In Idaho Parents Get Their Children to Burn Masks

Today, during a protest at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise, parents got their children to burn masks by dumping them into a flaming oil barrel. 

Talk about playing with fire.

Mind you, Idaho does not have a state measure requiring masks. 

Now Boise has had a mask mandate since July 2020. Shortly before the measure went into effect there were those who saw fit to burn masks. 

But this is something else altogether. Aside from getting children to play with fire these parents are passing down their ignorance and selfishness thereby perpetuating familial foolishness. They are effectively telling their children they don't need to love thy neighbor much less members of their own family. 

One wonders how many of these parents will not see fit to get vaccinated. It is well worth remembering that COVID-19 was so bad in Idaho last October that plans were made to send patients to hospitals in Portland and Seattle. Evidently, some Idahoans haven't learned their lesson.

Now one make the case there were only 100 or so people at the protest and these actions do not represent the views of most Idahoans. Or do they? Let's remember that Trump bested Biden in Idaho by 30 points. And we know how Trump's words infected his audiences. A crowd of 100 can infect thousands more. It only takes one match to start an out of control blaze.