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Coronavirus Shutdown is a Breeze to People Who’ve Known Real Hardship
Staying Home With Cable, Internet, Food Isn’t Tyranny
A Nigerian friend of mine, who lives in an upscale Los Angeles neighborhood, has shared some of the comments from local soccer moms. Apparently, they’re freaking out because they can’t get essential services such as haircuts and manicures.
My friend, who has taken to doing the shopping for his family to reduce their exposure. He also said that living through this in America, the worst experience of a lifetime, “was better than the best day in Nigeria.”
However, these LA soccer moms are not alone, many other Americans seem to think staying at home, with every creature comfort known to man, is human rights abuse. According to Law & Crime, Rebecca Bradley, a justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, compared it to the internment of Japanese American citizens during World War II.
