Guest Post by Hardscrabble Farmer
For those of you who keep up with the stories about our life on the farm you are probably aware of my stance on the events surrounding the coronavirus and the reaction to its spread. My personal belief is that any pathogen- regardless of its classification- are naturally occurring organisms necessary to life as we know it. They play a role in a closed system and as such the idea that they can be eradicated is a knee jerk response predicated on a misconception. For the vast majority of living organisms affected by virus, they serve to strengthen the immune system, something that has been left out of the discussion for some reason or another.
In other words, everything that has been done by government, media and corporate entities that control the flow of information and influence behavior have been in error, either mistakenly or deliberately. The false hope of a vaccine, for example, allows for people to believe that at some point virologists will be able to immunize the world’s population more effectively than the very system we were born with, one that protects 99.7% of the human race at no cost as long as people behave in ways that reduce their own bodies ability to produce antigens. It is, in short, a panacea rather than a solution. The best protection against illness is and will always remain, a healthy body and lifestyle. There is simply no means to eliminate risk from life, and in the words of some anonymous Internet genius I recently read, life is the major cause of death.
I belong to a fraternal organization and for the past year and a half have served as the top officer of our lodge. It is made up of mostly older gentlemen in the local community and we meet the last Thursday of each month for a dinner followed by a meeting. There are always friendly conversations- we do not allow sectarian or political discussion as a foundational principle- usually about family, weather, gardening and other topics that we find to be of interest. A good portion of the men are retired and it allows them to keep up with those friends and associates that they would otherwise miss and those of us who are still working are from a wide cross section of the community; attorneys and realtors, contractors and professors, business owners and farmers.
The general work of the lodge is focused on providing for unmet needs within the community, directing money to scholarships, raising funds to support our local visiting nurse and hospice group, showing up at funerals for those with little or no friends and families locally. We set up a dunk tank in the warmer months at various fairs and festivals and host a Christmas auction that is open to the public in order to raise funds for our work. That’s about the sum total of our efforts and so we remain, after nearly two hundred years, a vital yet inoffensive means for men to come together to do something positive at no cost to the community.
For my part I appreciate the genuine respect and fondness that has grown between the members. When I was injured last year, the men would stop by to check up on me or drop off a pizza and a book or puzzle and when one of the other members faced some need- like firewood in the middle of Winter- we’d drop off a load and stack it in the garage for them. One hand washing the other.
Last night was our first meeting since April. As a general we do not meet during the Summer except at the Hospital Fair, but with the restrictions imposed by both local government and the overall age of our membership some of the longest serving members had expressed concerns about both the meals as well as getting together. I should have taken a firmer stand and insisted on continuing with our meetings, but I deferred to concerns until this month when we called for our meeting to be held as required. One of my closest friends texted to remind me late in the afternoon and said to remember to bring a mask.
I have not worn a mask since this episode began and I do not intend to for reasons of my own. My youngest children think that I ought to when meeting with people who are concerned about the virus, but as I explained to them it is not simply a political statement, but a matter of conscience. I know that the idea of wearing a filter mask to protect against a virus is absurd, that it is a both a mechanism of control and a display of submission to authority that I cannot participate in no matter how much social pressure exists to do so. I am fortunate enough to live a lifestyle where I rarely need to leave the farm except to deal with the back door of the businesses we serve and no one has confronted me about my decision to date.
I also feel that to indulge someone’s false sense of security only further erodes whatever good sense remains and that by walking through the world unmasked I send as powerful a message as the converse. Perhaps I am deluded about that, but it seems to me to be a duty and a responsibility I cannot sacrifice in order to fit in with the crowd. Too many times in my life I have submitted to the powerful influence of authority against my better judgment and I no longer care to do so with the remaining time I have left.
I spent the entire day making sausage first by myself, then with my neighbor’s teenage son who is now homeschooling and often drifts up when he is looking for something to get him out of the house for a few hours. He has become pretty good at working with the tools and techniques from slaughter to butchery and now that he understands the recipes for the various blends of spices we use, he can mix up a decent sausage without my guidance while I work on casing them.
We talk about what he’s reading, or some math question, but mostly we just focus on the task at hand and I can see the confidence building as he masters each step of his process. His father loves to come up and work with me when he has the time and I send my youngest down to his house to help out so he gets the influence of another male role model without having the baggage of always working under my direction and both boys seem to enjoy the independence that comes with learning some new skill under the watchful eye of a trusted adult.
We never require them to work a fixed amount of time, only to complete whatever it is that they were doing before wrapping it up and going back to being teenagers and it seems to be having the desired effect. They continue to come back and their skills continue to improve as they make their way towards independence.
By the end of the day I was done. If I could have skipped the meeting I would have and my daughter implored me to stay home. She knew I was tired, but I told her I had a responsibility and so I took my shower, shaved and dressed, then left the house with just enough time to get to the meeting. On the way the only thing I could think of was how the men would react to me not wearing the mask. I admit to feeling the pressure of going along with the crowd as much as anyone else, but as I have told my children repeatedly over the years, my duty is to my conscience.
I had all kinds of snarky lines prepared for the inevitability of someone confronting me, none of which I have had the chance to use, but these are designed for strangers, not men I respect and admire so I focused on that single line- I have a duty to my conscience- as the one I would employ should someone insist. I was also prepared to leave the meeting if it was an issue, not as a protest, but out of deference to my elders and I would have had it become an issue.
I arrived 3 minutes late for the official start of the meeting and was the last man to walk into the hall. When I entered the room, everyone was seated in a circle, something we’ve never done before and every man was masked up. One of the men let out a low whoooah when he saw me, followed by a comment about Richard Gere. For those of you who know me I have worn hair in a military cut since I enlisted in the Army over forty years ago.
Because of the restrictions that arose in April requiring masks for a haircut I simply gave that up and let it grow and it is now shoulder length and looks like a silver lion’s mane. I took my place behind the podium and gaveled the meeting to order smiling at the large turnout. Our recording secretary was absent so I appointed someone to take his place and commenced with the proceedings.
And then a strange thing happened. As I looked up I noticed that one by one the men began to remove their masks. Before we brought in the flag for the Pledge of Allegiance everyone in the room was uncovered and smiling.
The rest of the meeting was perfunctory and we discussed a few things we had coming up including a memorial service for one of our brothers who died in a fall down the stairs in mid January, a sad end to a well loved member of our community who fortunately, due to his advanced age missed out on the plague year. At the end we all said our goodbyes and there were even handshakes before we headed off to our homes. When I got back my youngest son asked if I had decided to wear the mask and I told him what happened which led to a discussion about the Milgram Experiment.
I pulled up a short YouTube video of the actual footage and after that we talked for a while about how important it is to follow your conscience as opposed to submitting to authority. He told me how difficult it was for him at his age to go against the crowd even though he felt the same way about the masks and then he asked me if I had ever followed along when I knew something was wrong and I admitted that I had, many times and that I understood his position quite well.
I followed it up by telling him that I thought he had much better instincts about such things than I had at his age and that he was developing the kind of character that I admired and to always incline towards his own best instincts. Then we worked on a puzzle until we were too tired to go on.
Anyone who fails to recognize how the majority of Americans if not the entire Western world has been manipulated and gaslit by the elites will follow right along to the end, like the teachers in Milgram’s experiment. There aren’t a lot of people in this media saturated age who can withstand the pressure brought to bear to enforce compliance and as we’ve seen lately those who do resist are now being dealt with by force and violence even in the face of the ridiculous nature of those demands.
But resist we must if we are able, not for ourselves alone, but for those who may not have the maturity or knowledge to stand up on their own. I have no plans to violently resist wearing a mask, that is not a hill I wish to die upon, but I will not wear one. Someone may at some point demand that I do, but they will have to put it on me themselves without my help as a means of demonstrating that not every knee shall bow. I hope that it never comes to that but it is looking far more likely than anyone could have guessed at only a few months ago.
I am sure that most people still expect that we will return to normal at some point, but that seems very unlikely. Masks are the progressive niqab and they are here to stay, like social distancing and the continued move to atomization and isolation. Much like the four pillars of Stockholm Syndrome we have been separated, placed in a constant state of fear, promised safety if we comply, and told that we are all in this together by the people responsible for our predicament.
Is it possible that this is an accident or an unforeseen coincidence that just happens to coincide with long planned efforts to modify our society for the advantage of a small set of people who behave however they like while we comply with their demands? Who knows, but more importantly, who cares a this point? The motives mean little when the outcomes are as dystopian as the ones we are currently experiencing. Like the abuser who laments that it’s for our own good as he piles on the perversions, it is we who suffer regardless.
I don’t have any answers to our current dilemma, I’m still trying to figure this world out at the age of sixty. I do know that we are being manipulated and abused by people who do not have our best interests at heart and it becomes more and more undeniable as each day passes. How we respond to that is a personal decision and I do not fault anyone for doing what they have to to get by in times like these. For those who are comfortable with the new reality or who believe that the masks offer some sort of protection I respect their decision, but everyone ought to be able to rely on their own best judgment rather than be compelled by the directives of others.
But never forget that we can do even the simplest of things in order to show that we are still free; to smile at each other when we pass, to extend a hand in greeting or to hug each other in times of grief, to show up at a funeral or a bedside and offer what little we may to boost the spirits of others or offer consolation in times of loss. Teach those when you have something to offer, learn from others who know more than you do whenever you can and always remember that whatever divides us we share a common humanity that offers us far more than we could have ever earned on our own.
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not so sure
There was the shot heard ’round the world at Lexington and Concord in 1775 and there is the groan heard ’round the world in 2020, ten fat old white guys in Walmart not wearing masks.
The resistance has begun.
Viva the resistance.
Keep it up, keep on going.
What will your hair be like next 4th of July
Cousin It?
Exactly right, HSF, with one small addition; that not only is our responsibility to our own conscience and self, but first and foremost to God.
“Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God”
– Thomas Jefferson
No mask for Auntie, except a CBRN capable device for when things get really spicy.
Remember Jake Gardner.
Curious as to which fraternal organization it is that you belong, if you care to share.
Not a Mason.
Dammit, I always knew you were Illuminati.
Amen Brother! About communicating the maskless convictions too… }:o)
HF, I’m going to cheat and post this up top here, because I don’t want it to go unnoticed. “We never require them to work a fixed amount of time, only to complete whatever it is that they were doing before wrapping it up and going back to being teenagers and it seems to be having the desired effect. They continue to come back and their skills continue to improve as they make their way towards independence.” 25 years ago at a farm I used to have in Fort Lauderdale, the mother of a teenage boy came in one day and asked if I could give her son a job to keep him out of trouble. I did, and soon the rest of his gang of friends were also working for me.
They were all rough kids, marginal students, so in order to try to keep them in school, we made a rule that to keep their jobs they had to pass their classes. We did exactly what you’re doing. No fixed schedule. Come in whenever you want to work, make sure you get something done, and wrap up whatever you’re doing before you leave. Before long they were spending most of their free time in the afternoons and on Saturday working. That’s where their friends were hanging out, and they liked the big pocket full of money on Fridays. They learned how to be good employees over time. Of the original five, one was killed in a car crash, two are in prison, and two still work together to this day as electricians. They stop by every now and then. They are married, have kids,own homes, the whole deal.
the kid whose mom got it started–which one is he?
His name was Kevin, he and his girlfriend were killed in a head-on car crash by a wrong way driver on Alligator Alley. He was the kid who started the whole thing.
I have a few details wrong, it looks like Kevin was doing okay at the time he died. https://www.local10.com/news/2017/11/27/tampa-couple-returning-home-after-thanksgiving-killed-in-alligator-alley-crash/
I could have fired them dozens of times, they squabbled constantly, and were somewhat defiant towards authority. But they were kids, and they weren’t getting any role modeling at home. The 40% success rate isn’t genius, but it’s probably better than would have happened otherwise. Kids have to be taught appropriate behavior. Without that they are doomed. If they have to guess at everything, they’re going to have a rough life. Let me leave you with this.
You’re a good person, starfcker!
That video was one of the best things I’ve ever watched on YouTube. It’s obvious the parents and the kid appreciated what was done for him.
Thanks, Star..
I don’t respect the opinion from others that insists everyone wear a mask. This creates a great deal of disagreement between myself and people I do love and respect. I sincerely hate the evil people that are doing this to us and instigating these arguments. I do tend to see more resistance to wearing masks among men than women, so maybe that’s why the lodge was more amenable to taking off their masks.
Men, like yourself, with GENUINE convictions (meaning, they act according to those convictions) are exceedingly rare. Keep up the good work (and, writings)!
But, let me ask you a hypothetical question.
I abhor this mask wearing crap also. But, imagine yourself in my position. I don’t live on a farm, have my own chickens, nor a partridge in a pear tree. I’m a city dweller. In order to buy food, I must go to a store. But, EVERY store that sells food here in my neck of the woods REQUIRES a mask be worn. No mask, no food, no exceptions. What would you do? Are convictions more important than feeding the family?
(Please do not say ‘I wouldn’t put myself in that position’. That’s not how to play this game … you must imagine yourself in my shoes, while still maintaining your position. )
Everyone has to make their own decisions about what they are willing to put up with and what they have to do or where they have to go in order to follow their convictions.
When I do go into the grocery store I am the only person not wearing a mask. Yet no one ever says anything. I’ve joked that I am invisible to them because it’s easier than risking me tell them what they already know. Or maybe I am invisible.
You owe me a visit, I’ll spring for cigars.
I’ll be up there this year no matter what … meaning, even if my mom isn’t dead yet. (I’ll make arrangement with my seester to take her for 2 days.)
Cigars sound awesome …. can you soak mine in maple syrup beforehand? (I once had a $50 cigar soaked in whiskey … damn, that was one FINE shmoke!).
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P.S. I haven’t had a haircut since we met … neither have I trimmed my ‘stache. Really. I look like a cross between Sam Elliot and Charles Manson.
As long as your eyes don’t look like Charles Manson’s, you’ll be OK.
I will try removing mine in the market. Curious to know how brainwashed my local community really is. Like you, maybe I will get some joiners.
I also go to stores and restaurants, but when asked to comply I simply say I have a medical condition and they generally allow me in.
Stucky – I got one of the disposable paper masks and cut out the inside filters. It still looks like a mask from the outside, but is pure mesh. I do not put it on until I step into the store and pull it off as soon as I go out the door. Also, it usually is below my nose.
It is their game & their rules, so I just play along as little as I have to.
All the store’s here have mandatory mask signs on their doors too. I just ignore them and walk on in. So far I haven’t been told to leave and sometimes others see me without the mask and take theirs off too. I don’t know if there are fines for not wearing a mask in your area, but there are none here, so all a store employee can do is ask me to leave .
Tell them you have a medical condition
Stucky, you can order food online. Now that you have a laptop that should be no problem. You can even order veggies,fruit, dairy and eggs online.
That’s true.
But, when making a recipe and I’m out of milk, or butter, or a veggie, or whatever …. I need those ingredients NOW, not in a day or two.
More and more stores will do the shopping for you and bring it out to your car while you wait. I think.
Stucky,
You really need to have a couple of weeks of food in the house. When you go to the store and need something, buy two – of everything. Even milk lasts a lot longer than it used to. Build a stockpile. Not only do you improve your self reliance position, but you can save money. I didn’t need to worry when toilet paper couldn’t be found anywhere.
I go in stores all the time that require masks – I’m the only one in there without one often times. No one says a word or even looks at me funny. I don’t understand why people keep wearing them. Just a bunch of zombies. Just don’t wear one – if they ask on the way in I just say they make me sick.
I like that, “They make me sick.”
All of the stores around here have mandatory mask signs on the door. Some local jurisdictions have passed ordinances with fines up to $250. NO ONE has ever said a word to me for going in without a mask. One employee pulled his mask all the way down to his neck to talk to me. His employer requires him to wear a mask or will fire him. Jobs are scarce these days, so I understand that his need to feed his family overrules his convictions.
I live in what TN Patriot likes to call Memphica, Tennessee. I never wear a mask to the Kroger or Walmart where I shop for groceries. I do, however, always wear a sidearm. This in an of itself seems to temper what people might say about me not having a mask on.
BTW, in Tennessee, it is illegal to wear a mask while armed. Something to do with the KKK and all that…ahem coff coff.
I am an American that has served in Afghanistan and Iraq. I have a disability and I can’t breathe with these mask. Thank you or your understanding. And if I get any negative feedback it changes to American with disabilities Act. I am disabled and no you cannot ask what disability. You must serve my request.
It’s most disheartening to see how numb the majority of people are to the act of critical thinking.
Here in Florida we have minimal to no rules concerning face diapers yet, 99% indulge in the delusion of safety by wearing them.
I also refuse to wearing of the diaper. Even as evidence makes it obvious this is all a charade, the overwhelming bulk of people act as sheeple and comply with edicts not even present in this state. What are they thinking? Obviously they aren’t or can’t. Sigh….
Freedom. That’s a powerful motivation, for sure.
But …. what about this;
—- “But never forget that we can do even the simplest of things in order to show that we are still full of compassion and empathy … ”
What I mean is … instead of being in a room full of non-relatives, suppose you were in a room filled with family … your mom, dad, siblings, and uncles. You love these people, obviously. Unfortunately, they are not very smart — they strongly believe that wearing masks protects them, and nothing you say will change their mind. They ask you in the most polite way possible to please wear a mask. What will you do?
It’s a very small thing putting on a mask for your loved ones– just a pinch of compassion and teaspoon of empathy. Or, do your convictions trump even that?
Most respectfully asked ….
Delusional people should not be appeased. I refuse to go to Thanksgiving this year in NJ because of the mask. I will not be going to an upcoming family wedding if they require masks. My parents are 83 and I have told them I will not come see them if I have to wear a mask. I’m going to see them this weekend. They reside in MD.
I am most disappointed that HF did not reply to this hypothetical question.
If I were visiting someone in the ICU or a neo-natal unit of the hospital I would wear one if requested, but to reinforce the mass hysteria with my loved ones? I don’t think that indulging people’s irrational fears is compassionate or empathetic act. On the contrary, it’s a reinforcement of their anxieties that only adds to their already fragile mental and emotional state.
I’m awake in the middle of the night, the house is silent and I have my own worries. I decided to watch the film you suggested, A Hidden Life- which is cinematically a work of art that perfectly captures the pastoral life- and I couldn’t help but notice that the theme I picked out of it was in fact this very point we’ve been discussing. How everyone from the priest to his own mother bring pressure to bear upon him to conform to something that goes against his own conscience and how he searches for a means to justify his right to do as he sees fit, even if it costs him his own life.
I have a funeral to attend in a few hours and will have to say goodbye to an old friend. My mind has so many things going through it right now, but I wanted you to know that I did not overlook your question.
“I’m awake in the middle of the night, the house is silent and I have my own worries.
Haha.
Every. Day.
annuit coeptis novus ordo seclorum <<——===
You're a helluvaguy, Farmer
Sometime I feel like such a jerk. You have all this major stuff on your plate … and here I am badgering you about responding to me. I apologize.
Glad you watched the movie …. it’s loooong, but worth it, imho. Your quick review of the main theme is spot on!
Thanks again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuZRsfgIaEg
I love Sally Fallon and Dr. Cowan. Cowan has written a new book but Amazon has refused to sell it, which means it’s a good health book.
Simple.. gather them all up in a room and have them circle about you… after you have had a good meal of baked beans, boiled cabbage, and whatever else gives you immense gas. Let out a good ripping, stinky fart. And ask them all if they can smell it (which they will!) Then, explain to them that if methane molecules can pass through your pants and within seconds they are inhaling them, then those fucking masks aren’t going to filter a virus that’s tens of thousands of times smaller, whether it’s riding a molecule of condensate or not.
At this point on private property where the owner requires masks such as stores, restaurants or places of employment it’s generally their right to require employees or guest’s to comply with their conditions of entry or to leave if unwilling to do so.
Also in large close-knit crowds or public gatherings it’s generally not a hill I’m not willing to die on.
I certainly understand acts of individual conscious and that it’s certainly a gateway act of submission but still relatively minor to me in the overall big picture.
To me there are much bigger fish to fry.
so if i vote for the lesser of 2 evils – am i still voting for evil? i think this is the question i have to ask when faced with the bigger fish to fry question. isnt that how we got here? by allowing a million tiny cuts to bleed our autonomy away? give an inch – someone will take a mile?
What’s likely soon coming will require strong resistance and possibly a real fight.
I’ll save my resources for the main entree rather than the horderves.
Now if my business was deemed non-essential and being currently shut down and my livelihood destroyed by government mandate my response would be a bit different than that of simply to mask or not to mask.
“What’s coming” may have been possible to keep from coming had we not allowed the million tiny cuts along the way, as kevx stated. Now we are in a pickle where we are debating at what point we draw the line. One wonders if it will be too late by the time enough make that determination.
Another great post with solid returns in regards to the meetings loosening up.
I was a tad mystified at your change of tac as far as wether this lockdown was instigated or merely a mistake (err on the side of caution, again) by idiots in high positions. Perhaps you were merely being gracious towards all readers.
It’s become both at this late stage. Thank you.
” I have a duty to my conscience”. Perfect. Thank you for such wonderful prose that explains how exactly I feel also. I have worn a mask only twice, once to go to an Urgent Care, and then wore a Trump mask to go vote (not because I think he’s great, but I just get some perverse pleasure pissing off liberals). They wouldn’t let me in with the Trump mask, so I went back to the car to wait for my wife to finish voting. On the way out one of our local cops stopped her and said “I love your husbands mask”.
They made me stand outside and brought my ballot out to me. Have me a chance to talk to one of the candidates and his kids. We were on the same page about the concept of liberty.
He lost of course.
Freedom is like an immune system; it functions best the more you exercise it.
And exercising my freedom I have been: since it’s not, at present, an unconscionable affront to the holocough mob, I’ve been without the face diaper every time I go anywhere. I’ve had the Stink Eye given me from several people (and particularly Wal-Mart “security”), but so far nobody’s gone there with me yet. But the yet is what’s so bothersome to me.
How can we live in a country where people have the choice to be free and individual, but would rather be controlled and amalgamated? Did our parents, did we, raise our children to be under-educated, lackadaisical, disrespectful, lazy dickheads, who believe they’re entitled to something whilst contributing nothing?
Where did it all go wrong?
Well, that’s a question we can answer once we fix the problems.
Auntie loves the “Holocough” reference; it shall be inserted liberally into any conversations regarding The Shituation.
Auntie, I love your term “Shituation.”
Merci bien. Be sure to use it liberally (and Auntie always loves an attribution.)
Actually, I believe the question, “where did it all go wrong” can be answered right now. Allow me to provide my two cents…
It went wrong, at base, with just two fields of former liberty:
1.) Money
2.) Schooling
What we have now, representing both, are two communist manifesto planks.
They also both represent violations of the foundations of true liberty by crushing property rights and the non-agression principle.
“Fixing” things in this country isn’t some “great unknown”, although it may take time. Any and all, outright or de facto, violations of property rights and non-aggression principle could be heavily dis-incentivized by those who deem themselves in charge…Heavily Dis-incentivized – just like it is for the vast majority of individuals and businesses.
Instead, a tiny percentage of the population, known as bureaucrats, have structured numerous systems that highly incentivize extreme violations of property rights and non-aggression principle. Those numerous systems, in a nutshell, are rightly called Marxism.
The U.S. has been practicing multiple planks for 100+ years. We are communist according to Marx. We are violators of liberty according to it’s foundational, God-given, natural rights.
Don’t forget the heavy and progressive income tax plank of the manifesto. If you look at it thoroughly, the United States has instigated most every one of the planks in one form or the other.
Judge Robert Bork (supreme court nominee of Reagan which made the liberals go berserk) wrote a book entitled “The Tempting of America”. It nailed the whole ‘how it all went wrong’ question. It always boils down to the good vs. evil issue. We can’t fix the issue because there will ALWAYS be people willing to choose the evil side. Society loathes the muggers and thieves, but refuses to treat the crooked businessmen and politicians the same way.
Ummmm, if you have the Holy Bible, The Book of Mormon, and the Discourses of Brigham Young on your bookshelf, you have ALL THE ANSWERS.
i’ll give you this – at least Christs name is on the church – well if it is the church of Jesus Christ of blah blah blah… pretty sure he had something to say about names…
Yes, Christ spoke to the Nephites on this;
The “of Latter Day Saints” part was added merely to distinguish from multiple “…Church of Christ…” names already in common usage.
And how be it my church save it be called in my name? For if a church be called in Moses’ name then it be Moses’ church; or if it be called in the name of a man then it be the church of a man; but if it be called in my name then it is my church, if it so be that they are built upon my gospel. (3 Nephi 27:8)
I’ve never heard of that book, Nephi. Where did it come from? Who wrote it?
Edit: I’m seriously curious.
I find I can go maskless at the big box stores. Our local Wal Mart has people there asking shoppers to put on a mask, which I do until 10′ inside. A few times when spotted, other men (only-no females, yet) take their masks off. I do wear a mask when entering a local package store but only because the owner would face a $10k fine if caught. I can’t do that to some poor guy trying to feed his family. The 1st time I walked in wearing a mask when I checked out made eye contact with him and stuck my tongue out through a slit I had cut in the mask. He roared with laughter.
lol; that great!
Men need to fight the “no-mask” battle with their spouses at home. It cannot be won on the way to the store nor within it. With mine, who was against the mask on principle but feared fines and doxxing, she said, “I’m not going to complain anymore if you don’t wear a mask, but I may still wear one.” Funny thing about our next trip to the store is, she took the mask off within minutes of entering, and hasn’t worn one since.
Farmer,
I thoroughly enjoyed, and admired that post, and will pass it along to some friends, who like me remain face diaper-less.
Having scored a 100 on the Mask Submission/Plandemic IQ Mooing test, been told not to attend my church (in an e-mail) because I’m one of the few who refuses to wear one, and been the only one or one of a few in every shopping trip to the ‘city’ (Durham NC) I have not been directly confronted with my obvious and open rebellion…yet.
When in public I have switched from concealed to open carry…unless I see the door sign prohibiting guns (I still carry, just switch to concealed) I think that has discouraged the Karen’s and Kens from flapping their lips in my direction…plus I have stared a couple of them down.
I also pay with cash whenever possible…so far no problem there either.
I have no idea what I will say when the verbal challenges or insults come, but it is inevitable it will get heated as I have always been an aggressive counterpuncher, both literally and verbally…and I will not comply or just moo on this or any other of the NWO conditioning tactics.
I also think my favoriate T-shirt helps.
Don’t say anything, just blow raspberries at them with your unobstructed face
Yea, one diapered snow flake was staring at my t-shirt in Lowes home improvement (I was maskless of course) with what I think was angry eyes…so I edged towards him bent over pretending to be looking for something…coughed a couple of times in my hand (that made him twitch) and moved my 9mm from my back (on my belt) to my side resting my forarm on it (so he could see it)…POOF! This cloud of smoke appeared and he turned into the Road Runner…Gotta have some fun with them when the opportunity presents itself.
From another:” If you believe masks work, cover your ass with one, let one rip, and see if the odor has been blocked”.
I am no fan of Ron Paul but I said a prayer for him and his loved ones.
Yes, very sad. I voted for him in the primaries every time he ran for president. He says he’s fine. I hope so.
The Milgram experiment is questionable, but it is unquestionable that the extrapolation to WW2 Germany is complete nonsense predicated on false assumptions or claims about the war. At this point, I feel a need to remind people that history is a pack of lies agreed upon by victors, because lies are all around us and it is choking humanity. It is just not possible to know all of the variables and be able to control for them in such complex psychological experiments. At best they provide some high level (relative to organization) qualitative information, but they can never test a full scientific hypothesis, because they can’t be fully controlled. However, having a discussion about the experiment is the kind of conversation people should have every day (stimulating, growth, intellect)
I found the rest of the article to be inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has just lifted all restrictions on the state of Florida. His order supersedes any local restrictions. Florida is open
Mask-erade is over here, boys and girls. Real life starts again tomorrow. https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/09/25/florida-governor-reopens-state-removes-restrictions-on-restaurants-nullifies-all-local-mask-ordinances-blocks-fines-and-penalties/
You’re all gonna die!!!!!!!!
That’s fine, Admin. Nobody lives forever.
We’ll be in good company, regardless.
Yeah, I will live forever. That’s the whole point, I have Nobody only spirit 🙂
On a long enough timeline, the survival rate is ZERO. ???
Gee; I wonder where I heard that before ?
;^)
Great article.
I too avoid the mask wearing.
We went to a 50th wedding anniversary recently and when the wife and I entered all the occupants were wearing masks except us. Well as you described they all started coming up to greet us and the masks started to be removed. It was surreal. It was like they were waiting for leadership.
Yes, waiting for leadership.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHGo2sGcpPA
That was a wonderful video, Auntie.
That’s how I see it too. I don’t judge anyone. Speaking of the hairs on our heads and dystopia: I wrote an article in April of this year on receiving an illegal haircut from a female barber/friend who I’ve known since the 1980s. In that piece, the two primary ingredients of dystopian societies (and literature/film) were identified as lies and fear. People remain deceived. They’re scared, too. And, everyone, sooner or later, will choose their line in the sand – or, rather, what hill they wish to die upon.
There are many on the other side of the divide, at both the lowermost and upper echelons, who simply have no humanity. I realize you know this.
And with a few in my own humble circles, including family, I entertain no hope of finding any common ground without ethical compromise.
Farm,great article/write up!
At times one person doing the right thing is all others need to also do the right thing.
I would say given the response you got to not wearing a mask is a indicator that you have chosen a good clan to hang out with.
I would also say welcome to the “Sampson” power,i.e. the silver mane.I have since 4th grade gotten in fights over me shoulder length,now longer hair/not been hired for jobs because of my hair to which I respond thought you wanted a carpenter/not a model(on a side note good enough looking to be a model!)I was also offered a lead position in a construction outfit with a huge pay increase if I would”just cut me hair”,needless to say passed on that and actually quit when new job quickly lined up at higher pay though not what the lead position offered.
I will say also not interested in being a leader excepting moments when tis very clear I have the best idea/skill level to keep things moving forward,then will temp lead and as soon as possible fade back into the background of just getting things done.
You will find this resolve/power grow as your hair grows longer(OK,maybe not)but doesn’t hurt to try!
Again,sticking to your guns but more important choosing long ago who is part of your clan were both very solid choices.
“My personal belief is that any pathogen- regardless of its classification- are naturally occurring organisms necessary to life as we know it. They play a role in a closed system and as such the idea that they can be eradicated is a knee jerk response predicated on a misconception. For the vast majority of living organisms affected by virus, they serve to strengthen the immune system, something that has been left out of the discussion for some reason or another.”
Like measles provides protection from certain cancers!
Good on you, HSF. Somebody always has to be the one… I also refuse to wear the face diaper. So far I haven’t been challenged. Kinda’ disappointing too.
flash, I’m sure you would have the best cynical comebacks for them.
Anyone that’s been alive for over 50 years and ain’t cynical ain’t paying attention.
It’s ridiculous that not wearing a mask is considered a revolutionary act or act of defiance.
I don’t wear a mask but it has never even come up one way or the other nor does it even cross my mind that it is something to think about. Where I am, it never became an issue at all and you never even would have known there was anything different. Outside of TV, covid did/does not exist here.
Work for a state agency. The state headquarters has ordered that masks be worn in the workplace. The Office Manager is an EMT, his boss (Regional Manager) is a reserve deputy. Both believe masks are BS, and so we never wear them at our office. Office Manager was saying when his grandmother died several months ago, he told his grandfather not to throw away the Hydrochloroquine she was taking for arthritis — “it might come in handy.”
One of the two judges in my district was diagnosed as COVID positive — he is probably 70 or nearly so, did not run for re-election. I was concerned that he would be paranoid when he came back, but he was very relaxed about masks. They are worn in the courtroom (setting the example for the public), but are optional in judge’s chambers before court.
Some local Walmarts have stopped enforcing the rule. The cashiers at a local grocery do not wear them at all. At the local coin store, the former manager died of COVID (and yes, it was COVID). The owner has since been running the shop. The first time he was there, he requested I wear a mask; not since.
Since March we have not missed a church service; the pastor preaches from the front of the church, and members sit in their cars or on lawn chairs. No masks. I think it has drawn us even closer as a congregation.
Half the time I enter a business I don’t even think of wearing a mask. But I am not insistent about being mask free. I came from a metropolitan area (DC), and now live in the country. I guess that I view respecting the wishes of business owners regarding masks as a matter of courtesy.
Where we are now is spoiled rotten. Lazy, apathetic, ignorant and entertained to death.
Celebrity worship for media created mediocre individuals that are making a killing by just being in front of a camera, or being a multimillionaire athlete. This Fourth Turning with the HUGE unemployment and government helicopter money can last just so long then……..
http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2020/september/23/the-inconvenience-of-freedom/
Unfortunately, it’s going to take true hardship in this country for the majority of people to find out what’s really important (if they don’t die beforehand.)
Speaking of masquerades.
Turns out the alleged girlfriend of Trayvon was a fraud. The real girlfiend was located.
The investigator is on Hagmann report live. Here is the link to the book and movie.
https://www.thetrayvonhoax.com/
https://www.hagmannreportlive.com/joel-gilbert-austin-broer-lies-exposed-full-show-9-25-2020/
That was absolutely beautiful, HSF. You have gained so much wisdom in your 60 years of life.
My parents were members of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. They raised money for charities and the same types of things you guys do. Their main money maker was bingo. Their hall was crowded four nights a week with bingo players that won cash prizes (before the lottery became the thing.) We were only allowed to play a few times when young. My brother won $100 when he was 14. After that, we wanted to play all the time!
These types of organizations were used in the past to do the things the government has taken over today, whether providing for funerals, helping a widow, helping people with medical bills, feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, etc. I wish we could go back to that and kick out the government.
The American Legion does the same thing.
Bingo, raffles, dances, and the like. They send good kids to Girls and Boys State events.
In order to gamble and drink on premises a state gambling and liquor license is required. Profits can fund events. Elected officers from the membership manage events and keep the stock, the financial books, and the like. Not all the members are honest, however. Some are lying, thieving scumf*cks and will embezzle from their own.
How sad. Veterans and Americans stealing from their own ….
Years ago my dad was elected Treasurer of his local post. The post was not making money from events and it was known certain members were thieves. After my dad ran the money for two terms the post magically turned a profit. In doing so he made a few enemies but gained a hell of a lot of friends.
Hardscrabble,
Purchase a package of the medical masks that many people wear. You don’t have to wear one but carry the package in your vehicle. If someone challenges you regarding not wearing a mask, grab the package and read the warning on the package. It will say, in so many words:
DOES NOT PROTECT AGAINST VIRUSES
Then go on with your life.
Interesting new study that states although masks won’t prevent contracting the virus they may decrease the viral load you receive this making it less severe and creating natural immunity at the same time.
It’s the flu. Deal with it as you would the flu.
When I see an “interesting news study” it’s usually another worn perspective of the same FUD and contradictory junk people find to bolster their opinions. N95 masks won’t stop incoming viruses and your own immune system is more effective if it’s working. The masks, however, reduce your chance of infecting others – if you’re sick. Otherwise, wearing one is a waste of time and a violation of common sense.
Unfortunately, we do have the “donut lickers”, evil people, and terminally stupid out there setting the bar for the worthless leaders instituting the “zero tolerance” policies for the lemmings.
From CNN “Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that even an effective Covid-19 vaccine won’t replace the need for other public health measures, such as wearing a mask, social distancing and washing hands.”
So…I guess we will be wearing masks forever???
HSF is spot on. I once listened to a speech from a Congressman (conservative) who said at some point you need to decide what you stand for. HSF has made that decision. I wear a mask in stores and I hate it and feel like a sell out/sheeple when I do! I see people without masks in every store I go in and I want to be that guy/girl. I think I am going to start being that guy. We all probably need to start being that guy/girl.
Plus I am not getting ANY vaccine flu, COVID, shingles, etc!!!
Also, as we all know Fauci is a self serving ass hat!!!
Good for you, TLate. Better late than never.
Brits NEW Political party Manifesto. Normal’s coming out. Pendulum swings.
Burning question is it to late to take effect with all the nutters in control??
Deserves its own post.
“Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalist System was to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens.
Lenin was certainly right. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.” Keynes
https://www.goldmoney.com/research/goldmoney-insights/lessons-on-inflation-from-the-past?
Debauching easily corrupted people with useless and destructive ideology compounds the effects of a useless currency.
HSF,
I had errands to do that could not be put off so I drove to the
larger town 17 mi. away. The little pharmacy was first/bad tooth
and need antibiotic for that. The bank, closed a small account,
and the big grocery store. The place was packed as Friday pm
motorists are heading north to their vacation homes and shop
for supplies.
I was the only person in the big Piggly Wiggly that was not wearing
a mask. Someone else might have been maskless but I didn’t see them.
I carry a mask in an envelope in my bag lest I be denied service somewhere.
Our Governor just extended the mask rule for another 60 days. I had no
mask for the bank transaction, nor at the pharmacy. Nobody challenged
me or bugged me about it.
People are fooled by the “cases” issue, which I understand to mean
a person tested positive. It is my contention that a positive test is
meaningless. I won’t take up space explaining why that is so.
Thank you HSF for outlining your position. Thank God we do not live
in a city. Apparently people are tazed and beat up and arrested for
not masking and that is a dirty rotten shame.
Chris Martenson just released a video stating that a positive test is not a case. A case is where there is a positive test and symptoms. He also mocked the ubuquitous media references to a second wave. Martenson stated that an increase in positive test results is meaningless — a second wave should refer to a signfiicant increase in the number of deaths, not number of positive test results.
So much of what is going on can be directly tied to people being overly concerned with other people’s opinion of them, accurate or not.
When you get your own approval of who you really are you then get the strength to buck the system and all the other people.
If you find yourself in agreement with the masses you might very well be part of the problem.
HSF is correct: it boils down to morality and intellectual honesty; not many people have it these days.
Has the time come to start killing the enforcers? If not now, when?
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/26/us/ohio-woman-tased-football-game-mask-trnd/index.html
Silly Jack Hammer, we can’t “kill” people because they are conformist idiots.
Some police or “enforcer” guards are just sadistic idiots with a bit of power.
Darn shame a woman was harmed though/that isn’t nothing/it represents
serious abuse. Okay play these fools. Say for example, “OMG so sorry/just forgot”
and whip out a mask. No need to fight and get tazed, women in particular.
Remember, some men have zero luck getting a woman that respects and wants
these men. So they, the men, abuse random women on purpose. That is just the
way it is.
https://www.infowars.com/martial-law-in-london-police-brutally-attack-anti-lockdown-protesters/
Fail. This was a lab created disease. It is basically bio-warfare. I applaud your not bowing down to the mask bull crap but this is bio-warfare. The liberals have taken advantage as well as the never-Trumpers. That killed a third out of my net worth and postponed my retirement for at least 4 or more years. Foxtrot Uniform to you asswipes. You stole 4 or more years of my life. If you block the road I will honk my horn and drop it in low and push the engine to 6k RPM as I will be scared for my life – too many videos of the Antifa asswipes pulling people out of their vehicles and beating the crap out of them.
Milgram could not have imagined in his wildest dreams the world we are living in at this moment. I have been a maskless patriot for months now. I believe they are using the mask thing to identify trouble makers. I have raised my hand and stated clearly I will not bend the knee. The sheeple are being induced to kill themselves through immune weakening behaviors. Best quote I’ve seen on bending the knee “If you see me kneeling run because I’m asking God to forgive me for what I’m about to do.”
Amen.
Trying to figure the world out at 60, hell you’ll still be doing it at 80, I know.
From your lips to God’s ears.
Here is the situation on the current state of affairs.
https://www.unz.com/mwhitney/betrayal-infuriating-betrayal/
Here is the speculation from some rumblings.
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/09/16/will-military-coup-undo-november-elections-trump-and-republic-itself/
It’s official now.
Draining the swamp was a masquerade of justice all along.
Expecting career bureaucrats to police themselves is like asking beavers to keep streams running, it defies their nature.
I wouldn’t trust this guy around an ice cream sandwich.
Excellent article and prose. The gentleman is very self aggrandizing but from what I take of the piece it may be deserved. About the mask? I completely agree.