN how the ACA or anything else that benefits the fucking people will lead to "death panels" when the GOP & Trump just announced that the elderly should die for Corporate America & the 1%'s bottom line--just to save the economy.
Aren't these the same folks that are "pro lifers"; the same ones that forbid a woman to make decisions for themselves, the same ones that fill their pockets with green backs off the "illegal" aliens; those people?— Carol ✍🏼 (@Carol64653456) March 24, 2020
Yah, sure, they know what's best.#GOPDeathPanels
The biggest fucking “let them eat cake.” #GOPDeathPanels— Jess (@PunkDoll999) March 24, 2020
#GOPDeathPanels What did these guys' parents DO to them, that they'd wind up thinking it's no big deal if everyone their age died.— 🆘Rev Magdalen |This Machine Dismantles Patriarchy (@revmagdalen) March 24, 2020
2/26— Craig Rozniecki (@CraigRozniecki) March 24, 2020
Trump: "There are just 15 cases & the number is going down. It'll be zero soon. We've got this totally under control."
3/24
Trump: "There are just 46,000 cases & the number is going down. It'll be zero soon. So go back to work!"#GOPDeathPanels #Snark
Here's the deal: the real killer isn't just the virus but overloaded hospitals. But in any circumstances Lt. Governor Dan Patrick will get a ventilator if he needs one. The poor won't. He's claiming to be willing to make a sacrifice but it is others who will die. https://t.co/aS2fVqggZV— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 24, 2020
As some have pointed out, the desperate Rethugs would be targeting a key demographic of theirs for elimination if this were played out. And being "pro-life" to them ends with childbirth, as we've known all along. There's some comfort in the fact that mayors and governors drive the public health rules within their respective jurisdictions, unless Trump tells his cult to go back to work anyway.
But the depraved thinking that we should be willing to expose segments of our population, including all people with compromised immune systems, for the good of Wall Street and cash flush corporations is beyond obscene, but predictable for the members of this corrupt, rotted out authoritarian clique of a party.
