". . . masks are also illegal in some communities precisely because they present the citizens in a town with a threat of robbery. Bandits love masks."

The "protective" masks that everybody is wearing have been an unmitigated disaster from the outset.  First, they are menacing which only helped to emphasize a threat.  But in this case, the treats were now multiplied by the thousands of mask wearers.  When I first spotted more than a few people wearing masks, it alarmed me because it's like they got orders from some cult or underground army.  Truly.  Not only do we know that masks don't prevent transmission or protect from infection.  We know they're unhealthy.  Worse yet, they ruin a young child's sense of communication and their ability to read cues from adults.  It's hard not to continually condemn these because no one has been brought to account regarding the masks.  You still see people wearing them, and I am sure that as the late fall and winter months approach, more people will be wearing them.  But I said early on that the masks are also illegal in some communities precisely because they present the citizens in a town with a threat of robbery.  Bandits love masks.   

Normalizing masks was a huge fucking mistake. https://t.co/U2OcTNBiDL

— Eli Klein (@TheEliKlein) October 9, 2022