Politics of The Mask
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Orders a Mandate Against Mask Mandates – And It Gets Better From There
Texas Governor Greg Abbott just threw down the gauntlet to any tin-pot water commissioner, mayor, or school board member who wants to keep Texans wrapped up in a mask. He’s turned COVID mask mandates on their ear by prohibiting mask mandates by any governmental entity in the state.
That’s right, it’s a mandate against mask mandates.
He signed an emergency declaration on Tuesday announcing that Texans have a “liberty to choose” whether or not they’ll wear a mask.
But, wait, it gets better.
Just to make sure liberal Travis County mask scolds don’t try any funny stuff, Abbott’s new rule says any governmental outfit requiring masks can be fined $1,000.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott just threw down the gauntlet to any tin-pot water commissioner, mayor, or school board member who wants to keep Texans wrapped up in a mask. He’s turned COVID mask mandates on their ear by prohibiting mask mandates by any governmental entity in the state.
That’s right, it’s a mandate against mask mandates.
He signed an emergency declaration on Tuesday announcing that Texans have a “liberty to choose” whether or not they’ll wear a mask.
Imagine that: an elected leader who believes individuals can conduct their own affairs in a waning pandemic.
But, wait, it gets better.
Just to make sure liberal Travis County mask scolds don’t try any funny stuff, Abbott’s new rule says any governmental outfit requiring masks can be fined $1,000.
Brzezinski “clarified” that some parts of the country may not yet be ready to return to normal, arguing that the fully vaccinated should wear a mask around the non-vaccinated, even though the scientific evidence shows that the fully vaccinated do not spread the disease.
“I hear everything you’re saying. I do think, though, there needs to be some clarity that there are some pockets of the country that may not be ready,” she responded. “I’m here in Washington. In many ways, I’m here doing ‘Know your value’ interviews, but I’m working with a team here, and there is one person on the team who is not vaccinated. I’m wearing a mask around that person. You know, it is, really, if you want to follow the science, then there are times you need to still wear the mask. And that’s where I think it gets really confusing as we try and move forward as a country and put this pandemic behind us.”
“I hear everything you’re saying. I do think, though, there needs to be some clarity that there are some pockets of the country that may not be ready,” she responded. “I’m here in Washington. In many ways, I’m here doing ‘Know your value’ interviews, but I’m working with a team here, and there is one person on the team who is not vaccinated. I’m wearing a mask around that person. You know, it is, really, if you want to follow the science, then there are times you need to still wear the mask. And that’s where I think it gets really confusing as we try and move forward as a country and put this pandemic behind us.”
Colorado Bus Driver Admits To Slapping 10-Year-Old Girl In Face Over Mask
Bertram Jaquez, who has since been terminated, said in a written statement about the April incident that “Out of reaction, I slapped her once,” according to local KKTV.
Video obtained by the outlet depicts Jaquez arguing with the girl and demanding she wear her mask correctly. When she resists, he slaps her.
The girl recounted the incident for herself in a handwritten statement to the school, explaining that she didn’t want to wear the mask because it made her feel sick. She explained that after she had been slapped, she demanded to be let off the bus, but Jaquez kept driving.
Bertram Jaquez, who has since been terminated, said in a written statement about the April incident that “Out of reaction, I slapped her once,” according to local KKTV.
Video obtained by the outlet depicts Jaquez arguing with the girl and demanding she wear her mask correctly. When she resists, he slaps her.
The girl recounted the incident for herself in a handwritten statement to the school, explaining that she didn’t want to wear the mask because it made her feel sick. She explained that after she had been slapped, she demanded to be let off the bus, but Jaquez kept driving.
Why Do So Many People Seem Disappointed That Mask Mandates Are Ending?
“People who are vaccinated can do much more with less risk than those who are not,” the New York Times concedes. “But vaccines do not offer 100 percent protection, and only about half of people in the region are fully vaccinated. As a result, some epidemiologists continue to recommend following the golden rules of coronavirus safety.”
But there is growing evidence that a fully vaccinated person has a better chance of getting hit by a car than catching COVID. And that puts the public health extremists in a bind.
We should mask up not to protect ourselves, not to demonstrate our political allegiance.
Reason:
“People who are vaccinated can do much more with less risk than those who are not,” the New York Times concedes. “But vaccines do not offer 100 percent protection, and only about half of people in the region are fully vaccinated. As a result, some epidemiologists continue to recommend following the golden rules of coronavirus safety.”
But there is growing evidence that a fully vaccinated person has a better chance of getting hit by a car than catching COVID. And that puts the public health extremists in a bind.
We should mask up not to protect ourselves, not to demonstrate our political allegiance.
Reason:
Masking misanthropy
But the most common reason vaccinated people continue to wear masks, even after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they were unneeded and after states and localities have dropped their mask mandates and after major retailers have, too, is distrust.
The argument goes like this: I am fully vaccinated, and I know masks don’t do anything for the fully vaccinated, but we’re now operating on the honor system. Over the past year of watching other people flout the social distancing rules I follow, I’ve come to trust people a lot less. So because I suspect many unmasked people are unvaccinated, I will continue to wear a mask for now.
The illogic here is manifold. For one thing, your mask is not there primarily to protect you, but to protect others from your exhalations. More importantly, if you are vaccinated, you are protected from any unvaccinated people who may be sick. The only people they are endangering are the other unvaccinated people.
A deep distrust of others trumps logic and science, though. So until we see other people as friends, neighbors, and children of God, expect to see less of other people's faces.
But the most common reason vaccinated people continue to wear masks, even after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they were unneeded and after states and localities have dropped their mask mandates and after major retailers have, too, is distrust.
The argument goes like this: I am fully vaccinated, and I know masks don’t do anything for the fully vaccinated, but we’re now operating on the honor system. Over the past year of watching other people flout the social distancing rules I follow, I’ve come to trust people a lot less. So because I suspect many unmasked people are unvaccinated, I will continue to wear a mask for now.
The illogic here is manifold. For one thing, your mask is not there primarily to protect you, but to protect others from your exhalations. More importantly, if you are vaccinated, you are protected from any unvaccinated people who may be sick. The only people they are endangering are the other unvaccinated people.
A deep distrust of others trumps logic and science, though. So until we see other people as friends, neighbors, and children of God, expect to see less of other people's faces.
The People Behind The Masks
While the novelty of going maskless is gradually fading, my curiosity about those who still wear their masks has been piqued—especially today when I happened to find myself behind someone who was double-masked in the check-out line of the supermarket.
Seriously? What the hell, lady?
I heard of people double masking, and I’ve even seen COVID-19 virtue-signallers post double-masking selfies on social media, but I’d never actually seen a double-masker in the wild—at least not where I noticed.
And yet I couldn’t help wondering, was this person not vaccinated yet? To put it delicately, this person was in a “high priority” group for getting vaccinated, so I found it hard to believe that she hasn’t been able to get vaccinated yet if she didn’t want to. But, hey, maybe she hasn’t, for various reasons that I can’t understand. But, still, generally speaking, a majority of people I encounter in public are still wearing masks… which I find bizarre.
Most reports will tell you that many people who aren’t getting vaccinated are Trump voters… which also happens to be the group most likely not to want to wear a mask.
While the novelty of going maskless is gradually fading, my curiosity about those who still wear their masks has been piqued—especially today when I happened to find myself behind someone who was double-masked in the check-out line of the supermarket.
Seriously? What the hell, lady?
I heard of people double masking, and I’ve even seen COVID-19 virtue-signallers post double-masking selfies on social media, but I’d never actually seen a double-masker in the wild—at least not where I noticed.
And yet I couldn’t help wondering, was this person not vaccinated yet? To put it delicately, this person was in a “high priority” group for getting vaccinated, so I found it hard to believe that she hasn’t been able to get vaccinated yet if she didn’t want to. But, hey, maybe she hasn’t, for various reasons that I can’t understand. But, still, generally speaking, a majority of people I encounter in public are still wearing masks… which I find bizarre.
Most reports will tell you that many people who aren’t getting vaccinated are Trump voters… which also happens to be the group most likely not to want to wear a mask.
Husband Reportedly Refuses to Remove Mask - Even During Sex With Wife
When the CDC said that fully vaccinated people could now go without masks, one would think that those on the left who said “Follow the science” would have been happy. This meant they could drop the masks.
But instead, people who previously accepted the government dictates then refused to accept that one. Some refuse to accept that “science,” because it has been so ingrained in them that they need to wear them to be protected.
Perhaps nothing shows this more than a letter that was written into Slate by a woman asking for advice about her husband who refused to take off his mask. Even when they were in their home alone, even though both were fully vaccinated. He refused to take it off even when eating and sleeping, even when they were having sex, she said.
When the CDC said that fully vaccinated people could now go without masks, one would think that those on the left who said “Follow the science” would have been happy. This meant they could drop the masks.
But instead, people who previously accepted the government dictates then refused to accept that one. Some refuse to accept that “science,” because it has been so ingrained in them that they need to wear them to be protected.
Perhaps nothing shows this more than a letter that was written into Slate by a woman asking for advice about her husband who refused to take off his mask. Even when they were in their home alone, even though both were fully vaccinated. He refused to take it off even when eating and sleeping, even when they were having sex, she said.
Hijinx
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I could maybe uinderstand his asking his wife to wear a mask during sex, we used to call them two baggers.
My neighbors' two kids had friends from the neighborhood over yesterday to play in the backyard. The two were wearing masks in entire time the other kids were there.
The wife and I were
The wife and I were
'Follow the Science' Crashed and Burned With Pete Buttigieg's Reason for Continued Mask-Wearing for Air Travel
Remember ‘follow the science’? Liberal America chanted that pervasively. It was part of the Left’s exhibition of their insufferable moral superiority complex. The problem was even the experts weren’t following the science. The COVID protocols on mask-wearing, activities post-vaccination, and social distancing especially venture into the realms of contradiction and absurdity. You cannot spread the virus if vaccinated, folks. That is a fact, though Dr. Anthony Fauci said we should still wear a mask post-vaccination. Where’s the science to back that up? there isn’t any, which is why he finally admitted his mask-wearing post-vaccination was an act of political theater. You can’t trust the science when the experts peddle lies in the hopes of keeping the general population in line.
As soon as the CDC tweaked their mask requirements, liberal America suddenly became stalwarts of science fiction. We have people saying they’ll wear masks forever. It’s funny how conservatives were criticized for making masks into a political statement. Well, liberal America one-upped them on that aspect. Even liberals who merely ask for when mask mandates can expire are attacked by their own side.
‘Put your mask on’ is dead, but liberals want to keep wearing them. It really doesn’t protect you, guys. I can speak from experience. You can still get COVID even if you’re wearing one, but the Left continues to act as if it’s a special shield. ‘We believe in science’…until you don’t.
Remember ‘follow the science’? Liberal America chanted that pervasively. It was part of the Left’s exhibition of their insufferable moral superiority complex. The problem was even the experts weren’t following the science. The COVID protocols on mask-wearing, activities post-vaccination, and social distancing especially venture into the realms of contradiction and absurdity. You cannot spread the virus if vaccinated, folks. That is a fact, though Dr. Anthony Fauci said we should still wear a mask post-vaccination. Where’s the science to back that up? there isn’t any, which is why he finally admitted his mask-wearing post-vaccination was an act of political theater. You can’t trust the science when the experts peddle lies in the hopes of keeping the general population in line.
As soon as the CDC tweaked their mask requirements, liberal America suddenly became stalwarts of science fiction. We have people saying they’ll wear masks forever. It’s funny how conservatives were criticized for making masks into a political statement. Well, liberal America one-upped them on that aspect. Even liberals who merely ask for when mask mandates can expire are attacked by their own side.
‘Put your mask on’ is dead, but liberals want to keep wearing them. It really doesn’t protect you, guys. I can speak from experience. You can still get COVID even if you’re wearing one, but the Left continues to act as if it’s a special shield. ‘We believe in science’…until you don’t.
HGMilstead
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I’ll help fund it.
'HUGE Legal Win': Florida Appeals Court Just Dealt A Devastating Blow To Forced Masking
In overturning and sending back for reconsideration the decision of a circuit judge in favor of Alachua County's mask requirement, the 1st District Court of Appeal panel cited the state Supreme Court's interpretation of privacy rights "so broad as to include the complete freedom of a person to control his own body," Fox13 reported.
In overturning and sending back for reconsideration the decision of a circuit judge in favor of Alachua County's mask requirement, the 1st District Court of Appeal panel cited the state Supreme Court's interpretation of privacy rights "so broad as to include the complete freedom of a person to control his own body," Fox13 reported.
