Royal Gooner wrote:Angelito wrote:Why do people have such an issue wearing masks? It's not a big deal. I can understand if elderly people find it discomforting but most of the people who don't wear masks are either youngsters or middle-aged people.
Just wear it. Maintain safe distancing. And only go out when you need to (for work, to exercise, etc.)
What's so difficult in that?
Because it's a symbol of the state forcing things upon us. I proudly do not wear a mask and I will never do so. I have a genuine medical exemption and a card to that effect so no one is going to try to shame me into obeying these un-British diktats since they are completely unenforceable too.
That's just not it.
People are wearing masks to protect themselves and others. In countries with high level of air pollution, like China and India, people have been wearing masks just to protect themselves from toxins for decades.
Wearing a mask isn't something political. If you or others don't care about your safety and health, the least you can do is respect other people's health and safety. It's about being human, and helping minimize this global pandemic on an individual freedom.
Nobody forces you to wear masks in your home, do they? If you're walking in the middle of a forest, you don't need to wear a mask. If there were a regulation that you'd have to wear masks even when you're sleeping at home, or else risk the guillotine, that's when you could politicize it.
Here's a fun fact: Nature doesn't care about conservatism or liberalism. Nature doesn't care about the economy. Nature doesn't care about feminism, religious expression, LGBTIQ rights, or the safety of the elites.
Wearing a mask when you're at mass is courtesy and precaution at this stage. Precaution from a virus capable of mass deaths. Courtesy—because putting it on protects you and more importantly, those around you.
It's a symbol of coexistence, not some war against conservative philosophy or individual rights.
We might as well stop wearing any clothes now. We could go to work nude. We could travel on trains naked. Do you do that?
Wearing a mask isn't any different than wearing an underwear. I'm sure the state doesn't force you to walk around your bedroom wearing clothes. The same with masks. But when you go out, you don't go out dangling your balls for everyone to see. The same with masks. It's a protective measure for the situation we're in.
I'm pretty sure you don't wear an underwear when you're making love to your bird. But you sure as heck wear some form of fabric when you're going for an interview.
Why are people deported or arrested for illegal immigration? Who, in God's green world decided, that so and so isn't free to settle down and live in whatever piece of land God granted humans? Why can't a mortal just go and live in Buckingham Palace?
The state is already forcing codes upon you. Your rights have already been violated, eh?
The state forces jail time when you put your manhood inside a human den. What you're doing now is putting a virus into someone else's lungs without their consent in this unprecedented pandemic.
Finally, if you have a medical condition, you are well within your rights not to wear masks. Just don't go around like this world were pre-Covid-19, in such a case. My response wasn't about those who have exclusive conditions. It's directed at people who are dumb and selfish that they don't care about other people's health and rights—just because they believe in an imaginary bearded dictator or in some worthless political ideology administered by others equally self-centered.
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2020 6:45 pm
