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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 12:22 PM Mar 2021

Taken to its logical extension, the "philosophy" that insists it is a person's "right" to mingle

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with us in the check-out line, sit next to us on a bus or work in a nursing home---all without a mask during this pandemic---boils down to this: "I will do whatever I want whenever and wherever I choose, no matter who it may kill!"

Everyone with a smidgen of grey matter between their ears KNOWS that all of the supposed reasons snarled by the mask-holes to justify their anti-social recklessness are, if you're feeling charitable, "silly". Since I am all out of charity for these snotty overgrown children, I'll call their reasons "hateful bullshit".

The same "intellects" who argue that they have never worn a mask and since they did not get stricken with the virus that "proves" that "covid is a hoax" are the same proud idiots who think that last winter's snow storm "proves" that global climate change is a hoax.

I am for the "No jab, no job!" approach. If these people want go go maskless, let them---and their children---do it at home. "No shirt, no shoes, no service" should include "no shot" and, when available, a covid vaccination should be required---just like the other disease inoculations now required---in order for children to attend school.

If the above seems extreme, I make no apology. I am tired of the nation's "tolerance" of these hateful fools!

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Taken to its logical extension, the "philosophy" that insists it is a person's "right" to mingle (Original Post) Atticus Mar 2021 OP
They haven't or refuse to grasp the need for a mask Darwins_Retriever Mar 2021 #1
Yes, but even risking themselves getting COVID is a public health Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Dark n Stormy Knight Mar 2021 #2
I agree 100% with "No jab, no job!" n/t Greybnk48 Mar 2021 #4
If logic worked on reTHUGS we wouldn't have this mess. But hefty fines and jail/prison abqtommy Mar 2021 #5
Whatever Happened To Stand Your Ground? DanieRains Mar 2021 #6
Well stated! Last night, on CNN, a former Bush staffer said it well too. Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2021 #7
Same people as NHvet Mar 2021 #8
Not so much a "philosophy" as a childish cry "But I WANNA!" Maeve Mar 2021 #9
Signs and T-shirt multigraincracker Mar 2021 #10
Absolutely agreed relayerbob Mar 2021 #11
Why merchants have not put up signs that say "No shirt, No shoes, No mask, No Service".... EarnestPutz Mar 2021 #12
No jab no job should absolutely apply iemitsu Mar 2021 #13

Darwins_Retriever

(853 posts)
1. They haven't or refuse to grasp the need for a mask
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 12:58 PM
Mar 2021

If a mask is to protect themselves from infection, then they have a right to take a risk or not. If the initial assumption is true, then they would be right. But the initial assumption is false.

If a mask is used to protect other people, then the govenment or businesses have a right to require a mask. In the real world, the iitial assumption is true.

These idiots believe masks are to protect themselves.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
3. Yes, but even risking themselves getting COVID is a public health
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 01:06 PM
Mar 2021

problem. Especially due to asymptomatic cases.

If we'd had a president who wasn't a self-centered moron/villain when this all started, the risks would have been made clear and many more would have been careful.

So many lives could have been saved.

Response to Atticus (Original post)

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
5. If logic worked on reTHUGS we wouldn't have this mess. But hefty fines and jail/prison
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 01:17 PM
Mar 2021

sentences might work.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
7. Well stated! Last night, on CNN, a former Bush staffer said it well too.
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 02:47 PM
Mar 2021

Paraphrasing...

"Forget science, not wearing a mask or social distancing is like a slap in the face to the 500k fellow Americans who died."

NHvet

(240 posts)
8. Same people as
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 02:51 PM
Mar 2021

those who claim "I've never worn a condom and I never got anyone pregnant or got an STD".

Maeve

(42,281 posts)
9. Not so much a "philosophy" as a childish cry "But I WANNA!"
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 02:53 PM
Mar 2021

Which is a rephrasing of your point, I know...

EarnestPutz

(2,120 posts)
12. Why merchants have not put up signs that say "No shirt, No shoes, No mask, No Service"....
Tue Mar 9, 2021, 03:14 PM
Mar 2021

.....is beyond me.

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