MORE When Blaine Pope came across anti-mask protestors, he thought, “How do we have this kind of discussion and not want to scratch each other’s eyes out in the process? How do we talk about something that’s difficult to talk about, but do so in a respectful way?” Photo by Shutterstock.
On May 3, CSUN professor Blaine Pope picked up his 11-year old daughter from school in Santa Monica, and when they were about to head home, they passed by a small group of anti-mask protesters. At his child’s urging, Pope and his daughter engaged the protestors in a calm 20-minute conversation.
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Blaine D. Pope didn’t plan to go viral. He had just planned to go home and make a peanut butter sandwich.
But that was before the mild-mannered professor arrived at his daughter’s school in Santa Monica one afternoon this week and found a group of anti-maskers waving signs and shouting conspiracy theories at parents and students.
You know the type. Those who claim falsely that COVID-19 is “the same as the flu” and that anyone who wears a mask or agrees to get vaccinated has been “indoctrinated” by a mysterious “they.”
Most people in Pope’s position would’ve just driven away, maybe rolling down the window to shout a curse word or two in the process, but still following some internet elder’s sage advice to not feed the trolls.
The 11 best tweets of the week, including hummingbird feet, beer, and Melinda Gates
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It s Friday, May 7, 2021 and no.that doesn t feel right? It s May 7?Â
I could ve sworn it was March 2020. Maybe it is. Who knows? Anyway, it s Friday, baby! How bout that?
To celebrate the end of the week, we collected some of the tweets that made us laugh in the past seven days. Why? Because it s nice to laugh, that s why.
Let s get to it. Here they are, our 12 favorite tweets of the week.Â
1. Oh this one s a banger