Archived Opinion

I prefer to be a live jerk

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

To the Editor:

Come on guys, your MAGA hats won’t make me sick. Your bumper stickers can’t hurt me. Your open state rallies are ill advised, refusing to wear masks is downright dangerous.

I see you in the supermarket, Walmart, Lowe’s, wherever you go. I see you smirk at me as if to say “you’re a jerk.” Maybe I am, but I want to be a live jerk. My husband would not survive COVID-19. Therefore, I take this personally. 

So, keep your hats, bumper stickers and rally if you want. I just want to keep my husband and others at risk safe.

The president refuses to wear a mask, he also said injecting disinfectant would cure the virus. You chose to follow his lead?

Ah, come on guys!

Kathy Lang

Waynesville

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