Its not a huge deal to most of you, but this was big for me. I'm near Pittsburgh, PA where our governor has destroyed businesses. He and his sidekick, Rachel Levine?, made sure that everyone would "stay calm, stay, healthy, and stay safe" by keeping everyone locked down. I teach in a Catholic school where we we in person all year. Because the public schools were mostly online or hybrid, parents got sick of it and brought their kids to us. This is how bad it has been. Well, like most of you, I gave it the two weeks to flatten the curve AND THEN ANOTHER YEAR! I'm fed up. Yesterday I shopped entirely with no mask at Aldi. It was huge for me. I dont believe they work, but I havent had the nerve to try it. There were two women who got in line after me with only a few items while I had a cart full. I offered them to go ahead. They were both friendly and smiled and thanked. There was not one look or comment from them or anyone else including employees. I realized that something I have been seeing here is true. We have to lead. I'm betting most of them don't agree either but are hesitant to take that step. There are so many more of us!!! Today the permit to carry line in our area is unbelievably long. They have underestimated us.
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Good for you!
I have been maskless the entire time. I have only had a couple of employees and one random say anything. Only Whole Foods told me to leave. So, fuck Whole Foods.
Other than that, I have started turning the tables. When an opportunity arises, I ask the masked ones, "What do you think about wearing a mask?" Of course, I am maskless when I ask it.
Most of the time, they are tired of it and wish it would go away. They are in fear.
Only a very few defend it as a good thing, in which case I set them straight by saying something like, "You know that the masks everyone is wearing does nothing to stop the spread of viruses or keep anyone healthy, don't you?"
When they refuse to respond to that statement/question (more than 90% of the time), I then say/ask, "You know that wearing a mask harms your health when you wear it, right?"
This making a statment and ending it with a question is an effective way of getting people to think and yet not seeming too confrontational (I had a GF do that on me all the time, and I realized how effective it was -- lol).
We need to not only lead by example, but start red pilling people we run into.
Get the word out.
"You know that the virus usually gets in through the eyes, don't you?"
"Have you looked at a mask under a magnifier? It's like trying to keep mosquitos out with a wire fence."