Don't Allow Anyone To Force You Into Raising Your Fist

I have been order by She Who Must Be Obeyed to run a bunch of errands today, getting ready for company coming in for Labor Day.  Therefore, this will be short.

First up will be Scott Morefield at Townhall.com who writes that The Pre-Mask-Cult Science Hasn't Changed One Bit.

Therefore, since they’re basically useless, potentially harmful, and presumably “guard” against something that isn’t worth stopping anyway even if they worked, I avoid them wherever possible. But even more importantly, I hate the deception they represent and the tyranny they foreshadow. The deception, because this pandemic really ended in May, yet society is continuing like nothing ever changed, and the tyranny because mask mandates represent the camel’s hump in the proverbial tent. If they can force us to do something this stupid, useless, and constricting (remember, some states require masks OUTSIDE in any public area and punish those who disobey with fines) in the name of “public health,” what CAN’T they make us do? What happens if Democrats win and decide to declare “climate change” a “public health emergency”?

It really is that simple. The forced masking of America is really a exercise in making us to something totally stupid. If the Left can force us to wear masks, what can't they force us to do?

Next up is a piece by Dennis Prager, also at Townhall.com entitled The Lockdown Has Gone From A Mistake To A Crime. After pointing out that the locking down of our economy was predicated on the notion of flattening the curve so as to not overwhelm the hospitals, the goal posts were moved to preventing the spread of the disease. The last is, of course, a fools errand. Even if everyone of us were indeed virtuous and wanted to do what the Left said, humans still make mistakes. As a result, the virus would inevitably spread. Since it can not be stopped...virus gonna virus...as Morefield points out. the best thing to do is protect the elderly and infirm, and let it go. The Left actually knows this, but it has another agenda:

The lockdown is a crime. But even more upsetting is that it is supported by so many Americans. This country is unrecognizable to those of us who lived through the 1968-1970 pandemic, which killed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 100,000 Americans -- the 2020 equivalent of 170,000 Americans. Nothing shut down. Not one mask was worn.

As always, read both articles. Oh, and don't allow anyone to force you into raising your fist.