So, Tyrone, you did not take personally the unlawful "mandate" to don a slave rag in order to participate in daily life? You summoned your inner stoic, did you, to remain unfazed by the damage to individual rights, liberty, health, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights? You remained unmoved by the unlawful conduct of governors, "public health" directors, corporate CEOs , and places of public accommodation that denied entry and/or equal access to goods and services to people in the absence of cloth or plastic over their noses and mouths? It made you feel good -- as opposed to hurt or heartbroken -- to see the adverse impact on small children forced to keep their noses and mouths covered for hours at a time? The failure of this country's inhabitants -- especially its men -- to stand for individual liberty -- and worse their cooperation with and celebration of illegal conduct -- makes little impression on you? The violation of the law by "law enforcement" and their Constitutional oaths (joining governors, mayors, town managers, city council members, et.al.) gives you a feeling of confidence in the state of this republic and its people? Hmm?
Does that about sum it up, Tyrone? If it does, then please tell me what it is you would have me -- or anyone -- think of 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill.
I don't think anyone's injured significantly by wearing a mask. It seems more and more silly as time goes on, but the basic notion that reducing the velocity of a person's outbreath could act as a form of source control if that person is contagious doesn't seem idiotic. It turns out, apparently, that science doesn't support that idea, so I'm no longer particularly keen on wearing a mask. But the idea seems neither idiotic to me nor particularly burdensome.
I get that it's not good for children to have their faces covered. It's a problem. But it's not just some evil overlords requiring it, it's people who still buy the whole fear-based narrative, and think they're the good guys. Elevating it into high-flown rhetoric about standing for individual liberty seems silly too. That's not the way to de-escalate the fear. If anything, that rhetoric about "liberty" is counterproductive. People who are in the grip of fear will throw their liberty away with both hands. Getting the fear spiraled down is important.
I don't agree with you on how simple this is, your take seems like how I used to think in elementary school. My world has gotten more complex since then, and I guess yours just hasn't for some reason. If you have only a few black-and-white categories to work with, then I guess we're not going to be able to agree.
Sorry you're so pissed at me, but there may not be a lot I can do about that.
Seems like you take that mask stuff pretty personally. Who hurt you?
So, Tyrone, you did not take personally the unlawful "mandate" to don a slave rag in order to participate in daily life? You summoned your inner stoic, did you, to remain unfazed by the damage to individual rights, liberty, health, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights? You remained unmoved by the unlawful conduct of governors, "public health" directors, corporate CEOs , and places of public accommodation that denied entry and/or equal access to goods and services to people in the absence of cloth or plastic over their noses and mouths? It made you feel good -- as opposed to hurt or heartbroken -- to see the adverse impact on small children forced to keep their noses and mouths covered for hours at a time? The failure of this country's inhabitants -- especially its men -- to stand for individual liberty -- and worse their cooperation with and celebration of illegal conduct -- makes little impression on you? The violation of the law by "law enforcement" and their Constitutional oaths (joining governors, mayors, town managers, city council members, et.al.) gives you a feeling of confidence in the state of this republic and its people? Hmm?
Does that about sum it up, Tyrone? If it does, then please tell me what it is you would have me -- or anyone -- think of 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
I don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill.
I don't think anyone's injured significantly by wearing a mask. It seems more and more silly as time goes on, but the basic notion that reducing the velocity of a person's outbreath could act as a form of source control if that person is contagious doesn't seem idiotic. It turns out, apparently, that science doesn't support that idea, so I'm no longer particularly keen on wearing a mask. But the idea seems neither idiotic to me nor particularly burdensome.
I get that it's not good for children to have their faces covered. It's a problem. But it's not just some evil overlords requiring it, it's people who still buy the whole fear-based narrative, and think they're the good guys. Elevating it into high-flown rhetoric about standing for individual liberty seems silly too. That's not the way to de-escalate the fear. If anything, that rhetoric about "liberty" is counterproductive. People who are in the grip of fear will throw their liberty away with both hands. Getting the fear spiraled down is important.
I don't agree with you on how simple this is, your take seems like how I used to think in elementary school. My world has gotten more complex since then, and I guess yours just hasn't for some reason. If you have only a few black-and-white categories to work with, then I guess we're not going to be able to agree.
Sorry you're so pissed at me, but there may not be a lot I can do about that.