But if there was a requirement to wear a mask in the establishment, then he was in his rights to complain to management, which he should have done, especially if the other guy and his girlfriend were staying there.
And I fully understand that certain people, especially a person in their seventies with likely co-morbidities are at higher risk. I think the sane option was for the elderly veteran to keep his mask on if he thought that helped him, and to report the event to the hotel.
That said, I hope that scummy POS goes to jail for assaulting that guy, but being Washington State, there is no telling what is and isn't law there these days.
I hate...no, despise what this mask crap is doing to our country.
I spent the past week up in Northern Maine, a pretty conservative part of the country to my eyes. There are Trump flags and signs, and none of the putrid Black Lives Matter signs.
People wear masks...or they don't. People don't go around chastising others. If a store or restaurant requires masks, people either wear them and go in, or they don't. If you walk down the street without a mask, you don't even get a second look.
They let people be adults about it, people mind their own business, and everything is fine.
As I came back south, we stopped in a larger town. There was a significant uptick in Black Lives Matter signs, and people were all wearing masks walking down the street, to me, hallmarks of Leftism.
My wife wanted to shop, so I grabbed a folding chair from the car and went down to a walking path through a field near the waterfront, and relaxed. With no mask, ten feet from the path that was sparsely travelled by people, surfing the Internet.
Two women walked by and one of them said to me that I should be wearing a mask, which made my blood pressure spike, but I just looked back and ignored them.
Then, after an hour or two, my wife called and said she had the car waiting, so I packed up and walked back to meet her.
As I was putting my gear in the back of my Subaru Forester, I heard a voice ask me if I were a veteran. I was wearing my military ball cap, and I turned and said cordially "Ex-military" to the large bearded man and his obese wife.
He said, "You're a veteran, what are you doing driving a Japanese car?"
I was dumbfounded and stared back-I was so surprised I think my mouth may have opened and closed, and before I could sputter out a response, his morbidly fat wife said "You should support American workers!"
Now, had I not been so astonished and surprised, I might have said "I don't recall asking you for your opinion" or something like that, but when I got my voice back, I said "What, you have never bought anything from a foreign country? Never bought anything from Japan or China before?" but she turned her back and dismissively waved her hand at me.
I was boiling mad, and I can't remember what came out of my mouth after that because I am a bit of a hot head, and I think I may have said something like "You should just mind your own business, you piece of s**t!" but she was already following her bearded companion away.
It took me about two hours to come back to earth after that, but the thing is, I have plenty of reasons I purchased a Japanese car, including shopping for value, and not wanting a single cent of my money to benefits the a-hole automotive unions who fund Leftists, but...that is beside the point.
The point is, I think this mask crap has given people of all stripes the feeling it is their right to intrude in the business of their fellow citizens, and the same personality that on one side feels justified in spouting off to a total stranger about wearing a mask has made inroads into enabling others who feel they are justified in doing the same with regard to anything they damn near please.
I keep my nose out of other people's business unless they are doing something illegal or grossly impolite, and I assume that other Americans would do the same. After yesterday, I think that is no longer true.
And I think is an insidious corruption of the freedoms we have traditionally had as Americans.
All of this is my opinion, and I am still a little hot under the collar. I understand others might feel differently.
That makes a difference. If a proprietor requires a mask for entry, you wear one, or go elsewhere. I don't have an issue with that.
Totally agree.
Texas is know for being friendly and good neighbors.
“Leave us alone to live our lives in peace and we’ll get along fine, if that is not satisfactory, we’ll deal with it.” (smile)
It’s not wise to get into aggression with other drivers, too, even if they messed up. If you want to be aggressive with strangers, you are risking a fight. That is a fact of life. I don’t feel sorry for you if you get the fight you are looking for.
I agree that this mask and distance s*** has raised the rudeness level to annoying proportions-especially among the nannies, who are using the mask issue to be as rude as they can get away with-I’ve been polite and nice, but I did finally tell a Karen off last week. I’m an “old” person-a healthy one who has a job and lives an organic, natural lifestyle-I did likely have the Wunhan virus in March-took natural remedies and was down less than a week-and no, I haven’t been wearing a mask-not required in my county, so almost no one does-there are not many people out here anyway...
The criminal and his girlfriend should respect their elders. There have been many similar attacks over the past couple of months with tens of thousands of criminal personalities instigating them online. The old man should have been prepared to shoot any punk who tried to attack him.
I’ve driven a Japanese car, too. It was assembled in the U.S.A. Some of the American cars are assembled in China or Mexico. A negative comment about my car from a stranger on the street wouldn’t bother me at all. Might get a grin from me at the most.
The Mayor (or perhaps the east end of a MARE walking west, better describes ‘hizzonor’) Calgary Council have passed a bylaw that masks are required indoors in most buildings. Some of the local ‘Karens’ (and ‘Justins’) have even called ‘911’ to report on ‘scofflaws’ who don’t wear masks. The police tell then that they need to call ‘311’ and report it to the City, if they must. They tell these types that ‘911’ is for REAL emergencies.
Yes, there are plenty of busibodies all over! Altogether too many Karens and Justins everywhere.
Thanks for your account of the masks & no masks.
They pose a serious barrier to communication for those who are hearing disabled, don’t know sign language, and must lip-read in order to understand what is being done to said.
First, thank you for your service the the USA. Second, I could not agree more with your post. The problem is this: conservatives wish to be left alone and liberals love to tell others what to do/how to live. The ideologies have become incompatible. I fear CWII may be the only resolution.