I like your peckerhead synopsis. I suspect that lot has THRIVED over the past 12 months.,,on both sides of the aisle. Mask Karens are reprehensible, but I admit I cringe when I hear about some massless John Galt-wannabe intentionally walking into a store where BY LAW you have to be masked and calling everyone “sheep”...dude, respect the private property rights of the store owner, buy your own dirt and preach the gospel there.
I respectfully disagree with your assertion that mask mandates are actual LAWS. They are not. They are executive orders from governors or mayors. They are not LAWS in the way that other laws are passed, ie, by our state legislatures. Most states have not codified these gubernatorial orders, and most states have not challenged the authority of the governors. In doing so, it appears that the mask mandates are laws, but they aren’t in the way we have understood laws in the past.
However, I agree that for those who walk in without masks and call others sheep isn’t particularly helpful, and if a store owner wants masks on his property, he does have that right to deny service to anyone he doesn’t wish to cater to.