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Why Refusing To Wear A Mask Is Unpatriotic

Erik Ruof
3 min readJul 20, 2020

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There has been a noticeable trend of people politicizing human lives in the United States. Social Darwinism is wringing its hands whenever the cretinous ignorance of anti-mask rhetoric is displayed through acts of online meme warfare. Those who are decent enough to wear masks are not brainwashed by the sitting reptilians of the deep state that covering their mouth gives them a false sense of security. Instead, they are good Samaritans advocating for a more selfless society. People refusing to abide by the necessary precautions during this pandemic are actively contributing to the extensive decline of Western economics and its way of life.

Despite the documented death rate, the virus issues a unique form of suffering to everyone that it comes in contact with. There’s a giant carnival wheel of symptoms that gets spun to see what a person gets, and the Rolodex of options isn’t very pleasant. You deciding to raw dog your face in close public spaces can be scary because it potentially risks those in the shared environment. It’s a disturbance of the peace. You could probably stage a bank robbery armed with nothing but sneezes. One could suggest that you’re a biological terrorist hijacking grocery stores and causing a maelstrom in the milk section. People not wearing masks knocking down cereal boxes and screaming at everyone for refusing service to them is like a person…

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Erik Ruof
Erik Ruof

Written by Erik Ruof

Storyteller with an extensive list of passions and eccentric opinions. Short stories, hot takes, and pure stream of consciousness word vomit.

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