'Mask Shaming' is Just Another Form of
Virtue Signaling
PJ Media,
by
Rick Moran
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
5/10/2020 2:36:29 AM
I wear a mask when I go out. I’m not proud of it. I’m not ashamed of it. I wear it because I’m an old, sick man living with an old, sick woman — neither one of us can afford to get COVID-19.
For us, it’s a matter of life and death.
But an unscientific observation by me shows that more than half the people who go out aren’t wearing masks. Is that a problem? For them it is. Since I keep at least six feet from everyone whether they’re wearing a mask or not, I pay it no mind.
Not so, others. It’s become entertainment in America to express one’s moral superiority
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Catherine 5/10/2020 3:38:38 AM (No. 406657)
I want to buy a chair, so went to a big furniture store the other day. Some man with a mask waved a thermometer at me and said he needed to take my temperature. I said no. He said I couldn't go in unless he took my temperature. I turned around and walked out. Thinking about this, I realized: this man would have had to get close enough to me to check my temp. I wasn't wearing a mask. What if I did have a temp and was sick (although I was neither.) If I'd had a temp that would have meant I was sick and he was thisclose to me checking my temp. Next person he checked would have picked up on my germs that the checker picked up taking my temperature. I'm pretty sure he wasn't medically trained. Temperature is a function of my body and some furniture salesman is not qualified or certified to do medical checks on me. This whole thing is out of control.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chumley 5/10/2020 5:42:39 AM (No. 406675)
I don't wear a mask. It goes against my grain of not following the herd. I also didn't do drugs in high school, didn't buy a new car or a house till I could afford it, didn't even watch Happy Days or Charlies Angels till long after they were in reruns. I have never been divorced, raised every kid I ever produced. If everyone else is doing it, I'm doing something else.
I was in line at a store a few days ago. There were two guys behind me unmasked also. One commented that he'd be damned if he was going to run around looking like a Moslem woman.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/10/2020 6:28:21 AM (No. 406699)
Count me in as another no-masker. Went to Home Depot late yesterday. I was one of two people in the whole store without one. It’s my way of saying I’m perfectly healthy and not afraid of getting a flu.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
WhamDBambam 5/10/2020 6:41:41 AM (No. 406709)
I believe that the latest mask advice from the leftist-sainted WHO is that one is needed only when dealing directly with virus patients.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 5/10/2020 7:06:33 AM (No. 406734)
Masks are BS. Fascism has no appeal.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
GO3 5/10/2020 7:20:59 AM (No. 406746)
Do these paper masks filter out particles less than 10 micrometers? No? Then throw it away and go about your business. Ludicrous theater.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
dst4life 5/10/2020 7:25:05 AM (No. 406748)
The 21st century new commandments: 11) Thou shalt not offend anyone. 12) Thou shalt wear a mask.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
franq 5/10/2020 8:15:35 AM (No. 406795)
Amen to all. It's about 50/50 when I go to any large store. Thursday and Friday it seemed like less were wearing them at work. The strong plea is that we wear them when closer than 6 feet to any person we must converse with. I violated that Friday with a guy in the shop, and he wasn't wearing a mask either. He obviously had no qualms about it. You can tell where people get their information...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
steph_gray 5/10/2020 10:16:27 AM (No. 406939)
I really enjoy Rick Moran, but he has totally missed the point of the leftist shaming. It's not that masks don't protect the wearer (of course they don't).
The mantra now goes:You must wear a mask to protect _others_, not yourself. You are selfish and evil if you don't.
Insidious collectivist claptrap! Ayn Rand nailed this type of thinking in _Atlas Shrugged_ which even has a section or chapter entitled "Your Brother's Keeper."
And don't forget that ObamaScare was pushed relentlessly because, presumably, healthcare is a collectivist universal "right"- therefore becoming a personal "responsibility" for everyone except the elites. Green Deal, same deal.
I am in a blue state where to get groceries now I would have to wear a mask. Already buying groceries in the neighboring slightly freer state. If I do get stuck going into a place where they won't let me in without a mask here, I have one all set up with a protest message. (Tip: Invest in a label maker - you can rotate your mask message to keep it current!)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Skeptical1 5/10/2020 11:30:45 AM (No. 406996)
We don't wear masks when we're out walking around in uncrowded areas, nor do most of our neighbors here in San Mateo, California, but we do when we go into a building or when we are going to be close to someone like a delivery man or parking lot attendant. For their peace of mind, more than anything else. Frankly, it just seems like common courtesy, and it's based on what seems to be the best understanding of how this virus spreads. How hard is it to put yourself in the other person's shoes?
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/10/2020 11:53:14 AM (No. 407025)
Reply 10: with a pair of size fourteen feet, I can’t wear most other people’s shoes, and obviously, I wouldn't do well in ladies’ high-heels!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Skeptical1 5/10/2020 12:51:03 PM (No. 407100)
"Putting yourself in the other guy's shoes" is a figure of speech, meaning to try to see things from the other person's perspective. In the article, Moran says that he and his wife are old and vulnerable, so they are worried about Covid. It's not insane, you know. If you're going to be in a spot where you might be getting close to people like that, what are you going to do? Flip them off? Masks are cheap and easy to put on and off, so I would vote for wearing one.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
DVC 5/10/2020 1:08:47 PM (No. 407134)
My wife and I are in our late 60s, very fit, very healthy, no underlying health issues, not obese. Neither of us wears a mask. Not going to, end of discussion. My best friend of nearly 40 years is fighting cancer now, if it is ever possible to visit him, I'll wear whatever it takes to keep HIM safe, without batting any eye.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/10/2020 1:38:56 PM (No. 407166)
I don't wear a mask. I am not sick, and if I were, I would stay home. People don't get closer to me than 6 feet anyway, and before this. However, I do think a lot of people look better in them. I think that gagging the WH press corp with them has been a huge improvement, and applaudable. Now, if we could only get bald men to wear hats. Think of the new aesthetics, and how that would make those around us better looking.
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I had two doctor's appointments recently. The hospital is like Ft Knox and mostly empty. Security guard there to check your temp, force you to sanitize your hands. Next floor, checked again. What I worry about is the people doing the checking. How many times are they changing clothing or lab jackets if the last person was sick?
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