抗疫杂记（211）

川普与拜登的大选总统辩论前天刚结束，昨晚中秋之夜川普和第一夫人就确诊感染新冠病毒，今天川普又被送进军医院，社交媒体一直炒作的“十月惊奇”（October Surprise），果然准时爆发，开始上演。

虽说川普的政敌可能心中窃喜，但表面上纷纷慰问同情，拜登和佩洛西都推文希望总统夫妇尽早恢复正常平安健康，各国政要发表声明希望川普夫妇早日康复，天朝外交部华春莹也在推特中表示，希望川普早日战胜新冠病毒。

美国网民并没有政客这么虚伪客气，幸灾乐祸拍手称快者大有人在。有人上纲上线，认为这些网民素质太差，但是对于川普这种卑劣政客，反川普网民的这种反应可以理解，这并非对生命的蔑视和缺乏同情心，而是对川普人品与行为的不满和抗议。

我非常赞同抖音里一位地道美国白人小伙的这番话：

“So the president and his wife just tested positive for COVID-19. And like many of you, my first thought was celebratory. Since it feels some small amount of karmic justice, I don’t feel bad for him, since his dismissal of the virus is directly responsible for the deaths of 208000 people. I really dislike Donald Trump, and I think his entire existence has one of hatred and selfishness, but I hope he recovers fully and is in good health before the election. Because as much as I dislike him and everything he stands for, I think it is vitally important that he stand for re-election and lose. He needs to lose, he needs to kick up a stink about it and still lose. He needs to cry “Fraud!” and “Fake!” and still lose, he needs to lose undeniably. This is how we start to repair the damage he has done, by repudiating it, utterly. Him succumbing to this virus will not solve any anything, and will probably only make things worse. His supporters will say, “Joe couldn’t have won if Trump didn’t get sick!”, they will say Biden is illegitimate. The divide just will get deeper. To start healing, we need full-throated Trumpism to get a fair shot and be soundly beaten.”

译文：总统和他夫人刚刚检测新冠病毒呈阳性。正如你们中的许多人，我第一反应有点幸灾乐祸。因为我觉得这是他应得的一点报应，我并不为他感到难过，他对新冠病毒的轻视和不理应为20万8千美国人死亡负直接责任。我确实不喜欢川普，他的存在只是一种仇恨和自私，但我依然希望他在大选之前完全康复身体健康。尽管我不喜欢川普和他所代表的一切，但我认为他依然可以参与大选并且失败这一点非常重要。他需要失败，他需要将此事炒的臭气熏天依然失败，他需要哭喊着“欺诈”“造假”但依然失败，他需要失败得心服口服。只有永久拒绝川普主义，我们才能开始修复愈合他所造成的伤害。如果因感染病毒川普不能继续竞选，将不会解决任何问题，反而可能让问题更糟。他的支持者会说，“拜登不可能赢得选举，如果川普不得病！” 他们会说拜登赢得大选是不合法的，美国社会的分裂会更深。要开始愈合，我们需要给川普主义一个公平的机会，并将之彻底摧毁。