mcginnisc wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:33 pm
SouthernIslander wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 10:14 am
mcginnisc wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:39 am
To be fair- she is not wrong about GA's governor at ALL. I live in the burbs of Atlanta- the freaking HOME of the CDC. It is literally smack dab in the middle of downtown where the capital building is. Kemp has done an appalling job with this virus. Appalling. The mayor of Atlanta went against him and ordered a shelter in place for the city of Atlanta weeks ago. He told her not to do it. She did it anyway. Fulton County ordered a SIP after he said no. Dekalb County ordered a SIP after he said no...as did Cobb county and a multitude of others. He has been dragging his feet ordering a SIP for weeks. Due to his incompetence- we have over 5,000 cases in GA with 176 deaths as of last night. There are over 1000 people hospitalized. Our hospitals are over-run, our doctors/nurses don't have equipment they need and Kemp announced yesterday that he did not know it could be trasmitted asymptomatically.. BS! Again- the CDC is HERE. I can guarantee he knew, he is playing dumb and it is not okay.
The state should have been shut down a long time ago. Period. He has a huge list of essential workers and it is basically everybody. Seriously. Nothing is going to change in GA because his list is insane. Parks are still open, restaurants are curbside or delivery, all retail is basically still open unless that business took it upon themselves to close...he is a smaller version of Trump. Oh, and not to mention our lovely senator that should be convicted for insider trading. Guess who won't be re-elected? Brian Kemp and Kelly Loeffler. They are a disgrace to this southern state. Residents of GA are calling for their heads right now.
I've noticed her penchant for dogging the south..However, in this instance she is not wrong that there are southern governors that fell down on the job and are now scrambling.. Kemp and DeSantis failed...Period.
To be fair.....I did not say she was lying on GA and I called out Mississippi’s governor for pulling the same bullshit on another thread.
I’m talking about her bigoted attitude towards the south. I could understand if this was not a pattern for her but that is not the case. And the common “I am just speaking facts” excuse doesn’t give anyone a pass to behave that way.
I can and do have a problem with both.....period.
I have seen her attitude about the south. I get it. However, in this instance ( this post) I have no issue at all with her comments. She is right. The ones that have truly bungled it are from the south. Compared to other response times, the southern governors that are in Trump's back pocket have been dismal and slow to act. Hell, Kemp ordered a SIP until the 13th to go into effect today at 6 pm..that is a whopping 10 days. Really?? It is asinine. Most of the Metro ATL counties have been SIP for weeks already.
I'm a born and raised GA girl. I've lived here for 41 of my 45 years ( 4 years in ND when DH was in the AF). I love the south. I do NOT hold any illusions at how ass backwards it can be though. I think Lemons is spot on this time in regards to her opinion. I never thought I would ever agree with Lemons on anything regarding the south in all honesty. *shrugs*
I’m Black from Mississippi and raised by a family who survived times people read about in history books. I’ve done extensive work trying to offset the fall out and our “ass backwards” challenges in the south in my family and my community.
You are in no place or position to even imply that I have illusions about what goes on down here. That is not somewhere you want to go with me as I have well past paid my dues in that area.
I will say this one more time. I am not from nor live in GA, so I can only speak from MS and Texas. I have already told you that I have acknowledged the bullshit going on in Mississippi and how extremely serious is is, so I don’t I disagree with her on that. You acknowledged she has a pattern of dogging the south.
I have a problem with both, even if you don’t as it relates to this topic.
I am more than happy to have a conversation with you about this but do you have something else to add other than stuff I did not say or agree with?