To Mask or not to two - Mask Megathread cont.

Many people who were unable to wear masks faced abuse.

Mask wearing was a health guideline and it was in clear English on the HSE website that certain people with breathing problems should not wear them.

I hate the sight of masks now and I will not engage with anybody wearing one.

I disagree with people getting abuse for their own personal choices and I agree people should mind their own business.

The mask mandates brought out the worst in people who could not mind their own business and by wearing one now I would suggest it's like a red rag to a bull for some people now.

Like I said people facing abuse for their own personal choices is totally wrong and I would never engage in it nor with I have any time for people that do.

Having said that I would not be rushing to anybodies defence who was wearing a mask either there is an element of karma here.

I said it was like a red rag to a bull to some people however not me.

My two cents is everybody should mind their own business if people want to wear a mask fine for people who did not wear masks it was also none of anybodies business and terms like anti maskers are very divisive.

I have a relative with C.O.P.D and a nephew on the spectrum neither of them could wear masks and each faced abuse.

The conditions these and many other people have are NONE of anybodies business and you're post seems a bit rich calling other people anti maskers if everybody had minded their own business all would be fine now.

Morons who cannot mind their own business out in public giving abuse to mask wearers I do not agree with not even for a second.

People have invisible conditions and disabilities from firsthand experience I seen these people got zero respect.

I like to think I am a fair minded and while I totally agree with you that you have every right to wear a mask in public equally so people were not required by law to wear masks it was a health guideline with advice that some people should not wear them.

I also do not agree with some of the looney protesters back during Covid but the overzealous way many others carried on about masks gave these people ammunition.

Correct me if I am wrong as I cannot read anybodies mind from a forum post but it seems people were just fine when abuse went one way but cry foul when it goes the other way.

I am of the view in was nobodies business who was wearing a mask or not before during or after Covid.

Most people including myself wore them and followed the guidelines a few people who did not was none of my business some people were just being a**holes and some were very genuine.

An elderly man requiring oxygen support and a teen who appears totally normal faced abuse which I witnessed.

A well known fast food place ordered my nephew out I told the female manager that he had an exemption which she said she did not believe.

I lost my temper at this woman who was breaking the law nobody was required to summit their medical data in public and nobody had the right to ask not even the Guards.

I told the woman if anybody laid one hand on my nephew I would respond forcefully and the Guards would be called and she better serve our food.

The woman appeared shaken and I have never bullied anybody in my life I was just asserting my right to defend my nephew who could not speak up for himself.

What this woman never relised was she was the person totally in the wrong in this situation she was unaware of the law and she was rude and aggressive.

The correct way was to politely remind people of the mask GUIDELINES and the instant somebody mentioned an exemption that should have been the end of the matter.

Some people took the p* ** but that was no reason for some people to go full Nazi and get aggressive people had no idea what invisible disabilities and conditions people may of had just like this stupid woman.

Sorry for the long winded post and while I agree you are within your rights to either wear a mask or not and NOBODY has the right to pass comments or direct abuse at you I do find it a little difficult to offer you much sympathy either.

I like to keep my head down and avoid arguments in public you never know what's going on in somebodies life.

Road rage people getting annoyed in queues it's not worth it and you never know the other person might be having the worst day of their life.

Covid is a time when the country kind of lost it's mind and I agree the mask GUIDELINE was a good idea and MOST people complied that should have been enough.

I hope when some people look back at their behaviour during the pandemic they feel some shame.

Lastly people picked on the easy targets how many of the people who went into mask nazi mode attended house parties?

How many people dared to knock on the doors of these house parties and scream at the people for breaking the health guidelines?

I believe when anybody is sick they should wear a mask out of courtesy for the people around them even a cold or a flu can be deadly to the old or the immune compromised yet after COVID people who screamed about the masks go into work sick and without a mask.

However I am not going to sick my nose in and tell people what they should do if somebody is sick I avoid them not for myself but for the vunerable people in my life.

I am not trying to bash anybody with this post rather I hope people can use the last few years as a learning experience and use a bit of common sense and be a bit nicer to each other.

Everything seems to be gone back to normal now and I have got that off my chest I think we should all put the last few years behind us.