OP-ED | Angry Cheshire Provocateurs Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves | CTNewsJunkie

The Waterbury Republican American videotaped this woman, and others, shouting at state Rep. Liz Linehan and other state and local officials in Cheshire last week. Credit: Screengrab / Lance Reynolds / Waterbury Republican American TERRY COWGILL As Albert Einstein once observed, “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.” For an egghead, Einstein possessed uncommon common sense. Look no farther than the Nutmeg State for proof. A Wednesday afternoon discussion among education officials in Cheshire on safely reopening the state’s public schools descended into vitriol and chaos, as a small but unruly mob used profanity and intimidation tactics against Cheshire schools staff, superintendent Jeff Solan and state Rep. Liz Linehan, D-Cheshire. The goon squad eventually turned its anger toward Gov. Ned Lamont, who was also present and had signed an executive order earlier this summer requiring students and school district employees to mask up until Sept. 30 to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus when school starts this week. You would have thought Lamont had ordered the children of these parents to jump into a vat of boiling oil. The profanity and disrespect directed at public officials for trying to protect adults and children from…
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