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This picture infuriates me, the "help" has to comply while the "leaders" dont. Reminds me of work where being a mechanic on a hoist, probably always atleast 10 feet away from a fellow employee, there was a zero tolerance mask policy. But the office workers and executives were allowed to drop the mask in their offices (even shared) and use discretion. The people making the policies even at smaller scale levels always make sure to take care of themselves first. Anarchy!!!

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Jun 15, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

The Mask still infuriates me - as the most visible symbol of conformity to the Covid Narrative, the mere sight of even one of the things can spoil my day. They turn my stomach.

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I respond to these things the exact same way...I start muttering under my breath, and shoot the ugliest look I can must in the direction of the masked fool. I know this is not good, and I try to quell the response...but...

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Early in the "pandemic", I saw in the news a story about a local company that was making and selling 'stylish' masks; ones that went with your outfit. The story referred to them as "fashion statements." I commented that they were more a "fascist statement."

Though I did wear a mask at the height of the scam (it was necessary if I wanted to get into the supermarket), I can say honestly that I have never purchased a single mask. One of the local retailers offered them for free early in 2020, so I made do with the four or five freebies I got from them. I only wore them when I absolutely had to, and always wore it beneath my nose... kind of a subtle protest. A guy at Tim Hortons turned on me once for not "wearing the mask properly." He literally jumped up and down, calling me "an idiot." I said, "You're the one jumping up and down screaming in a coffee shop. I think it's clear who the idiot is." I swear I was ready to pop him one! He picked up on that, and promptly shut up.

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I too wore masks here and there. At the beginning things were all so confusing. I never believed they worked, but again, out of "courtesy" before I realized that wasn't a good reason, I wore one occasionally. I also had to maintain peace in my household, so didn't, at first, want to rock the boat.

I started then to wear a fake mask, such as on plane trips where I couldn't just be defiant and not get to where I needed to go. But I wore my last fake mask a few weeks ago...and I wrote an article about it.

Good for you and your response at Tim's! Way to go. If more people were brave like you I think the message would have gotten across quicker...

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

This undoubtedly says more about me than those depicted but, all I see are pretty young girls submitting to a restricting and silencing device in the presence of bloated, powerful middle aged men.

It looks perverted.

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In this case, I have zero qualms regarding the young ladies...not sure why I forgive them...maybe it is as you say, they are surrounded by the true enemy of bloated powerful middle aged men...

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Zeee slaves vill wear de mask even in the multi polar world.

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it's obviously part of a uniform. it annoys me but i feel empathy for people trying to pay bills. what actually frightens me about the masks is how they change the wearer's behavior. i'm trying to find a lecture by Philip Zimbardo. basically any face covering allows one to become far more sadistic. this does include sunglasses. so yes, my wife is likely going to torture me to death long before billy goats gets me. probably because i like to put a couple wraps of white hockey tape on the bridge of her shades every once and a while.

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I have some real billy goats after me as well...or are you referring to that strange man in the news all of the time??

Yes, I have no negative thought toward these two Russian dolls. They are just doing their job. It IS Russia after all...

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real goats? so jealous! i've got some pepper seedlings to trade. the finest pepper plants i ever did see!!! plus one very special bean seed........

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Appreciate the shout-out, Todd! Indeed, what a strange and comical world we live in...

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Jun 14, 2023·edited Jun 14, 2023Author

Thanks! I am one of your biggest fans! I have traveled to Moscow many times and have a strange love for the country and its people...so when I found your substack I was thrilled. I am going to repost your article if that is ok...just wanted to get this out right away...

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By all means! Moscow is a beautiful and fascinating city, I am not at all surprised by your love for it.

take care,

Riley

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Jun 14, 2023·edited Jun 14, 2023Author

Just saw my typo...changed it...I am one of YOUR biggest fans...sorry...Just cross posted your article...thanks!!!

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Jeesh...I made the same mistake twice, I really AM going insane...

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Great pic. Reminds me of an unpleasant observation many have made. That women's suffrage has greatly hastened, maybe even caused, our decline. There are plenty of women with minds as good as any men, my wife and Candace Owens come immediately to mind. As a group though, they vote for tyranny, while men tend to vote for freedom and dignity. BIden and Obama wouldn't have stood a chance in an all-male election. OTOH, it's not fair to make women second-class citizens - surely they deserve the same rights as men. So, another on a long list of natural phenomena that seem designed by some force beyond our comprehension to make it impossible for us to thrive.

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Also...the women in this photo more than likely did not choose to wear masks...they were told to...the same person that told them to wear their nice little uniform, told them to wear their mask with the little logo on it.

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Interesting point of view...did Biden and Obama have more of the women's vote than Trump? I suppose so. Well, women tend to be more "agreeable" as Peterson says, therefore probably more liberal. Unfortunately it is a difficult conclusion to make since Biden is clearly whacked...I doubt if that is what women voted for...or what men did NOT vote for...??

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Jun 14, 2023·edited Jun 14, 2023

Yes, it's well documented, although not publicized since such things seldom are, that women vote much more for leftists/fascists (I can't call them liberals anymore, democrats are anything but liberals today). I'm not saying women should be second-class, I definitely do not believe that. Just pointing out a fact that should be recognized, and if possible, dealt with. Seems intrinsic though, so it's probably impossible for women to ever vote like men. As far as what people voted for, there's no excuse IMO, it was obvious what they were voting for. If it was stupidity rather than informed choice, well, stupidity has consequences. We're all paying for it. BTW, if you never read Glubb's "The Fate of Empires", I think you should. 25-page PDF free, easily found online. That masterpiece makes the observation that expansion of women's rights historically coincides with decline. Not a judgement (women do deserve rights), just an observation.

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I’m finding more and more it is only virtue signaling and some “going along with the in crowd”. In my neck of the woods, however, most of the mask wearers truly do believe in the ‘virus’ and all its variants and are still masked due to that belief. I can only shake my head.

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A picture like this however, shows a completely different level

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We are already de facto enslaved and they are already trying to kill us. The mask symbolizes your compliance and your blindness to this fact.

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Oh, yes, we ARE enslaved, and they ARE trying to kill us...and quite effectively I might add.

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Exactly! Just say no...

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Yep...but I honestly believe these women, and many like them, do not see the mask as preventing disease, I honestly believe that they see it as part of their uniform...a symbol of compliance, and nothing more.

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

Yes... and I bet these women don't want to wear masks at all. But probably this is a requirement of their employer (some trade show agency or something), who still consider the masks necessary. Probably they are considered a sign of subservience to the customer, which is unfortunately often encountered in the service industry.

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Very likely.

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

I just had to laugh at that photo!

It is all such a joke and here in the USA, they are on the bandwagon again “masking for your health”...fools!

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It is horribly funny if it weren't so tragic. But if people still don't see this for what it is, the human race deserves to go down the drain.

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

The photo is fantastic. But I fear that my sheep friends (which is most of my friends AND all of my family) would look at this and come to the same conclusion as they did about Boris Johnson's Downing St parties during the lockdowns. They think that the party-goers, like the businessmen, 'don't care' and think they are above the rules. They will never get that the party-goers and the businessmen knew for a fact there was no need for the rules.

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Would I be allowed to not care either (not because I’m above the rules, but because I‘be polished my immune system to perform way above average)?

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Interesting...a very good sheep rationale...we never can win one of these arguments.

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Jun 14, 2023Liked by Todd Hayen, PhD, RP

The mask was about psychological compliance; nothing more. The picture worth a thousand words!

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Only those that refuse to see for what it is. And that's not to say that i'm wishing it on them, it's just, you know, just desserts.

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Well, it would be nice if it were only them going down the drain, but I am afraid we will all get pulled down in the swirl...a pity.

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