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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:45 PM Jul 2020

Kansas newspaper's post equates mask mandate with Holocaust

Source: Associated Press

John Hanna, Associated Press
Updated 4:18 pm CDT, Saturday, July 4, 2020



Photo: John Hanna, AP
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Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly answers questions from reporters about the coronavirus pandemic after a meeting with legislative leaders, Thursday, July 2, 2020, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Kelly has issued an order to require people to wear masks in public and at their workplaces.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A weekly Kansas newspaper whose publisher is a county Republican Party chairman posted a cartoon on its Facebook page likening the Democratic governor's order requiring people to wear masks in public to the roundup and murder of millions of Jews during the Holocaust.

The cartoon on the Anderson County Review's Facebook page depicts Gov. Laura Kelly wearing a mask with a Jewish Star of David on it, next to a drawing of people being loaded onto train cars. Its caption is, “Lockdown Laura says: Put on your mask ... and step onto the cattle car.”

The newspaper posted the cartoon on Friday, the day that Kelly's mask order aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus took effect. It's drawn several hundred comments, many of them strongly critical.

Publisher Dane Hicks, who is also Anderson County's GOP chairman, told The Associated Press on Saturday that he would answer emailed questions about the cartoon once he could reach a computer. His newspaper is based in the county seat of Garnett, about 65 miles (105 kilometers) southwest of Kansas City and has a circulation of about 2,100, according to the Kansas Press Association.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Kansas-newspaper-s-post-equates-mask-mandate-with-15386364.php

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Kansas newspaper's post equates mask mandate with Holocaust (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2020 OP
Wearing a mask is a medical statement. Not wearing a mask is THE political statement. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #1
I wonder if life insurers are taking notice bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #2
It doesn't work that way sarisataka Jul 2020 #5
It should. If you take up sky diving your employer will notice in some professions. bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #10
Your employer may sarisataka Jul 2020 #12
So you're saying if they find out I started smoking, they cant change rates? oldsoftie Jul 2020 #17
Auto insurance is renewed every 6 months, sarisataka Jul 2020 #20
Well I'll just be damned!! I never knew they couldnt do that. Thank you. oldsoftie Jul 2020 #24
My auto insurance isn't renewed every 6 months olddad65 Jul 2020 #37
I agree Traildogbob Jul 2020 #21
This is insane. area51 Jul 2020 #3
Wearing a mask is exactly the same as putting on a seat belt in your car.... Stuart G Jul 2020 #4
I remember when they added a beep to remind you to buckle up when you started your car. patphil Jul 2020 #15
Kansas used to have a good education system. I guess it has gone to pot in the last 50 demigoddess Jul 2020 #6
Republicans and conservatives have been destroying public education for decades. Grokenstein Jul 2020 #18
Comparing this to the murder of Jews in the Holocaust? LiberalFighter Jul 2020 #7
They always have to add that little tinge of religion. Baked Potato Jul 2020 #8
I can't think of words harsh enough. Solly Mack Jul 2020 #9
Wonder if the news has reached Garnett about Jr's girlfriend testing positive for corona virus?? Bengus81 Jul 2020 #11
The rethugs are always making comparisons to nazi Germany. captain queeg Jul 2020 #13
Typical of Republicans... patphil Jul 2020 #14
I saw a post saying "The Jews were told that the trains were taking them to vaccination stations" oldsoftie Jul 2020 #16
It's not even Ben Garrison "quality." Closer to, say, Faithmouse. Grokenstein Jul 2020 #19
Mask it or Casket. Seems like that publication chose Casket. NT. mwooldri Jul 2020 #22
There is no cure for willful stupidity. warmfeet Jul 2020 #23
I would like to have them wear military mopp 4 gear Woodwizard Jul 2020 #25
How about MOPP 4 at NTC, Bragg or Benning in July August.... CRK7376 Jul 2020 #29
The stuff is hot Woodwizard Jul 2020 #31
How embarrassing... Maxheader Jul 2020 #26
Yep...you can smell stupid. Hip2bSquare Jul 2020 #27
I hope Dane Hicks catches covid and dies. TeamPooka Jul 2020 #28
Dane Hicks? Naw. . . Joel Eyeforth Jul 2020 #30
And the stupid motherfuckers come out of the woodwork sakabatou Jul 2020 #32
Republicans are such SNOWFLAKES! I've seen them on Facebook talking about their "rights" Nitram Jul 2020 #33
Another example of why rural GOP are belittled and berated, as they should be. nt Progressive Jones Jul 2020 #34
How many people have died due to wearing the mask? keithbvadu2 Jul 2020 #35
What the fuck is wrong with these people? olddad65 Jul 2020 #36
Yeah, because masking is exactly like being shipped to an extermination camp, you fucking donut. N/T Jedi Guy Jul 2020 #38
Latest I've read is over 950 new cases, since last Friday.. Maxheader Jul 2020 #39

bucolic_frolic

(42,675 posts)
2. I wonder if life insurers are taking notice
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:51 PM
Jul 2020

Anti-maskers are taking risks that maskers aren't. The probability of dying is measurable in some way. Payouts to anti-masker families are sure to rocket.

I mean, they insure smokers and non-smokers in separate categories. Higher rates for smokers. Because they die sooner, on average. Same with anti-maskers.

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
5. It doesn't work that way
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:57 PM
Jul 2020

It depends on what your status is when you sign up. If you start smoking after having been a non smoker the rate and payout will not change

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
12. Your employer may
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:08 PM
Jul 2020

Your insurance company can't

Do you really want insurance companies to be allowed to change your life premiums or benefits throughout the course of your life? They would like to have that ability...

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
17. So you're saying if they find out I started smoking, they cant change rates?
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:32 PM
Jul 2020

Car insurance can change your rates if you get tickets; higher risk. Whats the difference?

sarisataka

(18,220 posts)
20. Auto insurance is renewed every 6 months,
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jul 2020

Not guaranteed and adjustable

Life insurance is guaranteed renewable every year as long as you pay the premium. The rate is determined based on your age and health at the time you sign the application. It is guaranteed renewable at that same rate.

If you purchase a Term life policy it is guaranteed for the term you signed up for whether that is 10 years 20 years or something different. At the end of the term they are allowed to re evaluate you and change the premiums or even deny you continuous coverage at that point.

Whole life is signed up for your whole life. Unless you request a changeThe insurance company is not allowed to make a change in your rate. You can even sign up for guaranteed increases which you are allowed to take even if you have developed health issues. You will pay the increased cost of the coverage at the age you exercise that option but you cannot be denied coverage.

This is to protect the consumers who may sign up for life insurance then develop health issues which would prevent them from getting life insurance later in life. The company is not allowed to drop someone's life insurance just because they Develop diabetes or cancer later in life. On the flip side if someone was signed up for a whole life policy as a child they are protected even if they decide to start smoking, take up skydiving or engage in other risky activities when they become an adult. The insurance company is saddled with those choices the adult makes in exchange for the coverage they offered where they may receive 80+ years of premiums.

Traildogbob

(8,576 posts)
21. I agree
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:45 PM
Jul 2020

These insurance companies are gonna start kicking ass and taking names. No way are they gonna pay for stupid. Those waivers these idiots sign, probably sent directly to insurance adjusters. Face recognition from public places, and all the Karen’s, they are gonna be denied coverage when those million dollar 6 week hospital bills show up. And if ya die, good Luck next of kin, like they even give a shit if they leave that Burdon on their own family. Hospitals for profit will get their money, beleeee dat!

Stuart G

(38,359 posts)
4. Wearing a mask is exactly the same as putting on a seat belt in your car....
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 05:56 PM
Jul 2020

...I was teaching high school before the seat belt laws became mandatory everywhere. We argued and argued..The students knew, and they were not going go buckle up. I wonder if any remember those arguments? I do.
...I also wonder how many anti-seat belt users have had their lives saved by buckling up their seat belts & shoulder harnesses?

patphil

(6,033 posts)
15. I remember when they added a beep to remind you to buckle up when you started your car.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:28 PM
Jul 2020

Lots of people just left the belt buckled behind them on the seat. I'm sure some people died because of their stupidity.
It's the same thing now with people wearing the mask over their throat where it doesn't do any good, but they're wearing it, and their message is that you can go f**k yourself.

Stupid people are all around us, always have been, and always will be!

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
18. Republicans and conservatives have been destroying public education for decades.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:35 PM
Jul 2020

It's not just Kansas. Whitewashing history books and pushing "teach the controversy" has been their shtick all across the nation, and their motives should be obvious (if still insanely suicidal).

LiberalFighter

(50,501 posts)
7. Comparing this to the murder of Jews in the Holocaust?
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:00 PM
Jul 2020

How is it similar when the mask order is intended for all Kansans? Not for any selective group.

Bengus81

(6,907 posts)
11. Wonder if the news has reached Garnett about Jr's girlfriend testing positive for corona virus??
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:08 PM
Jul 2020

Soon to be Jr unless they hide him away for two weeks saying he went on Safari to kill Elephants.

That publisher clown is garbage and will take plenty of heat for that BS even in Republican Kansas. Sickening..........

captain queeg

(10,036 posts)
13. The rethugs are always making comparisons to nazi Germany.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:16 PM
Jul 2020

Projection much? How ignorant they are of history. It ought to disqualify them from a holding a public office.

patphil

(6,033 posts)
14. Typical of Republicans...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:22 PM
Jul 2020

Creating a message that mocks the use of the potentially life saving action of wearing a mask while simultaneously inserting an anti-semetic message into the picture.

The false equivalence of the two is not surprising; it's the kind of thing that is often used to sell a message of hate.

Grokenstein

(5,707 posts)
19. It's not even Ben Garrison "quality." Closer to, say, Faithmouse.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 06:40 PM
Jul 2020

(Tried linking to the amateurish piece of shit but it didn't work. It's almost like they're ashamed of it for some reason!)

Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action, said most if not all comparisons of current political events to the Holocaust are “odious" and said it's “incoherent” to equate an action designed to save lives with mass murder. Finally, he said, putting the Star of David on Kelly's mask is anti-Semitic because it implies “nefarious Jews” are behind her actions.

“This thing is like the trifecta of garbage,” Rieber said, calling on Republican leaders to repudiate the cartoon and Hicks immediately.

Woodwizard

(832 posts)
25. I would like to have them wear military mopp 4 gear
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 07:39 PM
Jul 2020

for a day when its 90 out, they wont complain about the mask after that.

CRK7376

(2,188 posts)
29. How about MOPP 4 at NTC, Bragg or Benning in July August....
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:02 PM
Jul 2020

That always sucks a big one. When I was an HHC Commander in an Infantry BN I had my Medical Plt set up a dirty wash, change out exercise in July at Bragg. The BN CDR had me run my Scout PLT down a lane and they got hit with Yellow Smoke , followed by our TOW Company. So we spent most of the afternoon running the exercise in hot, humid NC, shower tent, new MOPP gear swap out, decon the vehicles etc....That day sucked, but it showed the BN we could work the problem, survive, although it was miserable, and continue the mission. A litte N95 mask or bandanna is nothing compared to MOPP in the summer! HOAAAH!

Woodwizard

(832 posts)
31. The stuff is hot
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 12:55 AM
Jul 2020

I was in the 25th infantry in HI it was hot and sunny in a regular basis I was in during the 80's we did a lot of biological and chemical training for cold war preparedness that stuff scared me nasty stuff especially the blister agents not knowing they were around until reaction.

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
26. How embarrassing...
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 07:53 PM
Jul 2020


Guess I shouldn't be surprised...Just keep track of this handjob and hope

his newspaper goes out of business..

Hip2bSquare

(291 posts)
27. Yep...you can smell stupid.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 08:12 PM
Jul 2020

I thought I smelled stupid...who knew it was coming all the way from Kansas. However, all jokes aside, what a completely asinine and insulting comparison. The stupid in this country is overwhelming.

Nitram

(22,671 posts)
33. Republicans are such SNOWFLAKES! I've seen them on Facebook talking about their "rights"
Sun Jul 5, 2020, 11:24 AM
Jul 2020

and the constitution as if they were being tortured. It is hilarious!

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
39. Latest I've read is over 950 new cases, since last Friday..
Tue Jul 7, 2020, 08:14 AM
Jul 2020

Kansaas...and most counties are ignoring the mandate to wear

a mask.....
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