@shoekitty wrote:
@ROMARY wrote:
Maybe folks who feel 'entitled' or maybe have huge self esteem (or whatever it's called....can't think of the word right now).
I've seen it even in my own ________. Dare I say.
Just that attitude of not caring.........
Enough said.
shoekitty said, I call it oppositional defiant personality disorder. It's a strong sense of entitlement, yes but to me it is the oppositional disorder. People with this will fight to the bitter end to prove their point, even if the know they have been disproved. A distain for authority, government and being told what to do is covering up insecurity, and fear of things changing. Just MHO
Or it's just people who don't believe the 'science' anymore. They don't trust the authorities and that there aren't agendas behind everything they are told. They know the 'science' and authorities are either not being truthful and fully forth coming most of the time or simply don't really know what they are doing. This entire time, the scenario has changed repeatedly(remember when no one needed a mask and they were mocking the public for wanting them? Remember when this was all about just washing your hands and you'd be fine?).
People are tired of the 'rules' only applying to some people in some situations. They are fed up with the idea that some things can be open and encouraged to be, while very similar type things should not or are not to be. They are done with participating willingly or forcibly while in one scenario something is enforced, and other's it is not only not enforced, but not even shamed or noticed (think the mass gatherings of protesters with no masks).
I think disdain for authority has been brought on by the authorities, and is playing out this year in many ways and places, this one included.
I CHOOSE to wear a mask when in public buildings, many are not. I truly don't know how much it is really helping, but I'm willing to do it in case it is. I'm trying to respect the rights and decisions of others not to at this point, and when I'm somewhere that I feel there are too many people too close and not wearing them, I don't stay there.
I'd say in my area, how many people you will see wearing masks depends on the day and time and where you are. Any given store, the most masks are early in the morning, and the later in the day the fewer I see.
And I see just as many 'old' people without them as younger ones. I'm actually shocked at the number of older people (and I use that term loosely, to be people who look to be 50 and up) I see in places with no masks, so many.
So I firmly disagree that everyone seen not wearing a mask is covering up insecurity and fear or has a fear of change. Some of them actually believe in rights and freedom to choose and freedom to not believe that what the 'experts' are telling us is accurate, and to listen to other 'experts' who say something different on the subject. It's beyond me how some behaviors are perceived as expressing ones individuality, having one's voice heard, exercising one's rights, while other similar behaviors, just by a different group, are seen as selfish, dangerous and to be held in contempt. Same understanding and acceptance of choice and freedoms needs to be applied to everyone.
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