Start with ‘A year ago if your kid wanted to go sleepover at their sick buddy’s house and they tried to tell you their Spider-Man pajamas mask would keep them safe from getting sick, you’d have laughed in their face...’
(reframing from a common-sense narrative)
Then move on to the Sept 26, 2020 Mask Facts by The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. It’s a good ‘non-biased’ starting point from a long-respected group, that presents the studies used and a couple great graphs
Then show them some ‘maskne’ images and say ‘Obviously SOMETHING’S going on here...’
(attention-getting visual)
Then show them the rest of the studies and tell them the ‘plain-speech’ explanations included...
(logic & reason)
Tell them this is why ‘so many people everywhere are beginning to think this was a bad idea to just blindly believe some government official, whether it’s Trump’s guy or not. Everybody’s looking to find out the truth once and for all.’
(appeal to crowd conformity)
and leave them with:
‘Why can’t anybody convince us with science that shows why all of this preexisting research was wrong? Why do they just keep saying ‘because we say so” like we’re kindergarteners, especially when they keep contradicting themselves?’
(challenging question)
Good luck. Remember to stay cool and ‘open-minded’. YOU won’t convince them, they have to see it for themselves. Your being fair and practical and calm will help give them ‘space’ to think for themselves. If you get angry or partisan, they’ll dig in with oppositional defiance.
THIS IS HOW WE FIGHT AND WIN THE MASK BATTLE
(see comments for tactics and useful scientific proof)
https://thedonald.win/p/HEzJp5LE/were-not-gonna-take-it--target-s/
STUDY LINKS, EXPLANATIONS, AND SOURCES OF MASK SCIENCE
Including:
https://thedonald.win/p/HEgcXddD/forcing-me-to-wear-political-sym/
BLUEPRINT FOR A MASK CONVERSATION
Start with ‘A year ago if your kid wanted to go sleepover at their sick buddy’s house and they tried to tell you their Spider-Man pajamas mask would keep them safe from getting sick, you’d have laughed in their face...’
(reframing from a common-sense narrative)
Then move on to the Sept 26, 2020 Mask Facts by The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. It’s a good ‘non-biased’ starting point from a long-respected group, that presents the studies used and a couple great graphs
https://aapsonline.org/mask-facts/
(appeal to authority)
Then show them some ‘maskne’ images and say ‘Obviously SOMETHING’S going on here...’
(attention-getting visual)
Then show them the rest of the studies and tell them the ‘plain-speech’ explanations included...
(logic & reason)
Tell them this is why ‘so many people everywhere are beginning to think this was a bad idea to just blindly believe some government official, whether it’s Trump’s guy or not. Everybody’s looking to find out the truth once and for all.’
(appeal to crowd conformity)
and leave them with:
‘Why can’t anybody convince us with science that shows why all of this preexisting research was wrong? Why do they just keep saying ‘because we say so” like we’re kindergarteners, especially when they keep contradicting themselves?’
(challenging question)
Good luck. Remember to stay cool and ‘open-minded’. YOU won’t convince them, they have to see it for themselves. Your being fair and practical and calm will help give them ‘space’ to think for themselves. If you get angry or partisan, they’ll dig in with oppositional defiance.