uspol and covid-related mood snapshot; real dark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndUVdzi-HqY
Yeah. I'm done hoping these people actively defying reality/science/expertise and smirking about it will somehow pull through.
You can do something really stupid and still get my empathy. You can be hostile to my values and still get my compassion. You can even be a jerk and still get my compassion.
But if you're doing all three, and *actively* try to make things worse because your ideology says it's OK, AND you're being an asshole while you're doing it, it gets real hard not to see your demise as a net positive for humanity.
I have gone full Dogville for these people. Let them all die and salt their little towns and businesses, just keep them the fuck away from everybody else.
(Dogville, spoilers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogville#Chapter_9_and_ending )