We just had a fly by in Philly to show "support" for the medical professionals here... how about buy them some supplies with that money instead?

@freemo

I'm assuming they fly those plans routinely and just diverted for the day

@AtlasFreeman @freemo also LOL @ the idea that the only reason for shortages is money

@leyonhjelm

Thats not really the whole of the argument here. You could literally dump the cash int he nurses lap and it would be more of a thank you to them than some plans flying over head.

@AtlasFreeman

@freemo @AtlasFreeman what's your argument though? Dumping cash onto people just to dump cash is a non starter for me.

@leyonhjelm

That it is a shitty way to say thank you and not one that any one they were thanking either appreciated or wanted. From what I hear most of them would have rather them done nothing than to create a shit ton of pollution and waste a bunch of money for no reason.

@AtlasFreeman

@leyonhjelm

Considering the purpose of the flight was explicitly for them, the fact that you and others dont care what they want is exactly the problem.

@AtlasFreeman

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@leyonhjelm

Because if your trying to give a gift to a person or group of people, and admit you dont care about those people or what they think of the gift, your going to do a pretty shitty job at gift giving.

@AtlasFreeman

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@freemo @AtlasFreeman I don't agree that they were trying to give a gift to those people. Your entire argument is built on a foundation of bad assumptions.

@leyonhjelm

Thats what they said, was intended as a thank you to nurses and doctors.

@AtlasFreeman

@freemo @AtlasFreeman see, that's not a gift. They're literally a group of pilots. They are offering what they do as a service, and odds are, keeping their flight hours up as required by their job. They're gonna fly those planes whether they dedicate the performance to someone or not.

@leyonhjelm

These are Blue Angels, they fly almost exclusively for display and nothing else. I doubt they would have flew that particular day without a show/display scheduled. Though im sure another show or display wouldnt have been far off.

@AtlasFreeman

@freemo @AtlasFreeman You have a very strange idea of how military operations work, even PR ones.
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