07-16-2020, 02:15 PM
(07-16-2020, 01:50 PM)Nate (formerly eliminate08) Wrote: While I think people should be wearing masks to help keep others from getting sick it is not proven that the mask keeps anyone safe.
Quit calling people names cause they don't buy all the BS.
It is proven. Do they keep everyone 100% safe? No. Do they reduce transmission? Yes. That's a proven fact.
I'm not calling people names simply for not buying into "the bs". I'm also calling them names because they don't even have the common decency to don an incovenience that's akin to wearing a tie on the off chance maybe this is shit is actually serious.
Even if people think it's all bs, how many things do we do in our lives to not offend or inconvenience others? Ex: Farting in public, swearing in front of children, wearing dress pants to a funeral, eating with utensils in a restaraunt rather than your hands. Think of wearing a mask like that.
Would I like to wear sweatpants or basketball shorts 24/7? Yeah. Is it "my right"? Yeah. Do I do it? No. And why is that? Because I'm not an asshole. Same reason I don't talk on the phone in a theatre or clip my toenails on a bus.
If someone doesn't wear a mask at this point they're an asshole. Period.
And fwiw, my intention wasn't to name call. Fred tried to insinuate that this is a conservative or political statement. My point was that it extends far beyond that and across the spectrum. Idiots and assholes come in many shapes and sizes, and from both sides of politics.