SPOTLIGHT: Online jokes about plastic straws provide welcome comic relief.
BIG PICTURE: Banning plastic straws in North America is a foolish waste of time, yet cities in California are doing just that.
The appeal is to our emotions rather than to our reason. Strategic thinking is entirely absent.
Disabled individuals, whose lives are already difficult, are being victimized – for no meaningful, big-picture benefit.
Several humorous memes about this terrible idea are now circulating on the Internet. Here’s a selection:
TOP TAKEAWAY: When politicians jump on idiotic bandwagons, it’s better to laugh than to cry 🙂
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Please review our PSA regarding plastic straws.
“When politicians jump on idiotic ban-wagons…..”
Now you know why they’re called the “Control – Left” – the lowest – leftist key on my laptop…..
Stupid California where illegal aliens(Future Democratic Voters)get better care then our vets do the idiots in Santa Barbara and other cities banning plastic straws to appease the Eco-Freaks/Granola Bar Munchers/Tree Huggers modern enviromentalisms a mental disorder caused by hugging too many trees and not your kids