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DBoon

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6. If those who faced WWII had the same attitudes many of us have now

Reply to bobbieinok (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2020, 08:53 PM

Jun 2020

We would be speaking German or Japanese now

Can you imagine people who won't wear a mask following a mandatory blackout? Or complying with rationing?

Malignant libertarianism has made use weak as a nation

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Imagine hiw these antimaskers would have acted during WWII blackouts! [View all] bobbieinok Jun 2020 OP

Or rationing for the troops fighting Japan and Germany SouthernCal_Dem Jun 2020 #1

They wouldn't last 2 hours. TheCowsCameHome Jun 2020 #2

Even the Taliban insist their women wear masks....... still_one Jun 2020 #3

Exactly. And most of the anti-maskers consider themselves patriots and Christians. Hoyt Jun 2020 #4

Different generation. cwydro Jun 2020 #5

If those who faced WWII had the same attitudes many of us have now DBoon Jun 2020 #6

Or at conveniance stores with "No shoes, no shirt, no service!" signs on their doors. marble falls Jun 2020 #7

The tonnage sunk by Uboats would have tripled. kairos12 Jun 2020 #8

Or the rationing that went on. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #9