My road trip back to reality

American Thinker ^ | 18 May, 2021 | Jason D. Bland

[MtnClimber]

An up-close-and-personal look at the difference between Maryland and Texas.

Road trips often elicit thoughts and memories of quirky roadside attractions, local food, postcards, and long hours behind the wheel. A recent trip from my home in Maryland to Texas, for a nephew's wedding, was just the excuse my wife and I needed to create some of these road trip memories for our family of five. Our trip didn't disappoint as we visited family and famous attractions: the Parthenon in Nashville; a Civil War museum and battlefield in New Market, Va.; and Buc-ee's in Texas.

I couldn't help but notice the striking difference between the two different worlds we encountered along the way.

Unlike the state of Maryland, Texas has many citizens focused on freedom of action and thought. Everyone we encountered at the wedding was unafraid of COVID and exhibited independence and self-reliance in personal matters. These people were staunchly against the government telling them what they could and couldn't do.

Upon our return to Maryland, despite the governor lifting the mask mandate, my wife heard a local man at the grocery store explain to another shopper that he would keep wearing his mask until someone explicitly told him it was safe and proper not to.

These are two very different mindsets: personal independence versus dependence. People who look to themselves for solutions first and those who look to the government for answers.

[DeplorablePaul]

Challenging the mask obsession is an experiment in cognitive dissonance. Maskies have been programmed to think that Covid is a death sentence. Good, caring people wear masks while bad, selfish, pro Trump supporters don’t wear masks. Masks are a magic shield against infection. The vaccine is not safe enough. The unvaccinated should be made to self identify and be ostracized. Going maskless challenges all these beliefs and causes great confusion and fear among the maskies. It’s fun to watch.

Once, when challenged by golfing buddies as to why I wasn’t getting the jab, I said that it will lower my sperm count. Since my wife is well past child bearing age, this produced a chuckle as to my optimism.

ps.

I had the Covid very early on (Jan, 2020) so I always felt bullet proof.

[vpintheak]

You are exactly right. I posted the same story on FB, and 3 of my lean left family members all made that claim, or very similar. “Maybe those people care about others” “Maybe they don’t want people getting sick and dying”.
Crap like that.