Forced Masking Is Behavioral Science, Not Medical, And They’ve Been Playing Us The Whole Time

Townhall.com ^ | April 12, 2021 | Scott Morefield

[glennaro]

Whether people regard masks as a "minor inconvenience" or not is not the issue. It's that forced masking of healthy people; that is, forcing healthy people to hide their face -- their very identity -- behind a dehumanizing, completely ineffective mask is a grave concern, and not just as a significant detriment to rebuilding our economy.

Forced masking of healthy people presents a persistent, powerful visual reminder that we're all just one cough, one sneeze or one spit droplet away from certain death! And there are myriad examples that the dehumanizing effects of masking, in conjunction with the anonymity a face mask provides, causes some otherwise decent, caring people to behave cruelly toward others.

No ... forced masking is not just a matter of inconvenience or even that masks-wearing does absolutely nothing (for a variety of reasons, not just that the virus is far too small to stop with a simple mask or a rag) to stop transmission of a respiratory virus, it's a matter of changing peoples' behavior to the far worse ... causing them to live in irrational fear; causing them to be distrustful of everyone around them; causing many to stew quietly in anger ... and significantly restricting social interaction, thereby severely damaging our very quality of life. It simply must stop ... soon, if not immediately.

[familyop]

"Probably so. But if trump would have said in March 2020, wear the dang mask, he’d be president today."

Yes, but the epidemic and political situation will pass. We'll get up and try it again. Meanwhile, we can read dramatic, emotional tales from the rubber room on the Internet. ;)