But the businesses aren’t imposing the mandate, the government is. Business becomes the enforcement mechanism for the government. But hey, it’s only a mask mandate, forcing people to comply with a nonsensical charade, it’s not like they are telling us to board the cattle cars.
That's between the business owner and the government. I will always come down on the side of the business owner in that kind of situation. And I did -- throughout the whole COVID fiasco. I went out of my way to patronize businesses whose owners fought this outrageous government overreach.
HOWEVER ... When you see a sign on the door of a business establishment that says: "Masks Required for Entry," you have no idea what the owner of the business is thinking. Maybe he's doing it against his will, or maybe he's doing it because his customer base of dingbat Karens and simpering, cowardly men told him they wanted him to do it. In either case, it's not up to you to be openly defiant against that mask mandate on someone else's property.