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How Much Longer Must We Endure the Mask?
American Thinker.com ^ | June 7, 2021 | Doris O'Brien

Posted on 06/07/2021 4:10:49 AM PDT by Kaslin

Not since the glove in the O.J. Simpson murder case has a piece of fabric received more notoriety and discussion than the modern mask. Even after Joe Biden shuffled up to the mic to take what was supposed to be a verbal victory lap for COVID decline, a surprising number of Americans were still reluctant to believe in the safety of "facing" the world without it.

In a contentious America whose resentments are played out publicly in the name of race, sex, social status, and political affiliation, it is perhaps not surprising that one's choice to wear or discard a mask has also given rise to controversy.

Yet even now, there are far fewer objections to wearing a mask than to getting inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccines, despite the fact that the latter has been determined virtually fool-proof and the former just about useless.

For the first time since his presidency, Biden was conspicuously mask-less as he delivered the CDC verdict to the effect that vaccinated Americans — or those who gained immunity from having had the disease — were now free, with some exceptions, to remove their masks. As he droned on, Chameleon Joe tried to transform himself from the long-dark-winter, doom-and-gloom candidate into the triumphant victor over the virus. In fact, he had the chutzpah to taunt so-called "naysayers" over whom he himself had pessimistically presided.

One would think this long anticipated good news might send compliant Americans pouring into the streets to make bonfires of their well worn masks. But perhaps due to Biden's general flip-flopping on issues, a surprising number of skeptical people — ironically, most of them Democrats — did not take him at his word.

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To: Kaslin

The only people still wearing masks, are the vaccinated. Think about that.


41 posted on 06/07/2021 6:38:48 AM PDT by KobraKai
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To: afchief

Obama didn’t do bleep. He was just carrying out his Overlords directives for the Plandemic.


42 posted on 06/07/2021 6:43:07 AM PDT by Rennes Templar (Trump took down ISIS; Biden took down Dr. Seuss)
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To: nonliberal

>>> As long as you tolerate it.

Thank you for hitting the nail on the head!


43 posted on 06/07/2021 6:55:55 AM PDT by Safrguns
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To: freedumb2003
I am here in TX and all tye shoos have “no mask needed if vaccinated” signs

What do you do in the tye shoos? I'm not sure I've been in one.

44 posted on 06/07/2021 7:00:16 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I wish I was 14 again so I could ruin my life in a completely different way. I've got ideas.)
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To: Kaslin

Many where I live have dumped the mask. Just stop wearing them.


45 posted on 06/07/2021 7:01:28 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: afchief

I totally agree. Time for people to go after these criminals. Quit giving them cover.


46 posted on 06/07/2021 7:02:51 AM PDT by dforest (huh?)
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To: Kaslin

Well you cannot intentionally scare the crap out of people then flick a magic switch and turn off that fear. I suspect that there are many who will NEVER feel safe without a mask again. I actually have no problem with those who want to wear it, or with businesses that require it. I understand that it’s tough to overcome fear, even if it was manufactured fear. I will patronize businesses where I don’t have to wear it, and I won’t tolerate criticism from those who want to keep wearing it, though.


47 posted on 06/07/2021 7:03:09 AM PDT by stremba
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To: Kaslin

we were just in Northern Ohio- hardly any masks indoors or out.
A couple of usual suspects tho.


48 posted on 06/07/2021 7:47:50 AM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: Kaslin

At this point, I love masks because they are great tools to identify people I don’t want to have anything to do with.


49 posted on 06/07/2021 8:01:03 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Pollard
Seeing posts on here does show the different red and blue world here in the USA. At my local hardware and grocery store here in Iowa, EMPLOYEES stopped wearing masks back in February. And fewer than half of the customers were wearing them clear back then.

I now go most days running around without even seeing anyone with a mask. I go to elementary to high school baseball games with 50 to 200 people at them. It looks no different than 2019.

50 posted on 06/07/2021 11:39:07 AM PDT by Pappy Smear
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To: BipolarBob

dsmn tsblrt


51 posted on 06/07/2021 1:51:49 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The left does not want dialogue; it wants compliance.)
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To: Kaslin

52 posted on 06/07/2021 6:13:02 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: sit-rep

Don’t have to be a moron, as sometimes you just forget to take it off.


53 posted on 06/07/2021 6:15:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Kaslin
How Much Longer Must We Endure the Mask?

I don't know.

How long are you?

I did not wear one except in medical situations. If you are still wearing one, the issue is with you.

Locate backbone.

Say no.

Remove mask.

54 posted on 06/07/2021 6:19:33 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. (I'm not interested in your dopey religious cult.))
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To: KobraKai

The only people still wearing masks, are the vaccinated...

Yes, we noticed that in the Western NY Area as well. You literally can tell who’s gotten the jab and who hasn’t.


55 posted on 06/07/2021 6:36:02 PM PDT by jimjohn (...like Donkey Kong.)
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