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Outrage over the cruelty of the kakistocracy
This past weekend the province of Ontario entered a crisis that combined an escalating pandemic with an increasingly fed up public. Fed up, not just with the pandemic, but the utter incompetence of our leadership.
doug ford is a fucking idiot
— Tyler Evans (@tylrevns) April 16, 2021
I’m a fucking idiot and Im certain I could do a beter job than Doug Ford
— Alex Cubitt 🐺 (@Cubitt16) April 16, 2021
Doug Ford really woke up today and thought "ah yes another day to be a fucking idiot"
— Grandpa Nick (@nkdntno) April 16, 2021
It brings me joy knowing how stressed Doug Ford is knowing everyone fucking hates him because he’s a stupid idiot who doesn’t know what the fuck he’s doing
— Earl (@DrewGnaw) April 18, 2021
Achievement unlocked. Everyone now knows that Doug Ford is an idiot.
— Ron Levi (@ronleviutoronto) April 16, 2021
These tweets above are really just a tiny sample of what is and was widespread sentiment. Not just this past weekend, but these past few weeks (if not months).
I can hear my landlord aggressively pacing back and forth above us screaming to his mother about how much of an idiot Doug Ford is
— Rubi Strange (@strange_rubi) April 11, 2021
Yet now we’ve entered a new phase of this idiocy, or rather kakistocracy.
This past Friday, the Ontario government announced new measures to fight the pandemic that were generally regarded by all as either stupid, ineffective, or making a horrible situation worse. These included closing parks and golf courses.
As if in an attempt to help someone get up, the government felt it would be better to kick them when they’re down. Though in this case, it’s the health care system that is being kicked when it is down.
“This is what happens when you elect idiots”
Our health care system is going to totally collapse.’ These doctors listened to Doug Ford’s new plan and heard defeat and death | The Star https://t.co/j8moQG56XF
— Bill Brady (@sharemyopinion) April 17, 2021
One of the measures taken was giving police the power to question anyone, at anytime, just because they’re not at home.
Not only was this met with outrage from the general public, but many (urban) police forces quickly declared they would not follow the measure.
You know Doug Ford’s an idiot when he gives police the power to randomly stop people or cars, and yet almost every major police force in Ontario has said they won’t be doing this. https://t.co/WCmFxxTeDO
— Chocolate Thunder (@AnAngryBrownGuy) April 17, 2021
The #Police telling #DougFord thats he’s wrong & an idiot is literally the cherry 🍒 on top! #ontariolockdown
— Bombay The Coach 🏒 (@GHockeyCoach) April 17, 2021
Although pledging not to do it means little when they still have the legal power to do so.
What anyone who does not self-identify as an idiot was calling for was paid sick leave, as that would mitigate transmission in the workplace, which continues to the largest driver of the pandemic in Ontario.
This idiot Doug Ford is doing literally everything EXCEPT reinstating the paid sick days HE removed. People get sick and since they’re living paycheque to paycheque they have no choice but to go to work, maybe if this MORON hadn’t cut them they could stay home and be safe. https://t.co/BUDznvK8tH pic.twitter.com/rpz87bPzBF
— shivu (@FKAshiv) April 16, 2021
All of this comes after the province turned down help from the federal government.
BREAKING: Doug Ford is an idiot. https://t.co/e4n1AEUbpu
— Tyler Cropley (@tylercropley1) April 16, 2021
Ironically, closing golf courses and parks helps further alienate Ford’s own base.
People calling Ontario "Nazi Germany" are some dumb fucking Liberals. I hate when people over-exaggerate like this. I'm not defending Doug Ford, he's a complete idiot, but c'mon people. https://t.co/4ytK5iiGN9
— Azrael (@AzraelQC) April 17, 2021
It’s also ensuring Doug’s legacy is appropriately contextualized.
Rob Ford smoked crack and said he ate his wife’s pussy on national TV and yet, somehow, Doug Ford is the idiot of that family.
Could you imagine that family tree?! #COVID19ON
— WCW Nerdski 🥪 (@ItsStillRealBro) April 17, 2021
We’re talking global excellence here.
Doug Ford is officially the dumbest idiot on the planet
— OG DA 5’8 DON (@thugzzbunnyyy) April 16, 2021
However at what cost? What is the consequence of this current episode of sheer incompetence?
While it seems like a moment of collective rejection, what if instead, we’re normalizing the kakistocracy, precisely because it’s not going anywhere.
What are the lessons or morals that people are taking from this moment?
Still so angry at the lack of sense and compassion exhibited by the idiots currently in charge of ON. #PaidSickDaysNow #PaidSickDaysSaveLives #VaccinateEssentialWorkers #FordMustResign #FireSylviaJones #VoteFordOut2022 #DufferinCaledonDeservesBetter #OntarioDeservesBetter
— Fiona Ross (#vulnerable and #stayinghome) (@fionaross15) April 17, 2021
I wish that it was a need to change leadership. Or at the very least remove this current one.
I had a moment this weekend, petty, selfish, where I wondered where the unions were? Why didn’t the teachers strike? Why didn’t other unions who’s workers were literally in harms way step up to protect them?
Sadly it might be because the membership of those unions were not going to support strikes. Did not want to fight this fight as they too were scared and worried about their own needs, which are increasingly precarious and perilous.
Do you ever just cry because Doug Ford is a fucking idiot
— cass (@cassyyodonnell) April 17, 2021
What is to be done? What would you do?