And going pantsless doesn’t kill anyone:
Robert O’Neill, the retired Navy SEAL credited with killing terrorist Osama Bin Laden, said Friday he would like the opportunity to speak with Delta CEO Ed Bastian Bastian to reach a resolution after the airline banned him for removing his face mask during a recent flight.
O’Neill said during an appearance on FOX Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” that he only removed his mask to eat and drink during the flight and his actions did not constitute a violation of Delta’s policy. The veteran added that he was not “anti-mask.”
“If someone felt uncomfortable, I’ll put the mask on,” O’Neill said. “I don’t have a problem with that. I do have a problem being ordered to do it. I don’t think I violated the policy. I’d love to talk to the CEO, Mr. Bastian, about it. I’d like to help them because their image right now isn’t very good and I have a million miles on Delta.”
Delta declined to comment on O’Neill’s remarks.
Bastian, last week, spoke to FOX Business about the slow recovery the airlines are experiencing due to the pandemic.
O’Neill revealed Thursday night that Delta had banned him shortly after he posted a mask-less selfie with the caption, “I’m not a [expletive].” Later, he said the now-deleted picture was a joke and that he had his mask in his lap when it was taken.
Delta’s current policy requires passengers to wear masks or appropriate face coverings “throughout their travel” with the airline. A company spokesperson confirmed the ban shortly after O’Neill announced it on Twitter.
“Part of every customer’s commitment prior to traveling on Delta is the requirement to acknowledge our updated travel policies, which includes wearing a mask,” a Delta spokesman told FOX Business. “Failure to comply with our mask-wearing mandate can result in losing the ability to fly Delta in the future.”
The ex-Navy SEAL participated in the famous raid on Bin Laden’s compound in 2011 and is credited with firing the shots that killed the terrorist leader. He left the Navy in 2012.
O’Neill said Delta has an “image problem,” adding that he would “hate to add anti-American to it.” He also accused the airline of caving to pressure from various media outlets that ran stories on his dispute with the airline.
“I posted it as a peaceful protest to my Twitter followers and I’m pretty sure that’s still protected by a few of the amendments,” O’Neill said. “Then the New York Post picked it up, the New York Times picked it up and put pressure on Delta.”
He sounds like a real pip, saying that he was unfairly targeted because he just took the mask off to eat and drink and also saying that he was staging a “peaceful protest” by tweeting a picture of himself saying “I’m not a pussy.”
He also said this stupid bullshit:
“China told you to wear a mask. Look down… you’re wearing a mask. I’m not,” he wrote in a series of tweets — also insisting, “Make no mistake.. this ‘pandemic’ was sent to you by China.”
“Do you remember the complete, incompetent morons buying all of the toilet paper? They’re the ones telling you to wear masks now,” he insisted in his online tirade.
“I know more about biological warfare than most of you. We were trained. These dumb ass masks do nothing. Nothing,” he insisted, adding that wearing a bandanna “does more harm than good.”
“I’m not being rude… I’m just telling you facts,” he insisted.
The airline industry and all of American business has a problem because people like me will not fly as long as scumbags like this are determined to spread this virus for no good reason.
If this man is willing to abide by the laws that say he’s not allowed to walk around without covering his dick, he can abide by the rules that say he can’t sit on an airplane without covering his nose and mouth. If businesses don’t enforce those rules, then they will lose the business of people who don’t feel like dying for Trump worshippers’ right to be a fucking idiot.
By the way:
Minnesota announced that more than a dozen people who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in neighboring South Dakota have tested positive for the coronavirus, making it the third state to link cases of the virus to the massive rally.
One confirmed case linked to the rally, which drew 460,000 vehicles, was identified Thursday and 14 additional ones on Friday, said the Minnesota Department of Health’s infectious disease division director, Kris Ehresmann.
Ehresmann said during a conference call with news outlets, including NBC affiliate KARE in Minneapolis, that 14 of those found to be infected were attendees at the rally and one was a volunteer who worked “in a temporary bar situation.”
“We’re expecting that we’re going to see many more cases associated with Sturgis,” she said. “Thousands of people attended that event, and so it’s very likely that we will see more transmission.”
One person who tested positive has been hospitalized, according to Ehresmann.
The rally that ran from Aug. 7 to Aug. 16 in Sturgis, about 30 miles northwest of Rapid City, drew attendees on more than 460,000 vehicles, the South Dakota Department of Transportation said.
That was down nearly 8 percent from the roughly 500,000 vehicles at last year’s rally, but significantly higher than the 250,000 people who had been expected to gather for the event this year amid the pandemic.
Minnesota is the third state to report coronavirus cases linked to the huge gathering.
Earlier this week, South Dakota health officials said a resident who visited One-Eyed Jack’s Saloon during the rally had tested positive for the virus. The health department warned that anyone who was at the bar on Aug. 11 between noon and 5:30 p.m. that day should “monitor for symptoms for 14 days after they visited.”
In neighboring Nebraska, at least seven new cases have been tied to the motorcycle rally, according to the Panhandle Public Health District. The health department did not provide further details on the cases.
In North Dakota, the health department has urged residents who attended Sturgis to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.
“Did you return to ND from the 2020 motorcycle rally in Sturgis this week? Be advised: surrounding states, including South Dakota & Minnesota, are reporting positive cases from the rally. Monitor yourself closely for symptoms; if you develop any, isolate until you can be tested,” the agency tweeted Friday.