Here's an excerpt from Max Boot's column in today's paper. The column is called "Welcome to the United States of Idiocracy." The column discusses that fact that our covid-19 rate is soaring like crazy, while in other wealthy democracies, it is plummeting. Here's part of the reason:
An Ohio state legislator said, “I don’t want to cover people’s faces” because “we’re created in the image and likeness of God.” A Palm Beach, Fla., woman complained that masks “throw God’s wonderful breathing system out the door,” while a fellow Palm Beach resident denounced mask advocates for “practicing the Devil’s law.” A North Carolina woman burned a mask, complaining that it represented “nanny state overreach.” Wait till these freedom-lovers find out about speeding laws, seat-belt laws and drunken-driving laws, which restrict their “right” to get wasted and careen down the highway at 95 mph without a seat belt.
I wasn't sure I believed all this, as it sounded so incredible. So I googled the Ohio legislator. Here's what I found:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ar-mask-because-he-says-it-dishonors-n1201106
An Ohio state legislator said, “I don’t want to cover people’s faces” because “we’re created in the image and likeness of God.” A Palm Beach, Fla., woman complained that masks “throw God’s wonderful breathing system out the door,” while a fellow Palm Beach resident denounced mask advocates for “practicing the Devil’s law.” A North Carolina woman burned a mask, complaining that it represented “nanny state overreach.” Wait till these freedom-lovers find out about speeding laws, seat-belt laws and drunken-driving laws, which restrict their “right” to get wasted and careen down the highway at 95 mph without a seat belt.
I wasn't sure I believed all this, as it sounded so incredible. So I googled the Ohio legislator. Here's what I found:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...ar-mask-because-he-says-it-dishonors-n1201106
Now some states are fining violators up to $300 for a single failure to wear a mask outdoors.
