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I hope my thinking on this is overly pessimistic but I think wearing masks is going to be perhaps the biggest lightning rod in America for a while. It’s going t
by infoseek12 5y ago
I hope my thinking on this is overly pessimistic but I think wearing masks is going to be perhaps the biggest lightning rod in America for a while. It’s going to act as a proxy issue for many other sociopolitical and psychological issues that will be channeled into this conflict.
I think the perhaps the best advice is entirely cliche. We are going to need to respect other people’s choices and try to be as patient and kind as we can.
- admissionsguy 5y ago> It’s going to act as a proxy issue for many other sociopolitical and psychological issues that will be channeled into this conflict. That's the key observation, I think. It's not about the mask, it's about something else entirely, and I don't know what that is. Where I live (Sweden), there is little of that tension, and so masks weren't needed. > We are going to need to respect other people’s choices and try to be as patient and kind as we can. You cannot just stand by what amounts to religious zeal. It will affect you one way or another.
- paul_f 5y agoThe reason for the contention is because it is not simply one side wearing masks and the other side not. It is one side wearing masks and demanding the other side do as well.
- thrwhizzle 5y agoThat’s progressivism in a nutshell. It’s not just that these people have an opinion, but that all dissenting opinions must be eradicated. It’s particularly amusing on masks because of the endless talk of “follow the science.” I guess science is only to be followed when it fits the existing worldview. Now that the CDC is changing course it’s “we need to independently review this.”