“Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!”
Blazing Saddles, 1974
Yeah, well, soon enough we may need some stinking badges. Some of us want to participate in society and we’d like to participate with other people who have had the good sense to get vaccinations. Now, in some places, it won’t be an issue. We suspect we can go to Whole Foods, Jimmy Johns, see any documentary in a theatre, or go to an indoor farmer’s market on Sunday morning and it won’t be an issue. Everyone will be vaccinated. (Is that condescending? Good.)
Last week, the CDC released a statement that said it was lifting the mask mandate for those who have been vaccinated. Well, great, good for all of us. Except most of us don’t have proof of a vaccination other than a schedule card, initialed in pencil. Right now, that chip that is supposed to be in all the vaccines sounds pretty good. As we’ve said before, no chip in any vaccine is going to track us any better than the phone in our hand anyway. Many of us would take a scan bar on our foreheads if we could just randomly go to some club and end up breathing on… nah, too old for that. That doesn’t mean we don’t want the option!
But it is causing issues. Because we have people who won’t get vaccinated under any circumstances and they have the ability to just lie – and they wouldn’t be MAGAs if they couldn’t deal with bald-faced lies. So, they could get into… say, Costco, as Ricky Schroder tried today. The manager at Costco either wasn’t up on the new guidelines, was upholding California laws, was upholding company rules (because Costco doesn’t know who’s been vaccinated or not), or the guy just hates Ricky Schroder. Pick the top two or three choices and they’ll likely all be right to some degree. The manager wouldn’t let Schroder in because Schroder could not bring himself to put a damned mask on, necessary or not. Because he’s a MAGA and no one tells MAGAs what to do! (Except put tags on their car, vaccinate their children before school, cross in crosswalks, don’t drink and drive… Lots of people tell MAGAs what to do, they just don’t like Joe Biden telling them what to do.)
Well, MAGAs stick together and Scott Baio got all hot and bothered by the Ricky Schroder situation (a rarity in his life) and got on the 2021 electric Twitter machine to pretend it’s 1985 and went on a tirade. It didn’t go well. It’s kinda fun. First, Baio:
The Costco manager/employee said "it's a law to wear the mask" IT IS NOT A LAW. IT IS A MANDATE FROM THE DICTATORS! https://t.co/3asIJYlfY4 [1]
— Scott Baio (@ScottBaio) May 16, 2021 [2]
And here it comes!!
Weak entitled cry babies looking for sympathy and attention on social media. #RickySchroder [3] #ScottBaio [4] https://t.co/YajGmvyAE5 [5]
— Glamdahl (@Glamdahl1) May 17, 2021 [6]
Can somebody please give @scottbaio [7] a cameo on @NCIS_CBS [8] , @GreysABC [9] , or something. He obviously needs attention and money. God forbid he have to get a real job at McDonald's. https://t.co/siypsnq1c6 [10]
— I❤Bones (@mphs95) May 17, 2021 [11]
Their business ..their Rules! Don't like it..Tough..don't shop there!!!! Stop being a self elitist snowflake…if you had a store and had a sign on the door that said "no shirt, no shoes no service" you would want people to abide by that!
So suck it up Chachi!!! https://t.co/SReYOCgnjE [12]— 18+ Lady Alexandra Romana W Shepiro💄💋🌈❤️ (@AlexShepiro) May 17, 2021 [13]
Rick Shroder & Scott Baio… No it's not a law. However it(mask) is required to go to Costco, and harassing the staff isn't going to change that. If you wanna to be back in the public eye that bad pick something more important to be outraged about!! https://t.co/z1Z8ZQNs8l [14]
— Deidra Wade (@DeidraWade13) May 17, 2021 [15]
@ScottBaio [7] You're not living under Dictators. If you don't like America, the Open Borders that America has does not prevent you from leaving America #STFU [16] https://t.co/djugHQ47YT [17]
— TheInventorGreat (@inventor_great) May 16, 2021 [18]
Another failed actor had a camera in his face. He was probably nervous. https://t.co/eu94LlwzXS [19]
— Shelley 😷 (@bubulaboo) May 16, 2021 [20]
Human dumpster fire defends piece of shit who yelled at an essential worker for just doing his job. https://t.co/vq40r0ViOz [21]
— Maurice (@MrsSpaceCowboy) May 16, 2021 [22]
No, Tits. This is a business setting their own policy and operating autonomously. Republicans used to be all about that stuff. 🤷 https://t.co/Irl7Xfs88X [23]
— ^Z^ (@_Razzle_Dazzle_) May 16, 2021 [24]
You dumb as hell. It’s Costco policy if they want you to wear a mask ABIDE TO IT! This is a private business. https://t.co/GXgNwEmQJY [25]
— ᴛʀɪᴄɪᴀ ᴛᴀᴋᴀɴᴀᴡᴀ (@Takanawa816) May 16, 2021 [26]
I look at it this way what would Jesus ask of you, wear a mask and keep others and yourself safe or don't wear a mask because you are selfish and self-centered enough to think you are the one. This isn't a political issue it is an issue of caring for others https://t.co/RFRVpc8mwA [27]
— Lorrie (@Seekerotruth) May 16, 2021 [28]
It’s like we’re under attack by the island of misfit toys.
What’s next? Garbage pail kids and new coke gonna start going after costco managers? https://t.co/avHuUIbLKi [29]
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) May 16, 2021 [30]
Authoritarians have such a hard time with the concept of public health mitigation measures. Maybe they need to have it couched in terms of say the Dr. on Star Trek as an example of Dr. having the medical authority over the captain for the good of the whole crew. Dr. Dictator? https://t.co/PsyIdNCf0m [31]
— Clarisa Rosenfield💙In follow limbo, 🇺🇸 (@rosenfieldclar1) May 16, 2021 [32]
It's amazing to me that people like Chachi who say masks are tyranny are the same ones who want to dictate what a woman is allowed to talk about with her doctor. #ProLife [33] #Hypocrisy [34] https://t.co/E6DXT4qDYu [35]
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) May 16, 2021 [36]
You’re a grown ass man. 🤦🏻♀️ https://t.co/0gUOa2wdL6 [37]
— KRYSSI ⚢ Brenda Murphy deserved better. (@KikiSchecter) May 16, 2021 [38]
Yeah, that was fun.
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Peace, y’all
Jason
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