If Boebert took this pamphlet to her house and then ignored it, nothing would be different. She’d still be callous and uncaring towards the victims of school shootings.
Regardless of her opinion on the subject, situations like this can be handled in one of two ways:
Smile at the person, give them a brief thank you and that you’ll look it over when you get to the office/home/whatever, thank them, shake their hand, whatever. Offer them a few kind words if you have the time. Then if the pamphlet is of no interest to you, discard it once you get to your destination. Or at the very least, wait until the person who gave it to you is out of sight before discarding it.
Callously walk by them as if they are second class people not worthy of your time, grab whatever they were handing you, and just toss it in the trash right in front of them as if their concerns, opinions, and information doesn’t matter. Bonus points if you “thank” them with obvious sarcastic undertones or just outright telling them you don’t have time for them and acting as if just acknowledging their existence is beneath you.
Most people with half an ounce of decency choose some variant of #1. Lauren Boebert chose #2. Lauren Boebert always chooses #2, because she carries herself in a way that shows she thinks that she actually is better than everybody else. This is why people are so pissed off.
It wasn’t that she threw it out. 98% of us would do the same thing. It’s that she threw it out right in front of him and acted as if the entire subject wasn’t even worthy of her time.
Regardless of her opinion on the subject, situations like this can be handled in one of two ways:
Smile at the person, give them a brief thank you and that you’ll look it over when you get to the office/home/whatever, thank them, shake their hand, whatever. Offer them a few kind words if you have the time. Then if the pamphlet is of no interest to you, discard it once you get to your destination. Or at the very least, wait until the person who gave it to you is out of sight before discarding it.
Callously walk by them as if they are second class people not worthy of your time, grab whatever they were handing you, and just toss it in the trash right in front of them as if their concerns, opinions, and information doesn’t matter. Bonus points if you “thank” them with obvious sarcastic undertones or just outright telling them you don’t have time for them and acting as if just acknowledging their existence is beneath you.
Most people with half an ounce of decency choose some variant of #1. Lauren Boebert chose #2. Lauren Boebert always chooses #2, because she carries herself in a way that shows she thinks that she actually is better than everybody else. This is why people are so pissed off.
It wasn’t that she threw it out. 98% of us would do the same thing. It’s that she threw it out right in front of him and acted as if the entire subject wasn’t even worthy of her time.