Anyone else going maskless? Here's my experience so far.
In most shops there are still a majority of people wearing them but very rarely am I ever asked to put one on. I now avoid the stores that say something whenever possible. Otherwise, I maybe get a few looks but don't pay much attention and no other shopper has ever asked me to put one on. I carry one with me in case I get asked so I can put it on, shop, leave, and never come back. I am not out there to cause a confrontation but rather to show people that we can safely conduct commerce without a mask and show support to the others who have made the same decision. Also helps that my church is anti-mask and we never wear them during services or events. It's overall been very good for my mood, especially in the face of the unfolding tragedy that is this administration.
I haven't worn a mask the entire time. If I am ever asked to wear a mask, which is not uncommon, I ignore them, or say no "thank you" and continue about my business - the high school, department stores, grocery stores, doctors office, restaurants, etc.
Sometimes I get looks from people where they think I'm a bad or dumb person. Sometimes I get looks from people where they think I'm going to get them sick and kill their grandma. Sometimes I get looks from people where I can tell they wish they weren't wearing a mask either.
Whenever I went to Wal-Mart during the mask mandate, I usually saw a few people not wearing a mask. About a week ago when I went in and saw a surprising number (but a far, far cry from "normal") not wearing a mask.
You're an inspiration! And I don't mean that sarcastically, a lot of us were kind of looking around for someone else to do it first before we took the plunge. Now I try to be that person for others. I don't think it will be long before the mask wearers are in the definite minority.
Thank you. It is sincerely a blessing to hear that!
While I do NOT think that wearing a mask is the mark of the beast, what I have come to realize is just how feasible it is that the entire world can be convinced to worship the beast. I have looked at my efforts as a way to show others that you can fight. And it always feels like I'm talking to a brick wall.
That said, the church is one place I have not gone to the entire time. My church requires (asks us to out of love for neighbor) masks. I guess I have a certain reverence for the church that I'm not ready to take my civil disobedience there yet; I don't know if it is time to nail my thesis to their door.
It is good to know that your church is anti-mask. I haven't been able to find a way to find churches that haven't adopted this practice.
As a Lutheran I totally support nailing grievances to doors :)
As for churches, it seems like the more conservative leaning the curch the less likely they are to enforce a mask. Our pastors actually added a separate service for the small percentage of the congregation that still wants to wear a mask and that's mostly made of the people who have a higher risk profile, like the elderly and some other conditions like maybe they're recovering from cancer.
I'm with you on the beast thing as well. Every instance of evil out there is just different heads of the same beast poking up in different contexts. This is 100% a spiritual attack.