the right wing media sphere politicized the use of masks so completely that wearing one now opens you up to uninvited questions, commentary and even dirty looks. I still wear one any time I'm indoors outside of my home but the overwhelming rhetoric around mask wearing has obviously taken a toll on most peoples' willingness to wear one.
It wasn't just Fox and Friends politicizing masks. In 2021, Joe Biden told the nation "the vaccinated can take off their masks." He said this with no scientific assurance. He said this while a massive team kept those unmasked away from him and mandated testing before approaching him. He said this with millions of dollars of air filtration and HVAC equipment pumping literal tons of clean air directly onto him. Liberals and far too many leftists took him at his word. Blaming only republicans misses the biggest and most harmful part of the equation in my opinion. You're missing the part where the people who understand why you mask start thinking you're an unvaccinated loon for wearing a mask, even as their vaccines lapse and their health worsens. Biden created and pushed the narrative that masks were *no longer necessary* to those who were unreceptive to right-wing rhetoric, and we shouldn't forget nor forgive.





















