Staring Into The Abyss

"It shouldn't be your boss, the government, or anyone else forcing you to make those decisions."

You know who said that? Ted "Yes I Cancun" Cruz. Now, before you go start doing the happy dance around the kitchen table and singing the praises of the Senator from Texas, you should probably know that the decisions he was referencing were in fact health related. But he was not referring to a woman's right to choose when it comes to reproductive rights.

Nope. Texas Ted was addressing the right of every American to decide whether or not to be vaccinated. The Senator was concerned that people might be discriminated against based on their choice. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas, state legislators are making laws to restrict access to early voting and limiting polling location hours. And they passed a law down there that allows everyone the opportunity to carry a gun without a background check or permit. Oh, and then there was the "heartbeat" law that bans abortion as early as six weeks, long before many women even know that they are pregnant.

Once again, ladies and gentlemen, Ted Cruz doesn't think your boss, the government or anyone else making decisions for you. Unless, of course, those decisions fit neatly within the ferocious parameters of the bright red conservative vision of life in these United States.

Not that it's just Crazy Cruz making these bizarre connections. Anti-vaxxers have been appropriating the Holocaust symbol of a yellow star pinned to their chests with faux Hebrew style letters that say "No Vax." Tiny-brained Congressperson Marjorie Taylor Greene recently commented on mask restrictions "You know, we can look back at a time in history where people were told to wear a gold star, and they were definitely treated like second class citizens, so much so that they were put in trains and taken to gas chambers in Nazi Germany." See, the people who don't want to wear masks or get vaccinated when more than half a million Americans have died are directly connected to Jews who were forced to wear stars and forced on trains and forced into concentration camps. That was fascism. 

Not to be confused with "fanaticism." Then again, it seems that these folks are easily confused and seem bent on confusing anyone willing to listen to them. It's probably best not to look directly at them when they are speaking. Like staring into a solar eclipse. It's just not safe. 

Or smart.