Dealing with the Delta Variant: “Tennessee Pastor the Personification of a Clear and Present Danger”

How does one respond to a congregation of worshippers being told that the Delta variant is a hoax and that those who choose to come to church in masks will be ejected from the building?  This doesn’t bode well for our society’s dealing with the pandemic, does it?

If you watch this lunatic in action, you’ll get a feel for the pure animal hatred he has for those who comply with science. 

Well, let’s maintain perspective.  In the first place, this is Tennessee, the state, it could be argued, with the very most regressive laws and customs in the nation.  Their opposition to same-sex marriage and abortion, and their love of overt bigotry and the death penalty, etc. is straight out of the 1950s.

We need also to keep in mind that we’re talking about the lunatic fringe of the ultra-right wing, and that it will never go away.  Let’s just hope that most of those who self-identify as conservative will abide by the directions that are coming out of the CDC and that we can soon get back to where we were before this nightmare began.