| Torillian said: Personal freedom. Very American "you can't tell me what to do" kind of mentality. That and that Trump isn't wearing a mask so if you're pro-Trump you will often become anti-mask. |
About personal freedom:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/19/style/face-mask-burqa-ban.html
While face coverings are fast becoming the norm to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, visible on city streets and public transportation everywhere, the global politics that surround them are more complicated than ever — a reflection not just of this current crisis, but also of broader values and stereotypes.
This is especially true in the European Union, where the laws informally known as “burqa bans” that forbid full-face coverings, often on the basis of public safety, are being called into question.
France prohibits the wearing of clothing intended to hide the face in public spaces, despite the fact that masks are now being required on public transportation and in high schools. The French interior ministry confirmed to The Times that the face coverings rule of 2010 would stay in place. (A separate 2004 ban prohibits head scarves in public schools, referring to the religious neutrality of state institutions.)
The result is a Catch-22. Those who do not wear a mask can be fined, as can those who violate the face-covering law.
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/coronavirus-exposed-real-reasons-france-burqa-ban-200514105218122.html
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, France is faced with a paradox: It has just made the wearing of masks compulsory in certain public spaces, but maintained the years-long ban on Muslim full-face veils. This suggests, as the Washington Post recently noted, "if an observant Muslim woman wanted to get on the Paris Metro, she would be required to remove her burqa and replace it with a mask".
Other places that previously (and still) outlawed face coverings in public:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/world/europe/quebec-burqa-ban-europe.html
We all know that only criminals wear masks
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