I am not sure of anyone who was on the mask bandwagon but then got off when the government approved them. Not saying that they don't exist.
The problem is it is not just the health officials, you have the media and politicians also all trying to play doctor but also not following their own advice.
And it does not matter that it is only a couple people that have done so, due to the way people group those couple are all it takes.
To look at an older example of this: Look at how the religious right community is treated when it comes to morals. You probably don't believe them. Why? Not because Sally and John in Minnesota or even the most of the people in the leadership. No, you don't believe them because that one guy who was caught solicitating gay sex in the airport. Or the one guy who was cheating on his wife.
>Look at how the religious right community is treated when it comes to morals. You probably don't believe them.
That's not really a good example, IMHO.
Especially since, as far as "morals" are concerned, despite the fact that many folks in one labeled "group" or another may espouse certain behaviors as "moral" or "immoral," morality isn't a team sport.
Rather, each individual makes their own moral choices when situations that require such decisions are presented to them.
The moral choices that individuals make are an individual thing. As such, attempting to paint any group with a broad brush like that is foolhardy at best and nasty and hateful at worst.
I evaluate people based on their individual actions, not some made-up group label. You must have me confused with somebody else.
I'm not really sure where you get the idea that I'm painting with a broad brush, or vilifying anyone. I expressed my confusion about why a specific set of people who assert that "the government lied when they said masks didn't work," then refuse to wear masks.
It doesn't make sense, as it's logically inconsistent, as the claims are diametrically opposed to the behavior.
And the argument that such folks "don't trust the messenger" doesn't really hold water since the "messenger" has been on both sides of this particular issue.
If you were to argue that people are taking a "don't fucking tell me what to do!" position, I would understand that better. I often take that position (not about masks, but in many other circumstances) myself.
But saying "they lied when they said masks don't work!" strongly signals that such an individual believes that masks do work. To then turn around and refuse to wear a mask seems like some heavy cognitive dissonance.
As such, is it a surprise that such behavior confuses me?
The problem is it is not just the health officials, you have the media and politicians also all trying to play doctor but also not following their own advice.
And it does not matter that it is only a couple people that have done so, due to the way people group those couple are all it takes.
To look at an older example of this: Look at how the religious right community is treated when it comes to morals. You probably don't believe them. Why? Not because Sally and John in Minnesota or even the most of the people in the leadership. No, you don't believe them because that one guy who was caught solicitating gay sex in the airport. Or the one guy who was cheating on his wife.