Starting this one early.
Unfortunately, i am really cranky and in full blown 'i hate people mode'. Probably selfishness as I don't count as a proper person and am sick of everyone having human rights but me.
Had to go into the city, not because I wanted to go gallivanting in a pandemic but because I had to to comply with a court order. So while I was waiting for my daughter there was a group protesting about masks and exerting their rights. They were loud, agressive, yelling at people whom they saw wearing masks or even just with hand gel, shouting abuse at businesses they passed who were complying with covid regulations, grafitting those businesses, getting in people's faces, blowing whistles in their face and trying to pull their masks off and bin them. Apparently you cannot object as they were only exerting their right to bodily autonomy and to not wear a mask. I realise I'm considered a selfish ignoramus but surely the right to bodily autonomy would mean that although an individual has a right not to wear something another individual would have equal right to chose to wear it and by forcibly removing it is that not denying themthe right to bodily autonomy? Why isn't grabbing a stranger and forcibly removing something they're wearing considered assault? Why isn't shouting abuse and threats at businesses along a street breech of the peace? Who really decides who's not human enough to have rights because it seems so arbitrary? I need to make it clear that although I am a bad person all I did was walk along the street, place an order for a takeaway drink at a cafe, pay, say thank you, walk back up the street and sit on a bench at a small park area to wait. Other than cause offence to proper humans by wearing a mask (legally required) to go into the cafe, and try and give people space as per social distancing guidelines i did not speak to anyone else, I certainly didn't try and berate anyone for not wearing a mask. When trying to give others space I did not ask anyone else to move, I moved to give them space so I thought I had done my best not to inconvenience anyone and minimise the impact of my presence. Maybe next time I'll just take some juice from home so I see fewer people so less chance ofcausing offence.
Then when driving home,the traffic started slowing and people put their hazards on. I then saw a duck with her babies crossing the road and followed suit. The guy behind me, tailgated me, yelled obsecnities at me, pulled out, and floored it towards the ducks sending all the babies flying
. Didn't even ease off on the accelerator. I felt sick,luckily I had been weak and the wee one had taken her tablet and was reading and didn't see it.