(July 15, 2020 at 7:59 am)arewethereyet Wrote: For years businesses put up signs saying "No shirt, no shoes, no service". I don't recall a lot of deaths over that.
Seatbelt laws ruffled some feathers but I also don't recall that bein' a hangin' offense.
People just don't like being told what to do. We are surrounded by adult sized toddlers.
I think a lot of the American mentality of "You are not going to tell me what to do" has to do with our daily constant bombardment of self entitlement marketing and the use of the word "freedom".
You are exactly right on all your examples.
I can remember when I was a kid my mom bitching about seatbelt laws.Which was ironic, because she always made me wear mine. Late in her life she finally accepted it was a good thing. But she mainly wore it after it became law to avoid a ticket. Sure that is good, but understanding why is equally if not more important than simply obeying.
It shouldn't take a government mandate forcing people to wear masks in public. It should be about knowing one can carry the virus and spread it to others without knowing. But the mandates are happening because too many are not listening to doctors and science.
One has the "freedom" to drive as long as they don't break traffic laws, especially drinking and driving. And that is how wearing a masked should be viewed. One has the freedom to go outside and even shop sure. But you wear a mask(seat belt) and don't drink and drive while out.)
The anti maskers are simply insecure and don't understand that it is for their own safety.
Just today I saw two different stories on Twitter where one guy stabbed someone because they were denied entry into a store and stabbed a customer. And another guy flashed his gun to a fast food employee. Sick, sick, sick.
And I don't get it in any case. If a doctor or nurse outside a pandemic can wear a mask on a daily basis for a shift or double shift, how hard is it to put on a mask as a civilian in public?
You hit the nail on the head.
