be disgusted as they realize what some of their compatriots are cheering for and move away from them.
Many TDS'ers openly cheer for bad things to hapen to our country (or good things not to happen to it). They also are grateful for a virus that is very dangerous to the vulnerable because it strikes at their foe. Herman Melville knew this sickness those many years ago when he wrote the famous line of his character Captain Ahab who had become consumed with hatred in his obsession to seek revenge on Moby Dick:
'"Who told thee that?" cried Ahab; then pausing, "Aye, Starbuck; aye, my hearties all round; it was Moby Dick that dismasted me; Moby Dick that brought me to this dead stump I stand on now. Aye, aye," he shouted with a terrific, loud, animal sob, like that of a heart-stricken moose; "Aye, aye! it was that accursed white whale that razeed me; made a poor pegging lubber of me for ever and a day!" Then tossing both arms, with measureless imprecations he shouted out: "Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up. And this is what ye have shipped for, men! to chase that white whale on both sides of land, and over all sides of earth, till he spouts black blood and rolls fin out. What say ye, men, will ye splice hands on it, now? I think ye do look brave."