It's sad really, but the information was there.
I don't rely on the government to know when to be careful.
I guess that's to much to expect from some people.

@Willow_Wisp Because just like with their “Religion”......They’ve been conditioned to that “Government knows best” mentality.

@SeaRay215ex They're actually quite selective, they won't believe the CDC because they're "The Government" yet they take whatever Trump says as gospel.
Everyone want's effective government, but they're all for Jack-Booted thugs wearing uniforms gassing us and making life hard on minorities and protestors where we're for regulations to protect us.
They accuse us of wanting big government while they want to regulate what women can do with their bodies.
I like our big government one hell of a lot better than their big government.

There really isn’t anything that can shock or surprise me anymore nowadays.

Yes masks should have been mandatory or your escorted out ,but unfortuneatly that would have caused a lot of violence ,but your right you can not fix stupid but can help some who are just ignorant of the whole situation all the other major rallys were cancelled as far as i know

@RoyMillar

Masks have been mandatory in Washington State since the beginning of the pandemic. Thank you, Governor Jay Inslee!

However, Republican assholes resent the mandatory mask law. They deliberately wear their mask under their nose or around their neck. Yesterday was a case in point:

"Please pull up your mask," I said to two men in the grocery store. "Your mask is completely ineffective without covering your nose."

Trumpster #1

"I KNOW," he replied smugly.
"Do you want to make other people sick or get sick yourself?" I asked.
"I want to give it to YOU," he said meanly.

Trumpster #2

"F-ck YOU!" he lashed out.

I don't understand people like this. To me, they are selfish, ignorant and mean.

@LiterateHiker Bravo for you speaking up , You should have told management and had them escorted out of the store ,Either them or your taking everyone with if managment does not get the hint

They may need to put their diapers in their appropriate places because they don’t have a brain to think with.

That's my point, but Bikers receive an unearned respect that borders on unhealthy.

@Willow_Wisp Do they? I hadn't noticed such a thing...but perhaps it varies by region?

I have never known a biker that I didn't like. Then again, I've only known five or six of them.

@AmyTheBruce I rode with the Pagans and the Bandidos as a hanger on back in the early 80's. I didn't find them very interesting in the long run despite my interest in their aesthetic. All conversations were at best limited and typically really conservative.

@Willow_Wisp There's a bumper sticker/ t-shirt/ etc. design I've seen with the Harley Davidson logo surmounting the slogan, "If You Have To Ask, You'll Never Understand".

Well, exactly. I'll never understand. It's one brand of motorcycle among many. Big fat hairy deal. There's nothing magical about it, you can't tell me how it has superior performance or mileage... if the slogan was "Harley Davidson: I Prefer This Brand", I would accept that. I like my Pontiac. I liked my Chevy better than the Ford I had. But for god's sake, they make it a mystical in-group symbol; "it's not a 'real' motorcycle unless it's a Harley!"

Put a damn muffler on your Harley. It's loud and annoying. Maybe then I'll stop crowding toward the center line when I see you coming the other direction. (And what is it with Harley riders that they always seem to ride 2 abreast, with one on the yellow line? Move over, dumbass!)

@AmyTheBruce Most bikers are actually good people. Problem is, all bikers get lumped in with The Pagans who were involved in criminal activity. I have known a number of bikers and even frequented biker bars and have gone to a number of swap meets over the years.

Your going to have good and bad in everything.

See my response below.

@Willow_Wisp well, you said you'd be happier if it only affected bikers, as if it would be ok if bikers got sick

@JonnaBononna Jesus, we're talking about conservative Trump supporters that refuse to take even superficial precautions in the middle of a pandemic.
I don't give a crap if they all die, I just regret that they'll spread it to everyone else. It would be ok if THESE bikers die.

@Willow_Wisp As it happens, I ride a motorcycle. I also voted for Biden.

@Fit50something Do you go hang out with 400,000 friends with no social distancing and no mask? If not then I'm not talking about you, am I?

@Willow_Wisp You should do yourself a favor, and delete this post, before more people see it. You're really making yourself look bad.

@Fit50something I meant what I said, and I'll stand by it. I hold all irresponsible people that jeopardize the health of all citizens in deep contempt. There's nothing special about sitting on a Harley that puts them above condemnation. Had it been in a church and my complaints were about the congregation you'd be agreeing with me. But I guess there's something special and noble about someone that drives around on two wheels, so we can't complain about them even when they do something as bone headed and stupid as Sturgis.
GFY.

@Willow_Wisp If it is affecting fisher men it's a good thing that I don't fish.

@Willow_Wisp had you said something like, "If it only affected those who attended the rally" I'd be with you. But you singled out bikers as those you'd have get infected.

@JonnaBononna I maintain that had it been any other group of irresponsible morons you wouldn't be upset.

@Willow_Wisp and I care not what you think.

@JonnaBononna Likewise