The mask thing

by Jon Sullivan - 2020-06-25 - Opinion

<<<<< previous blog         next blog >>>>>

As someone who has always liked the Japanese culture of wearing masks to try and not make your fellow humans sick, I'm all-in on masks.

It seems odd to me that Americans seem to have an almost visceral need to make wearing a mask part of the political divide. Not wearing a mask is somehow an expression of freedom, while wearing one is somehow a giveaway you're too leftist. I don't see it that way at all. It's not political to me. It's being kind vs being lazy.

All the mask is is a choice about whether you want to avoid making others sick, or whether you just don't care or can't be bothered. Simple as that. It's basic kindness. And I know many will claim the masks prevent you from breathing properly, or aggravate some medical condition. But they don't. They just don't. Millions of people in Japan, almost all wearing masks, prove that. And all recent influenza outbreaks in Japan prove it's effective.

Sure, it's not as convenient or comfortable as not wearing one. Tough shit. We're trying to have a civilization here. And as much as Trump and Stephan Miller yearn for a country walled off from foreign travel, that's never going to happen. Pandemics are our future. Loved ones getting organ failure due to your lame excuses for not wearing a mask is our future.

Fine. If it's really that much of a threat to your freedom, if it's really such a "health issue", if it's really just more than you can be bothered with, then don't wear it. I'm not going to argue about it with you. If the simple math of Masks = "Not making others sick", can't persuade you, nothing else I say will.

I'll be wearing a mask. I see it as just being kind. You can see it however you want.

Buy prints

<<<<< previous blog         next blog >>>>>
Marilee Harrison
2020-06-25 07:34:03 : I, too, have been and will continue to wear a mask.

Sign-In With Google To Leave a Comment:
<<<<< previous blog         next blog >>>>>
News
Eugene weather
53.87 degrees F, Clouds (overcast clouds)
Min: 52.7 ,Max: 55.15 ,Humidity: 93, Wind: 9.22
Eugene, OR - Best Restaurants
Eugene, OR - Things to do
Eugene, OR - Fish reports
Oregon road conditions
Recent Posts
- The grand tour
    The move to Oregon was supposed to include many regular road trips. It hasn't. But there was this one.
- Jon is an idiot
    For 4 minutes, out in the Nevada desert, there will be an eclipse in two days. Against odds, I hope to will be there.
- Jon is a failure
    When I look back over my 60 years, the things that I remember most are my failures. And what I worry about most for the future.
- Seasons
    One of the most confusing things in my life right now is seasons. I lived without them for 27 years. They are very inconvenient.
- Baseline
    Our two year journey to deconstruct and understand the concept of existential happiness is over. So what have we found?
- Jon is not crazy
    The crazy is gone. Now we tidy up after the mess two years of crazy has left behind. Or Not.
- New Jon vs
    I was caught off guard by the folks disappointed that I was moving on from "New Jon" posts.
Food I Cooked
Old School Blogroll
kottke.org
Home of fine hypertext products.
MetaFilter
A community weblog.
A Chicken Is Not Pillage
You forgot his exclamation point! It defines him. He put it there for a reason, to show how in! your! face! he is.
jessamyn.com
abada abada - twenty years of jessamyn
Matt Haughey
A Whole Lotta Nothing
dooce
Heater, Mother Of Lance
Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Some Bits
Nelson's weblog
Everlasting Blort
proud member of the reality-based community
Whatever
This machine mocks fascists
Scripting News
It's even worse than it appears.
Flutterby
Short attention spans in a world full of flowers
mimi smartypants
Seriously, though: what's with the penguins?
Montreal City Weblog
Stupid Evil Bastard
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Idle Words
brevity is for the weak
Making Light
Say what you mean. Bear witness. Iterate.
wilwheaton.net
50,000 Monkeys at 50,000 Typewriters Can't Be Wrong
Justin Hall
Growing & breaking down since 1994
Mike the Mad Biologist
Helping idiots who desperately need my assistance by calling them fucking morons since 2004
jwz
MSSV
AKMA’s Random Thoughts
Ruminations about hermeneutics, theology, theory, politics, ecclesiastical life… and exercise.
things magazine
An occasional weblog about objects, collections and discoveries
Miscellaneous Heathen
Hold to the now, the here, through which all future plunges to the past.
kimberussell.com
where it's always Virgo Season
Cockeyed
Recent Trips
Getting it ready for you.