No one should be surprised that the right-wing nutcases who deny science are freaked out about ebola.
Well, let us cats clarify that: They are not freaked out about ebola. Ebola that stays in Africa and kills black people is just fine. What they're freaked out about is two Americans infected with the virus coming home for treatment. Never mind that they'll be in total medical isolation and the risk to the general public is nil.
But we were still amazed when we got whiff of teabag types hating on two of their fellow citizens who, unlike them, have gotten off their duffs, gone to a tough part of the world to help others and gotten a bad disease in the process. Because get this: The doctor and the aid worker were volunteers with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian organization headed by — hang onto your hats — Franklin Graham! In fact, if you visit the group's website ("Helping in Jesus's name"), you'll see huge stories on the home page about these two selfless people who have put themselves at risk for their fellow human beings.
Under those circumstances, we thought we'd visit the goofballs over at Free Republic to see how they were reacting. Summary: In a decidedly un-Christian fashion. Here's a sampling.
"Keep them OUT of the country."
"I feel a whole lot better about myself for wanting to keep it over there."
"Americans are living in fear of ebola because we know all too well what will happen once it starts spreading."
"Glad I don’t live near Atlanta."
"Nobama just invited 10 heads of state from Africa into the US for a conference. Any one of those diplomats could be a walking petri dish."
"Just another way in which the Hero of Benghazi is protecting the country."
"If Obama can use ebola (in any way, real or by threat) to try to affect the mid-terms, he’ll do it."
"Even if there is no leak of infection, or outbreak, all one of Obama’s lackeys has to do is ‘imply’ that the ebola virus is spreading in the US, and the propaganda media will eat it up, even if NOT true and we will never know the truth."
And here's our favorite, paws down — because of course everything is a conspiracy:
"Wow! If ever there was the opportunity for a truly evil regime to remove ‘undesirables’ from the populace, this would be the perfect means to go about it!"
(PHOTO: Dr. Kent Brantly, the Samaritan's Purse physician the teabaggers hate. Maybe he's gay and has AIDS, too!)
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